The IL Senate tabled their bill. That's a common move and is usually translated as "we don't really want to do anything with it." If I'm reading the info online correctly, one Rep., Eddie Acevedo, has offered an anti-gun amendment to a minor bill working it's way through the House. If IL works like most other state legislatures, the amendment will have to be voted on favorably to actually be added to the original bill.
Then the complete amended bill has to be voted on to pass the House. It is possible that it will get sidetracked into a rules (or other) committee for further 'study.' That seems to happen fairly often with pro-gun bills on Bacon Hill.
Then the bill has to be introduced and passed by the senate...the same Senate that has already tabled a similar bill.
I'm not saying that the people of IL have nothing to be concerned about. I'm not saying that they shouldn't keep up the pressure to kill these bills. What I am saying is that a lot of bills get introduced in every legislative session
even though everyone knows they're not going to pass.
Why would Acevedo introduce an amendment that he knows is most likely going to fail? Look at his resume:
Acevedo was born and raised in Chicago. He earned his associates degree in general studies from City-Wide College. Acevedo is a police officer for the Chicago Police Department, and he was decorated for heroism and valor by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office for rescuing victims trapped in a fire.
We've had numerous threads (and court cases) about Chicago violating the civil rights of its citizens. Surprise, surprise, that Acevedo is struck from the same mold. Introducing an amendment like this gives him cred with his moonbat constituents. He can tell them that he fought to end 'gun violence' but was defeated by the evil gun owners.
I usually don't get too upset over sweeping bills like Acevedo is proposing. In most states, they won't fly. (In MA I would be concerned, because our legislature is whacked out enough to pass them.) What should worry most people is the passage of small bills that only seem to have a minimal impact on liberty. Liberty is rarely lost with the passage of a single law. It dies a slow death from thousands of little cuts.