Washington: The saga began when Highland Park, a city in Illinois, was "sprinting" to pass an assault weapon ban in June because the gun lobby had forced its hand. Following gun lobby urging, the Illinois legislature had was ready to legislate to block local assault weapon ban laws entirely at the local level. It gave the cities and towns of the state 10 days to pass assault weapons and other gun legislation before the overriding ban became law. It was a now-or-never situation and Highland Park, along with other towns, went for now, passing the law in a day and in a rush. Partly because of that manoeuvre, the gun lobby had a...
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