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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to lessen the illegal acquisition of
4firearms in the State; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Many criminals obtain firearms illegally through
6theft from freight rail cars; and
 
7    WHEREAS, We wish to decrease the amount of firearms
8illegally acquired through freight theft; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Illinois is statistically in the top ten states
10for freight theft nationwide; and
 
11    WHEREAS, There were 2,987 shooting victims in the City of
12Chicago in 2015; someone in Chicago was shot at a rate of one
13every 2.93 hours in 2015; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Nearly 200,000 guns are reported stolen, lost, or
15missing in the United States every year; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Freight logistics security organizations recorded
17754 cargo thefts throughout the United States in 2015; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The safety and security of our communities should

 

 

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1be at the forefront of legislative measures; therefore, be it
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
4urge Congress to strengthen national freight laws for cars
5carrying firearms across state lines or pass a law prohibiting
6the transport of firearms by rail freight car; and be it
7further
 
8    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
9delivered to the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
10Firearms, and Explosives and the members of the Illinois
11congressional delegation.