Highland Park High School students are planning a walkout Tuesday morning to call for a nationwide “assault weapons” ban following the Nashville school shooting. The students plan to walk out of school at 10:14 a.m., which is when shots first rang out at the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park last year. ABC7 […]
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Gun violence victims, restriction advocates testify at first hearing on Illinois gun control bill
The first of several hearings on a proposed bill that would ban certain firearms and magazines in Illinois focused on victims and public health officials advocating for the bill’s passage. State Rep. Bob Morgan, D-Deerfield, advanced out of committee his resolution recognizing the Highland Park mass shooting where seven people were killed and dozens were […]