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The governor spoke at a cannabis dispensary in Chicago on
Thursday, two days after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear
Viramontes v. Cook County and a similar case in Connecticut.
The governor said his office is assisting the Illinois Attorney
General to protect the people’s rights.
“The rights of people to go to a 4th of July parade and be safe,
and not have 48 people shot with more than 60 bullets per
second, issued by a weapon that shouldn't be available to the
public,” Pritzker said.
Seven people died and dozens more were injured during the parade
on July 4, 2022.
Pritzker said Illinois banned the weapons statewide for a
reason.
“Our families ought to live in peace. We don't need those kinds
of weapons. We can stand for the Second Amendment and allow
people to have weapons to defend themselves. They don't need a
weapon that can fire that many bullets in a single second,” the
governor said.
Pritzker signed the Illinois ban in 2023. Cook County’s ban has
been in place since 1993.
Second Amendment Foundation founder Alan Gottlieb told The
Center Square’s Greg Bishop it’s long overdue for the case to be
heard.
“There’s no doubt in my mind, I believe, that those bans are
going to bite the dust. I don’t think the Supreme Court would
have taken the case if they weren’t going to overturn the bans,”
Gottlieb said on “The States.”
A ruling in Viramontes v. Cook County is not expected until June
2027.
Greg Bishop and Sean Reed contributed to this
story
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