UPDATE x1: Wednesday, the Illinois Senate added a measure to allow municipalities to ban certain long guns. The 37-16-3 vote will be soon posted HERE. With the addition, HB 1467 will need to go back to the Illinois House before proceeding to the governor's desk.
SPRINGFIELD – A measure that banned the controversial bump stocks when it passed the Illinois House could be "poisoned" in the Illinois Senate with an amendment proposed by Democrat Sen. Kwame Raoul of Chicago. The Illinois State Rifle Association calls Raoul's change a "poison pill."
Raoul's Senate Amendment 1 would roll back municipal preemption that passed the Illinois legislature in 2013 as a vital part of the concealed carry agreement. "Specifically it repeals the preemption on long guns and allows municipalities to ban any long guns they see fit," the ISRA website says.
"Instead of having a uniform state law, where everyone knows the rules, Illinois will have a patchwork of inconsistent local gun laws – with good people unknowingly becoming criminals as they travel the state," ISRA says.
Raoul's change is deliberately divisive when there is broad, bi-partisan agreement on bump stocks – especially notable since Raoul is running in the March 20th primary to be the Democrat Party's nominee for attorney general.
The ISRA recommends Second Amendment supporters call their lawmakers to oppose HB 1467.
As of Wednesday morning the list of sponsor and co-sponsors includes two Republican senators – Sen. Jim Oberweis and Sen. Chris Nybo. (Sen. Kwame Raoul - Julie A. Morrison - Laura M. Murphy - Jacqueline Y. Collins - Ira I. Silverstein, Toi W. Hutchinson, Heather A. Steans, Iris Y. Martinez, Jim Oberweis and Chris Nybo)
UPDATE x1: An analysis of the roll call Wednesday shows three Republicans that broke ranks in favor of HB 1467 – Senators Jim Oberweis, Chris Nybo and Sue Rezin. Three GOP senators voted Present: Althoff, McConnaugnahay and Rooney.
One Democrat – Senator Bill Haine – voted no.
