A state lawmaker from Chicago’s northern suburbs says the horror of July 4 in Highland Park is finally what it will take to pass an assault weapons ban in Illinois.
“I stood ready to start marching with my wife and two children, when i heard gunshots, gunshots,” said State Rep. Bob Morgan (D-Deerfield). “After I got my family to safety, I ran to the scene to assist, where i saw a number of individuals – gunshot victims who were killed.
“I’m haunted every day by what I saw.”
The parade massacre killed seven and wounded 48.
Morgan plans to run a multi-faceted bill, headlined by an assault weapons ban, when the General Assembly is back for its lame duck session the first week of January.