J.B. Pritzker: We’ve Banned Assault Weapons in Illinois for a Reason, Because We Want ‘Our Families to Live in Peace’

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PRITZKER: “I just want to be clear, the Attorney General is going to lead the effort on our behalf and, of course, the Cook County — state’s attorney, of course, will be involved in that endeavor, but it’s — you know, we want to make sure we’ve got best experts in the country that are helping. We’ve got some of them here in Illinois, helping to defend the law because it’s the right thing. We have banned assault weapons across the state of Illinois for a reason. And our families ought to live in peace and 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.”