Legislators OK rules for maintaining, enforcing registry of guns covered by state ban
A bipartisan panel of Illinois lawmakers approved guidelines Tuesday covering how state police will maintain and enforce a registry of gun owners who possess high-powered firearms that are now banned.
The requirement for residents who possessed guns covered by the ban before it took effect on Jan. 10, 2023, to register those firearms by Jan. 1 has been one of the law’s most controversial aspects.
During Tuesday’s hearing of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules,
