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1		HOUSE RESOLUTION
2		WHEREAS, Gun violence is an epidemic in America and in
3		Illinois, touching all parts of the State; and
4		WHEREAS, The legislative and executive branches of the
5		State have lawfully regulated guns and gun trafficking; and
6		WHEREAS, The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the
7		constitutionality of reasonable state gun violence prevention
8		regulations; Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito
9		stated in the McDonald decision that state "experimentation
10		with reasonable firearms regulations will continue under the
11		Second Amendment"; and
12		WHEREAS, President Trump's administration appears to be
13		willfully ignoring the problem of gun violence in America, and
14		at the same time, is attempting to coerce municipal police
15		forces into diverting their resources towards harassing
16		immigrant populations; some municipalities have lawfully
17		opposed having their local law enforcement used for such
18		purposes and have been dubbed "sanctuary cities"; and
19		WHEREAS, Some counties in Illinois have erroneously tried
20		to liken the cause of a sanctuary city with opposition to gun
21		violence prevention measures by declaring themselves "gun

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1		sanctuary counties", thereby declaring their intention to
2		refuse to enforce any gun safety measures lawfully passed by
3		the State with which they disagree; and
4		WHEREAS, These counties are trying to use those lawful
5		sanctuary cities as an excuse to unlawfully ignore important,
6		democratically-implemented, state laws; and
7		WHEREAS, These so-called "gun sanctuary counties" are
8		nothing more than scofflaw counties, usurping the judiciary and
9		role of separation of powers in our government, while openly
10		encouraging criminal behavior; therefore, be it
11		RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
12		HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
13		condemn these scofflaw counties and declare their attempts to
14		label themselves as "gun sanctuaries" as an unconstitutional
15		and shameless political stunt which undermines the rule of law
16		and threatens the safety of all Illinois citizens.