Reporting Lost Firearms Within 48 Hours Among New Gun Safety Measures Signed Into Illinois Law
ILLINOIS, JUL 28 – House Bill 1373 mandates all Illinois law enforcement to use the federal eTrace system, improving tracing of illegal guns linked to crimes and aiding investigations, officials say.
- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed two new gun safety bills into law, including the Safe Gun Storage Act, which imposes fines on gun owners who do not secure their firearms around minors or prohibited individuals.
- The Safe Gun Storage Act mandates owners to report lost or stolen guns within 48 hours, compared to the previous 72-hour requirement.
- Law enforcement agencies in Illinois must now trace the ownership of firearms recovered from crime scenes using a federal system called eTrace, which aids investigations of illegal firearms.
- Pritzker emphasized the importance of proactive measures to ensure safety, stating, 'I’m tired of treating something completely preventable as inevitable.
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Reporting lost firearms within 48 hours among new gun safety measures signed into Illinois law
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Gov. Pritzker signs safe gun storage bill into law
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Gov. JB Pritzker signs 2 gun safety bills, one fining firearm owners who improperly store guns
Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law two gun safety bills Monday, including a measure that fines gun owners if they don’t keep their weapons properly stored around minors.The Safe Gun Storage Act requires owners to keep firearms in a locked box wherever a minor could gain access to it. Passed in the Illinois House at the end of May, the bill also applies to weapons left unsecured around individuals legally prohibited from handling a gun and those co…
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