METROPOLIS — Illinois Senate Bill 8, or the Safety Gun Storage Act, passed on the state House floor Wednesday night, moving it one step closer to being signed into law and strengthening firearm ...

Senate Bill 8 passed its final hurdle in the statehouse on Wednesday.. Current Illinois law requires gun owners to keep their weapons secured if a child under the age of 14 is present in the home ...

The "Safe Gun Storage Act" passed in Illinois, requiring gun owners to properly secure their firearms in homes where children and at-risk people are present, with fines ranging from $500 to ...

Strengthening firearm storage laws will save young lives in ... the Illinois Gun Violence Prevention movement has consistently championed lifesaving policies to curb illegal guns and the damage ...

The impact of this law would be felt in every neighborhood in Illinois. Especially the ones already grieving too many young lives lost. Gun violence is now the leading cause of death for children ...

— The Illinois legislature has adjourned for the session, and Gov. JB Pritzker has hundreds of bills awaiting his signature in order to become law. ... Gun storage. Senate Bill 8, ...

The Safe Gun Storage Act also makes changes to a variety of existing Illinois gun laws, including a mandate that firearm owners report a lost or stolen firearm within 48 hours of the owner finding ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The safe gun storage plan is one step closer to becoming a law as it passes the Illinois House gun violence prevention committee on Tuesday.. This legislation would ...

Illinois’ highest court upheld a statute frequently used to charge felony gun possession, finding that a requirement to ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois gun owners are highlighting cases they’ve brought in the court against current Illinois laws and legislation they say would continue to take away their rights.