Raoul: Governor’s Veto of Gun Dealer Licensing Unconscionable
SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois State Senator Kwame Raoul (D-Chicago 13th) issued the following statement in response to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of the Gun Dealer Licensing Act:
“It’s unconscionable for the governor to take this action when gun violence continues to plague communities across our state.
“This is a personal issue for me. I have experienced gun violence just outside my front door on multiple occasions while my children were home, and I have close friends who lost children to gun violence within blocks of my home.
“We license all sorts of professions: physicians, lawyers, pharmacists – even dog groomers and barbers. It’s not an unreasonable request to license firearm dealers. The vast majority of voters support this measure on a bipartisan basis, and the governor turned his back on all of them today.
