Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is once again calling for legislation that would ban the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.
The Democrat addressed the issue at a news conference on Sunday. He spoke in the Morgan Park neighborhood — a South Side Chicago community that's been affected by gun violence.
Quinn is specifically pushing for the passage of the Illinois Public Safety Act.
Under that proposed act, holders of Firearms Owners Identification Cards who now own assault weapons would be able to keep them. But they wouldn't be allowed to transfer or sell them — except to a family member.
Quinn says war is "being waged on our streets." And he says it's a war fueled in part by the availability of military-style assault weapons.
The push comes as three people were killed and 21 others wounded in gun violence in Chicago.
