Dupage Policy Journal

Darren Bailey, State Senator of GOP, GOP said Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey is vowing not to comply with a new statewide ban on assault-style weapons. on Jan 10th.

“I, and millions of other gun owners in this state will not comply,” Bailey said on the Senate floor. “You’ve got to know that the actions that you’re taking right now are tyrannous.”

Bailey, while making controversies, lost to Governor J.B. Pritzker during the November general election. Pritzker gained 54.9% of the votes compared to Bailey’s 42.4%.

With some of his colleagues having already vowed to fight the newly enacted ban in court, Bailey fiercely contends the Second Amendment protects ownership of all firearms, even ones that weren’t invented at the time of its original drafting.

Bailey was under criticism after he made a controversial comment after the mass shooting event during a Forth of July parade in Highland Park, after saying to “move on” as the shooter was at large at the time. He later apologized.

“Friends, let’s pray for the law enforcement and even the organizers of this parade. They’ve done an amazing job,” Bailey said during a now-deleted Facebook Livestream. “There’s a lot of confusion and frustration that the parade’s been canceled but they did the right thing because people’s safety has got to come first.” 

Those already in possession of banned guns and magazines will be legally able to keep them, but only on private property, with the weapons required to be registered with the Illinois State Police Department over the next year by January 2024.

Stanford University wrote that studies showed states with tighter policies save lives. The American Academy of Family Physicians noted that gun violence should be considered a public health epidemic.

Signed by Pritzker, the law goes into effect immediately and anyone not complying with the firearm registration provision of the law facing the possibility of being charged with a Class 2 felony while possession of magazines above the limits would result in fines of up to $1,000 for each violation.