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1		HOUSE RESOLUTION
2		WHEREAS, On February 15, 2019, a disgruntled former
3		employee of the Henry Pratt Company in Aurora opened fire
4		inside the company warehouse, killing five fellow employees and
5		wounding another; five police officers were also shot and
6		wounded while responding to the incident, before the gunman was
7		killed in a shootout with law enforcement; and
8		WHEREAS, The gunman responsible for this heinous act of
9		terror was able to obtain the gun he used to wound and kill
10		innocent victims through a loophole in our Firearm Owners
11		Identification (FOID) system; despite being convicted of a
12		felony aggravated assault in 1995 in the state of Mississippi,
13		the gunman obtained a FOID card in January 2014, and when the
14		gunman applied for a concealed carry license in March 2014,
15		only then did State Police revoke his FOID card and send him a
16		notice to surrender his firearms and submit a Firearm
17		Disposition Record; the gunman failed to surrender his weapons
18		and submit the Firearm Disposition Record, and the State Police
19		did not follow up; this tragic shooting brought to light
20		dangerous gaps in State law that allowed the shooter easy
21		access to guns; and
22		WHEREAS, We must remember the victims of this senseless act
23		of violence: Clayton Parks of Elgin, age 32, Trevor Wehner of

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1		DeKalb, age 21, Russell Beyer of Yorkville, age 47, Vicente
2		Juarez of Oswego, age 54, and Josh Pinkard of Oswego, age 37,
3		and Timothy Williams, who was wounded by the gunman while
4		running to warn other employees of the shooting; and
5		WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1966 would address many of these gaps,
6		strengthen the FOID system, and help ensure that people with
7		violent criminal histories who are prohibited from gun
8		possession are not able to easily evade the law and arm
9		themselves; therefore, be it
10		RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
11		HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
12		we recognize the one year anniversary of the mass shooting that
13		took place at the Henry Pratt Company in Aurora on February 15,
14		2019, and we honor the victims of this senseless act of
15		violence; and be it further
16		RESOLVED, That we urge the passage of Senate Bill 1966 to
17		close the loopholes that have allowed violent criminals to
18		obtain a FOID card and to streamline the revocation process for
19		law enforcement to remove firearms from dangerous individuals.