State efforts to toughen gun laws in U.S. are being thwarted by polarization: experts
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Not even some of the most stringent gun control and red flag laws in the U.S. are able to guarantee that high-powered assault weapons don't end up in the wrong hands in Illinois.
Not even some of the most stringent gun control and red flag laws in the U.S. are able to guarantee that high-powered assault weapons don’t end up in the wrong hands in the state of Illinois.
The problem – part of it, at least – surrounds the state in virtually every direction.
Wisconsin up north, Iowa and Missouri to the west, Kentucky in the southeast and Indiana right next door, sharing not only the Lake Michigan shoreline but a decent chunk of America’s third-largest metro area, Chicago.
The advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety rates Illinois sixth in the country for the strength of its gun laws, while every one of the five states that border it receive failing grades.
The political and cultural patchwork of the United States is just one small part of what makes America’s gun problem so vexing.
Seven people were killed and 38 people were injured Monday in Highland Park, a leafy suburb north of Chicago, when a lone gunman, perched on a roof of a sportswear store and disguised in women’s clothing, used an AR-15-style rifle to open fire on parade spectators, unleashing more than 80 rounds on the defenceless crowd.
“Illinois has fairly strict laws,” said E.J. Fagan, a political-science professor at the University of Illinois Chicago.
“The problem is Highland Park is, what, 10 miles south of Wisconsin? So even if Illinois has very strict laws, Wisconsin is largely controlled by the Republican party.”
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