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In two gun buyback programs between 2003 and 2009, the Brazilian government collected and destroyed over 1.1 million guns. [2] In 2004, the Brazilian government implemented a six-month national gun buyback program that met its stated objective of collecting 80,000 guns in less than three months.
The Protect Illinois Communities Act (formally known as Public Act 102–1116) is an assault weapons ban signed into Illinois law on January 10, 2023, by Governor J. B. Pritzker, going into immediate effect. [ 1] The Act bans the sale and distribution of assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and switches in Illinois.
To register a semi-automatic weapon, residents should submit an affidavit form online with Illinois State Police. It was not immediately clear if the affidavit form was live as of Jan. 11, but ...
Gun laws in Illinois regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the state of Illinois in the United States. [ 1][ 2] To legally possess firearms or ammunition, Illinois residents must have a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card, which is issued by the Illinois State Police on a shall-issue basis.
The gun safety group Giffords is rolling out a $15 million campaign to help Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump and to help ... Harris endorsed a mandatory buyback program for military-style ...
Illinois’ sweeping new ban remains in effect despite a barrage of legal challenges. The state Supreme Court on Friday upheld the law, rejecting a lawsuit filed by plaintiffs led by Republican ...
On October 11, 2017, ten days after a mass shooting in Las Vegas killed 58 people, a Politico / Morning Consult poll was released. It found that 64% of Americans support stricter gun laws, while 29% opposed them. Support was higher among Democrats (83%) than among independents (58%) and Republicans (49%).
Mar. 29—A gun buyback program in Farmington run by a gun violence prevention group last year did not violate laws requiring background checks on gun sales, the state Department of Justice opined ...