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Illinois House Defeats Assault Weapons Ban Bill
The Illinois House voted 46 to 68 against H2266 a bill to ban semiautomatic rifles with magazines over 10 rounds and semiautomatic handguns over 15 rounds The measure exempted .22 caliber rifles and listed models such as Colt AR 15 CAR 15 Uzi and Kalashnikov variants It faced NRA opposition while police groups and some officials backed it
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
House
Barbara Flynn Currie
Chicago
Senate
Myron Olson
R-Dixon
Richard Mautino
Spring Valley
Richard Mulcahey
Durand
National Rifle Association
Uzi
Galil
Norinco, Mitchell and Poly Technologies
William Marovitz
George Ryan
NRA
Ryan
Jim Hayes
Marovitz
James Kirkland
R Elgin
Currie
DeLoris Doederlein
East Dundee
Mike Tate
Decatur
Urbana
Johnson
Illinois
General Assembly