CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn says he
stands with President Barack Obama in calling on Congress to enact strong gun
control measures.
Quinn says Obama's actions are "the first step of a comprehensive
public safety plan that Congress must act upon." In a statement Wednesday,
Quinn says lawmakers shouldn't wait another day to pass legislation to help
prevent tragedies like last year's mass shootings in Colorado
and Connecticut.
The Democratic governor also has called on the Illinois General Assembly
to pass an assault weapons ban.
Obama is pressing Congress to pass universal background checks and bans
on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like
the ones used in the Newtown,
Conn., school shooting. His
measures unveiled Wednesday are the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun
violence in two decades.
