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Illinois Legislature Approves Fingerprinting Requirement For Gun Purchases

Emily Zanotti

The Illinois House is on a roll. On Tuesday, it approved the single largest expansion of abortion “rights” in the state’s history, rolling back a ban on partial-birth abortion, bringing a de facto end to the state’s parental notification requirement, and authorizing the barbaric practice through all nine months of pregnancy.

On Wednesday, the Illinois House passed an expansive gun control package, including a first-of-its-kind fingerprint requirement, demanding that all gun purchasers in the state have a set of fingerprints on file with authorities before they actually buy a weapon.

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