Guns, attachments affected by proposed Ill. assault weapon ban

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed an assault weapons ban into law Tuesday night, hours after the Illinois House passed it in Springfield.

The legislation bans the manufacture or possession of dozens of brands and types of rapid-fire rifles and pistols, .50-caliber guns and some attachments. The law will allow gun owners to keep the guns they have now, but will require them to register them with the state.

Illinois gun manufacturers can continue to make assault weapons and sell them to suppliers in other states, but may not sell them to buyers in Illinois under the new proposal.

The bill will still allow people to keep the banned weapons on their private property.

If police stop a car driven by a semiautomatic gun owner, they can instantly check to ensure its legally owned. Also, it allows law enforcement to trace a gun that, for example, is stolen and used in a crime.

An "assault weapon" is defined in the new proposal means any of the following:

"Assault weapon attachment" means any device capable of being attached to a firearm that is specifically designed for making or converting a firearm into any of the firearms listed above.

The following are not considered "assault weapons":

The descriptions can be found starting on page 84 of the proposed bill.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.