This week, our legislative session has an opportunity to end on a high note, as lawmakers weigh a new gun safety bill. H.B. 218, which passed the Illinois House of Representatives with 71 votes last week, lays out measures to hold gun manufacturers accountable for acting recklessly through the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. It would make it illegal to knowingly create, maintain or contribute to a condition in Illinois that endangers the safety or health of the public by failing to establish reasonable safeguards.
Plainly put, Illinois is way overdue for a law of this kind.
