Busloads of gun violence survivors, gun safety advocates, and elected officials will head to Springfield Thursday morning for a rally.

Well bus loads of gun violence survivors And safety Advocates and elected Officials will head to Springfield this Morning for a rally they're going to Push to ban assault weapons in Illinois CBS 2's Jackie kostek live in Highland Park and Jackie one of the buses was Going to leave from there this morning Yeah Ryan and Audrina buses are expected To leave Highland Park around 8 A.M this Morning to get to the capitol for that Rally around noon now there are buses Leaving from Highland Park Evanston and The south side of the city as well and They're all heading to the capitol for One reason to urge lawmakers in a lame Duck session to pass the protect Illinois communities act which would ban Assault-style weapons high-capacity Magazines and raise the FOID Cartage From 18 to 21. this is the latest Version of a bill that has stalled for Years but Found A Renewed action after The Highland Park shooting six months Ago Bruce suntime the husband of one of Seven Parade shooting victims Jackie Sunshine spoke about the horror of that Day for the first time And I was like Shot I was what do you mean shot and She's like how was she shot she's like a Lot of people have been shot and it was Kind of then I realized what had Happened

As a society we have to find a place Where Someone can't just wake up in the Morning and decide I want to go out and Shoot 50 strangers As we've been reporting on since the Shooting groups here in Highland Park Have become Fierce advocates for the Banning of assault style weapons both at The state and federal level and that Work will continue today in Highland Park Jackie costack CBS 2 News Jackie Thank you so much

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