Illinois legislators have yet to reach an agreement on concealed carry, but some of them heard from the parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims Monday. The parents are helping to push a ban on the future sale of ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.
Nicole Hockley says she's not a political person or a lobbyist. She's the mother of six-year-old Dylan, who was murdered last December in his classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary, in Newtown, Connecticut. The shooter, she says, used 30-round magazines.
"He chose to leave his smaller capacity magazines at home. He chose to have the best kill rate possible by using his high-capacity magazines, which only exist to spray as many bullets as possible in the shortest timeframe without reloading. In an instant, my precious boy was gone and so was everyone else."
Hockley told Senators that what happened in Newtown could happen in Illinois, but banning the sale of high-capacity magazines would help to prevent it.
A gun company representative says to prevent tragedies, lawmakers need to broaden their focus, and improve mental health services.
Gun-owners would be allowed to keep magazines they already have.
