Andrew S. Chesney, Illinois State Senator for 45th District | Illinois General Assembly
Andrew S. Chesney, Illinois State Senator for 45th District | Illinois General Assembly
On Monday, Governor JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 8 and House Bill 1373 into law. These bills introduce new regulations on gun ownership in Illinois. State Senator Andrew Chesney (R-Freeport) responded to the legislation with criticism.
“These two bills chip away at personal responsibility and constitutional freedoms under the guise of ‘safety’. Forcing law-abiding citizens to jump through bureaucratic hoops while violent offenders walk free in Chicago is nothing more than virtue signaling. It is certainly not an effort to improve public safety.
“Mandating onerous gun storage rules and forcing cops into a federal tracking scheme like eTrace is just more government surveillance wrapped in feel-good rhetoric. If Democrats spent half as much time locking up criminals as they do harassing gun owners, Illinois might actually be safe,” Chesney said.
Chesney, a Republican, was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 2023 to represent the state's 45th Senate District, replacing previous state senator Brian Stewart.
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