The proposal also calls for bans on body armor and high-capacity ammunition cartridges and magazines.
City leaders in Highland Park are calling on Congress and the Illinois General Assembly to ban semi-automatic assault weapons.
The vote comes more than a month after seven people were killed and at least 48 others were wounded in a shooting at the 4th of July parade in Highland Park. However, city officials say state and federal action is needed to ban the manufacture, purchase, sale, possession, and use of semi-automatic assault weapons, high-capacity ammunition cartridges and magazines, and body armor; except as needed by the military and law enforcement agencies.
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