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Senator Peters urges manufacturer fees for gun‑violence prevention; residents press county on transportation funds and grassroots support
Summary
State Senator Peters spoke in favor of a county resolution to fund gun‑violence prevention by making firearm manufacturers 'pay their fair share'; public speakers accused the county of diverting transportation funds and urged more support and facilities for street‑level violence‑intervention groups.
State Senator Peters addressed the Cook County committee to urge support for a resolution and related legislation in Springfield that he said would help fund firearm violence‑prevention work by requiring gun manufacturers to contribute to prevention programs.
"We need to make sure that gun manufacturers are paying their fair share when it comes to gun violence in our state," Senator Peters said, describing a landscape in which Illinois and local partners had created an Office of Firearm Violence Prevention and…
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