“I know we’ve had enough of ‘thoughts and prayers,’ together we’ve taken on the gun lobby and made real change with @Everytown,” Pritzker tweeted on Saturday. “We go further today by signing the Firearm Industry Responsibility Act into law holding gun manufacturers accountable.”
Welcome to Chicago, #GSU2023!⁰
I know we’ve had enough of “thoughts and prayers,” together we’ve taken on the gun lobby and made real change with @Everytown.⁰
We go further today by signing the Firearm Industry Responsibility Act into law holding gun manufacturers accountable. pic.twitter.com/SbFVZONQnB— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) August 12, 2023
Under the law, firearm businesses can be sued for advertising to people under the age of 18 as well as businesses that do not take measures to stop illegal sales or sell firearms to a person who is not legally allowed to possess them. It also restricts certain imagery from being used in firearms advertisements.
Illinois is the eighth state to enact such a law.