Section of bill to be named after Hadiya Pendleton; Judiciary Committee to Consider Bill Thursday
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2013. Illinois’ two Senators, Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), along with Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), unveiled a new bill today to combat straw purchasing and gun trafficking. The negotiated bill will be considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday.
The Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 provides…
