As Deadline Looms, Assault Weapons Registration Rules Still Unresolve…

Illinois State Police acting chief legal counsel Suzanne Bond told lawmakers the agency has listened to gun owners’ concerns and made changes to the rules that were first proposed in September. (Capitol News Illinois)

SPRINGFIELD — Firearm owners in Illinois will have to wait at least another month before knowing exactly what items they must register with the Illinois State Police under the state’s assault weapons ban, even as the deadline for submitting those registrations is less than three weeks away.

A 2023 law requires owners of guns deemed by Illinois as “assault weapons” to register the weapons with the Illinois State Police by Jan. 1, 2024.

The General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, or JCAR — a bipartisan group that has oversight authority of state agency rulemaking — declined again Tuesday to take action on a proposed set of final rules, saying instead it will consider the matter again at its next meeting Jan. 16 in…