Northbrook residents spoke at Tuesday's village board meeting to encourage village trustees to ban assault weapons in Northbrook before the concealed carry law passes in Illinois and prohibits local bans, the Northbrook Star reports.
President Sandy Frum said Northbrook Police Chief Charles Wernick did not convince her that banning assault weapons would prevent a mass shooting in town, and reiterated that gun policies should be left to state or federal governments, "otherwise, we could end up where there is a law on one side of the street and not the other."
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