An ordinance that would have banned assault weapons in Evergreen Park died on the table after local gun supporters argued impassionedly against it during Monday's village board meeting.
Evergreen Park was one of 20, Chicago area municipal boards scheduled to vote on some variation of an assault weapons ban this week, following the passage of Illinois's conceal carry law on July 9.
Read the article: The Evergreen Park Patch
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