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Illinois Supreme Court's decision to uphold semiautomatic weapons ban garners mixed reactions

Aug 11, 2023 View Original Article
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    -2% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -58% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "There are some people trying to sell a false choice that we won't buy... that you are either in favor of the Second Amendment or you want to take everyone's guns away," she said.
51% : "I believe in the Second Amendment, I but I also believe that we need to renew the assault weapons ban."
43% : The court's 4-3 decision upheld the constitutionality of the Protect Illinois Communities Act, including the Assault Weapons ban put in place in the wake of the Highland Park Parade mass shooting.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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