Quinn, crime victims push assault weapons ban

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn is drawing on support from families of gun violence victims in his push for n assault weapons ban in his re-election bid against Republican Bruce Rauner (ROW’ nur)

The Chicago Democrat appeared Wednesday with Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, whose daughter was killed in the 2012 theater shootings in Colorado. Families from Illinois also spoke, including the mother of slain Chicago teen Blair Holt who died in 2007 public bus shooting.