IL House: Oppose Mandatory Minimums for Weapons-Related Offenses

Stop the Illinois Legislature from increasing the number of people in our already overcrowded prisons by opposing HB2265, a bill that would increase the mandatory minimum sentence for unlawful use of a weapon from 1 to 3 years.

This bill will cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars in prison costs, money that should be used for proven methods of violence prevention.

The same neighborhoods most impacted by gun violence are also devastated by mass incarceration. The proposed law will make things worse for communities already decimated by poverty, foreclosures, poor schools and drug addiction.