On Monday night, Village Board of Trustees members in Deerfield, Illinois unanimously approved the ban of assault weapons that will be effective starting June 13.

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Deerfield, a suburb north of Chicago, will ban the possession, sale, and manufacture of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in their community.

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After the February high school shooting that killed 17 students and staff in Parkland, Florida, Deerfield Mayor Harriet Rosenthal said, “I believe the time has now come to revisit a complete ban of assault weapons.”

Mayor Rosenthal “directed staff and the Village attorney to prepare a report concerning the implementation of a ban of assault weapons,” according to a press release.

The ordinance explicitly defines what constitutes as an assault weapon, including semiautomatic rifles with a fixed magazine and a capacity to fit more than 10 rounds ammunition, as well as shotguns with revolving cylinders, among others.

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Deerfield officials also said that “any resident who does not give up their assault weapons by June 13 will be fined up to $1,000 a day for each offense.”

Anyone in violation, and fined, could also be forced to “forfeit to the Village any assault weapon,” the ordinance states.

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The legislation is likely to face a legal challenge on constitutional grounds, but Village Manager Kent Street told the Chicago Tribune, “the ordinance was modeled on a Highland Park, Illinois, law from 2013 that survived in court.”

The Deerfield ordinance contends that assault weapons are not covered by the Second Amendment.

“The possession, manufacture, and sale of assault weapons in the Village of Deerfield is not reasonably necessary to protect an individual’s right to self-defense or the preservation or efficiency of a well-regulated militia,” the ordinance reads.

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