How strict are gun laws in Illinois compared to other states?

New York legislators passed major gun control reforms after recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde. How do Illinois gun laws stack up?

By Claire Hyman, Daniel Tucker
Gun store
In this Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 file photo, handguns appear on display at the table of David Petronis of Mechanicville, N.Y., standing with rifle, who owns a gun store, during the heavily attended annual New York State Arms Collectors Association Albany Gun Show at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center, in Albany, N.Y. Philip Kamrass/Associated Press
Gun store
In this Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 file photo, handguns appear on display at the table of David Petronis of Mechanicville, N.Y., standing with rifle, who owns a gun store, during the heavily attended annual New York State Arms Collectors Association Albany Gun Show at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center, in Albany, N.Y. Philip Kamrass/Associated Press

How strict are gun laws in Illinois compared to other states?

New York legislators passed major gun control reforms after recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde. How do Illinois gun laws stack up?

By Claire Hyman, Daniel Tucker
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Illinois has the eighth strictest gun laws in the nation, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

Reset talks with reporters and an expert to understand what separates Illinois from states with even stricter gun laws.

GUESTS: Robert Spitzer, professor of political science at SUNY Cortland; author of Guns Across America: Reconciling Gun Rules And Rights

Patrick Smith, WBEZ criminal justice reporter

Dan Clark, host of New York NOW