“Vowed to make Illinois the ninth state to pass an assault weapons ban.”
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Verified all three cited sources via WebFetch; all are reachable and support the FULL outcome. STLPR confirms Pritzker signed the assault weapons ban "making Illinois the ninth state in the nation to impose such a ban," that he "campaigned on a pledge to pursue an assault weapons ban," and that he signed it for immediate effect ("I'm signing this legislation tonight so that it can take immediate effect...") — all quoted text matches. WGLT independently confirms "making Illinois the ninth state in the nation to impose such a ban" and shows the legislative negotiation was shared among Pritzker, Speaker Welch, and Senate President Harmon — correctly supporting FULL rather than CHAMPIONED, since Pritzker's documented role was advocacy plus the executive signature, not authoring/leading the legislation. CBS News Chicago confirms Pritzker signed the ban and the "Gun violence is an epidemic..." quote appears verbatim (CBS does not use the "ninth state" framing, but the quote attributed to CBS in the rating is the epidemic quote, which is accurate; the ninth-state claim is corroborated by the other two sources). The promised outcome — enacting the ban to make Illinois the ninth such state — was delivered via the Protect Illinois Communities Act. The rating does not overstate the evidence. FULL is upheld.
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