(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A proposed law is advancing in Springfield to protect victims of domestic violence when their alleged abusers own guns.
Advocates are hoping for passage of a new law to make sure that firearms are quickly seized from a home where a survivor of domestic violence has been granted an order of protection.
Karina Gonzalez was shot and killed along with her daughter this summer not long after getting an order of protection against her husband.
"An order of protection revokes and abusers firearm owners identification card, but it does nothing to get guns out of the hands of those causing harm," said Amanda Pyron, Executive Director of The Network advocating against domestic violence.
"Sometimes a person causing harm will transfer ownership to the firearm to someone else with a firearm or FOID card, even if they reside in the same home without actually relinquishing the gun."
Chicago State Senator Celina Villanueva acknowledges there are loopholes in the laws now.
"That's one of the reasons what we're going to figure out as we go into veto session on the intricacies of the bill, because I know that that's really important whether someone can just hand their firearms over to a friend or a family member," she said.
"That then is just going to turn it back to folks."
The advocates are backing what they are calling Karina's Law.
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