Posted on 02/20/2009 6:21:18 AM PST by Mobile Vulgus
Want a gun in Illinois? Fine. Then you'll be forced to carry an expensive, million dollar insurance policy to be "allowed" to observe your Second Amendment right. At least, that will be the law if lefty gun-banner Kenneth Dunkin has any say in the matter.
Dunkin (D, Chicago) has made this attempt to undermine the Second Amendment even worse than a mere "insurance" policy. He has also slipped into this unConstitutional morass a provision that says gun owners will be liable if their gun is used in a crime after it has been stolen from them. The bill also authorizes the State Police to confiscate the firearm owner's ID (FOID) from any citizen that doesn't comply with purchasing the hefty insurance policy...
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
“Shall not be infringed” means what it says.
On Glen Beck’s FNC show yesterday, he pointed out the the required insurance is not sold by anybody.
If this unconstitutional piece of crap doesn’t fire up the downstaters, I really don’t know what will.
“Shall not be infringed”
You couldn’t string together 4 more unambiguous words if you tried!
When has insurance fallen under the “police power”?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.