Posted on 03/07/2011 9:31:24 AM PST by John Semmens
The People’s Republic of Illinois’ Attorney General Lisa Madigan wants to publish a list of the names and addresses of all the state’s registered firearms owners. “People have a right to know whether their neighbors have weapons in their homes,” Madigan asserted. “If people are embarrassed for others to know they have guns, they can get off the list by disposing of those guns.”
The Attorney General was undaunted by critics who characterized the publication of such a list as dangerous because criminals could see which homes were not on the list and, thus, “safe to burgle.” “If there are fewer break-ins to homes where firearms are present there’ll be fewer shootings,” Madigan reasoned. “If burglars know which homes are firearm-free they won’t need to bring guns to defend themselves. Property transfers could be accomplished with less threat of bloodshed. This is a big plus in my mind.”
Madigan also portrayed the move as “an assist to the police in the case of civil unrest. If the list of gun owners is well-known the weapons can be more expeditiously confiscated. If people know which of their neighbors have guns they can help point them out to authorities if a weapons round-up is desired. There are many anti-government nuts who wouldn’t hesitate to use their weapons against what they imagine to be government tyranny. An orderly disarming of these people will save many lives. This is another big plus.”
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why? the public’s “right to know”??
Ok then I want the names and addresses and salary of EVERY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE
how about the name of everyone that gets an abortion?
That’s insanity. Pure, unadulterated insanity.
Satire.
So, which part is satire and which part is true. It’s so hard to tell these days, especially in Illinois.
this dang satire page gets me every time!
The most telling thing about these satire threads is how believable they are!
It also says that it's satire...
Almost got me with this one.
Will that include those in the Chicago mafia?
I’m betting Madigan really does want to publish such a list.
That’s why I asked which part is true.
You really know how to think like a liberal, John.
(I’m starting to worry about you.)
But we have a problem: That which we satire, either has been -- or becomes -- the policy initiatives of the hard Left.
This article illustrates the point well. The truth on-the-ground makes it almost impossible to satirize.
I recommend you see this satire I did a while back: THE ONION SHUTS DOWN: "NO MORE SATIRE POSSIBLE"
Publish all of Lisa’s personal information AND all print and electronic media employees in IL. Now THAT might make the state safer. It would give thugs a new happy hunting ground because we know how much the Donkeys and media hate gun owners. Thugs prefer disarmed victims.
Another thing, Lisa wants to give out the names of local, county, and state cops as well as everyday citizens. You think the cops want their personal data made public? I don’t think so, Ms. Attorney General. What a putz.
Yes, satire is reality. Welcome to the 2010’s in America.
Should List of Gun Owners Be Made Public?
Whose business is it if you own a gun? Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan thinks a list identifying all firearm permit holders in the state “must” be made public, but the State Police disagree.
Fox News reported that the showdown could soon come before a judge after it erupted last fall when an Associated Press reporter made a Freedom of Information Act request to the police for the names of permit holders and details about what weapons they are authorized to carry.
"My gun ownership is none of your business," said Republican Rep. Ron Stephens, who is behind a bill in the general assembly that would put the list under lock-and-key. "I don't know what Lisa Madigan doesn't understand about that, but obviously she's confused."
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