Posted on 03/22/2018 12:42:40 PM PDT by marktwain
Jeanne Ives and Governor Bruce Rauner |
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have required the state to license and regulate gun shops, drawing sharp criticism from Democrats who contended the decision was designed to appeal to conservative voters ahead of next weeks primary election.The legislature seems unlikely to be able to override the veto, even in the face of the pressure being applied by the dominant media. In the Senate, 36 votes would be needed to override the Governor, only 30 were in favor when the bill was passed. In the House, 71 votes would be needed, only 64 voted for the measure.
Rauner called the proposal duplicative because the federal government already licenses firearms retailers. He said adding another layer of oversight would be costly for businesses and do little to improve public safety. Lawmakers approved the plan a couple of weeks ago in the wake of the killing of Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer and the high school shooting in Parkland, Fla.
The core issue is not which guns to legally ban or regulate, Rauner said in his veto message to lawmakers. We have ample proof that such narrowly focused legislative responses make for good political cover. But they do little to stop the illegal flow of guns into Illinois or prevent people from committing thousands of crimes in our state each year with illegal guns.
After a full court press, all hands on deck, Katie bar the door effort by the anti Second Amendment legislators in Chicago, Governor Rauner, with a stroke of his pen, has undone the heinous firearm dealer licensing bill.
We've been working with the Governor and his staff from day one for just a time as this. IllinoisCarry has taken him at his word and with this, the worst gun bill to hit an Illinois governor's desk in decades, he has proven his mettle.
IllinoisCarry extends our sincere thanks to the Governor, and to our members who supported him while considering this difficult, but well reasoned, decision.
Wait until after the primaries, then they can send it to him again and his “courage” will evaporate. I don’t trust this man at all.
RAUNER shot himself in the foot with HB40. Plus, Conservatives aren’t falling for that infamous GOPe “vote the lesser of two evils mantra either. He’s done.
The primary already happened. We are stuck with RAUNER on the ballot.
“The primary already happened. We are stuck with RAUNER on the ballot”
But he did a good thing with this veto...pissed all over Emanuel’s filthy little head. But there are several more obnoxious democrat bills in the hopper including the customary semi auto and magazine bans, 21 for rifles and bump stocks among others. Lets see what happens to those. I think he’ll sign the bumps. Chicago is putting the muscle on nay saying legislators like the filthy gangsters they are.
“Babies’ Lives Matter”. These self serving politicians will know in the end (maybe sooner than we think)WHO casts the FINAL VOTE. Woe to those who vote against the LORD God’s agenda.
Same guy that approve spending tax dollars for abortions ?
Vote third party instead of ratifying the Combine’s Commie puppets for the November runoff.
Yup, and making IL a Sanctuary State for criminal invaders.
Most politicians and label of courage have no right to be together.
So true. And sadly, the longer they are in that line of work the courage they possessed is replaced with corruption. No matter how honorable or courageous they had been.
Sad to hear about Springfield Armory and Rock River Arms, duplicitous to say the least.
They have now been added to the list of companies I won’t be doing business with.
well we are still thankful for small favors
at least he did something positive, under the awful circumstances existing in the Ill, sick, and dying state of ILLinois
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