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Illinois Mayor Signs EO Allowing Her to Ban Guns…to Combat Wuhan Coronavirus?
Redstate ^ | March 13, 2020 | Bonchie

Posted on 03/14/2020 11:17:24 AM PDT by re_tail20

Apparently having no shame when it comes to politicizing a crisis isn’t just reserved for House Democrats. The local ones are at it as well.

The mayor of Champaign, Illinois has signed an EO which she claims grants her extraordinary power to curtail the rights of ordinary citizens. And while the banning of guns and ammunition are the eye catcher, it goes far beyond that.

Katie Pavlich over at Townhall has the report.

"The Mayor of Champaign, Illinois just signed a sweeping executive order giving her the ability to ban the sale of firearms and ammunition because of...Wuhan coronavirus? There are no cases of the virus in town or the surrounding areas."

The mayor of Champaign, Illinois has declared a town emergency over the Wuhan coronavirus that includes a potential ban on the sale of firearms and ammunition.

According to a local report from WAND 17, Champaign Mayor Deborah Frank Feinen has issued an executive order that would give her office “extraordinary powers.” She has issued the order despite the town and surrounding area not having a single case of the disease...

(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: champaign; illinois; illinoisguns
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1 posted on 03/14/2020 11:17:24 AM PDT by re_tail20
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To: re_tail20

Well hell so many, including folks here are in such an incredible panic that I guess they didn’t see this as the next logical dem step when you LOSE YOUR MIND over a situation instead of keeping a clear head.

Sacrificing freedom for safety or security. How’s that worked in the past?


2 posted on 03/14/2020 11:21:58 AM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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To: re_tail20

Well, if we were Lefties we could quickly find a judge to put a stay on this. But, alas, the Judiciary of this country considers us the enemy...


3 posted on 03/14/2020 11:23:33 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: re_tail20

Filthy liberal college town would elect a freak like Frank.


4 posted on 03/14/2020 11:24:45 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: re_tail20

Illegal executive order. It will not be enforced. People will go out of Champain area to buy at least ammunition.


5 posted on 03/14/2020 11:24:51 AM PDT by hondact200 (Lincoln Freed the Slaves. Obama Enslaves the Free. Trump 2020 - Keep America Great)
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To: All
HAS THE MAYOR RED-FLAGGED DEMOCRAT BIDEN YET?

According to gun-grabbers, Biden is very dangerous. He owns a 10 gauge shotgun, and was caught on film demonstrating how to shoot it.


6 posted on 03/14/2020 11:27:58 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: re_tail20

I heard this virus was a bad mammajamma but I had no idea it would shoot at me.
“When guns are outlawed, only coronaviruses will have guns”


7 posted on 03/14/2020 11:29:42 AM PDT by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: re_tail20

ah yes............just as panic headlines scream that there will be no one to protect us first when the police simultaneously fall ill, and the lede on Drudge right now warning people that Coronavirus mask wearing thugs will come to your house....
“Robberies by suspects wearing medical masks reported in multiple states “


8 posted on 03/14/2020 11:30:13 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: re_tail20

With all the irrational fear being stoked up, I’d argue that I need a gun now more than ever.


9 posted on 03/14/2020 11:30:39 AM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: re_tail20

Can she countermand the Constitution?


10 posted on 03/14/2020 11:32:43 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: re_tail20

The right to bear arms “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.”

Any municipal executive order which is unconstitutional on its face, does NOT have to be obeyed.It is an individual right , guaranteed by the 2nd amendment.It cannot be regulated out of existence.

Just ignore it . Buy all you want, and get the dealers to sell all they want according to federal law, which has precedence.


11 posted on 03/14/2020 11:32:47 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obam_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Bonemaker
Filthy liberal college town would elect a freak like Frank.

Yes, Debbie ( I can't bear to post her pic), is just a symptom; the disease is the voting majority in places like Champaign.

12 posted on 03/14/2020 11:33:42 AM PDT by PerConPat ( A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground..Mencken)
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To: dp0622

i don’t think folks here are in a panic- panics lead to riots- so far everyone is calm, and using caution at this point- preparing for something that ‘could become a serious deadly issue’ shouldn’t be dissuaded- even it doesn’t come to such a serious issue, it’s better to have something and not need it than to need it and not have it- We’ve all been kinda caught off guard by this- and yes, some folks are going perhaps a bit overboard buying htigns they think might run out during a crisis- but it’s a learning experience I think- none of us have ever been through something like this really- on such a global scale i mean- (well we have, we just haven’t been so informed about it before)

The great thing about this site is that most people here do keep a clear mind- and offer sound advice- Things are going to get ugly, infact they are in some places already- folks here are preparing for that- and giving good advice- always advisable to prepare- even if it turns out it’s not needed i n the end- most folks on this site know this- we’re kinda the ‘level headed preppers’ who can see the writing on the wall and prepare as needed- Folks outside this community of folks are the ones stabbing others over grocery items-

I have read a lot of these threads- i don’t see folks in an ‘incredible panic’ - i do see folks in my neighborhood though ‘panic buying’ - shelves are bare- but so far it’s been ‘civil’- but that coudl change0-


13 posted on 03/14/2020 11:34:06 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: re_tail20

What a wanna-be Hitler bitch. Bang Bang, not going to work that way.

The liberals are going to start finding the 400,000,000 firearms in civilian hands,one at a time and muzzle first.


14 posted on 03/14/2020 11:34:40 AM PDT by oldenuff35 (-)
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To: re_tail20

Ray Nagin tried that.


15 posted on 03/14/2020 11:34:46 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: re_tail20

Are people in Chicago trying to shoot at it?


16 posted on 03/14/2020 11:41:46 AM PDT by kempster (w President of all time.)
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To: re_tail20

Does the town’s law even allow her to do such a thing?
I suspect she is trying to make a mockery of Presidential EO’s.


17 posted on 03/14/2020 11:41:46 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: re_tail20

Banning kissing would seem to be more effective.


18 posted on 03/14/2020 11:41:47 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (60 in '20. Now, more than ever! (61, I didn't take into account Mittens.))
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To: re_tail20

Does the mayor want to take away the people’s guns so she can take away their toilet paper and hand sanitizer later?


19 posted on 03/14/2020 11:42:23 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: re_tail20

Citizens response to EO: FO


20 posted on 03/14/2020 11:43:30 AM PDT by FightforFreedomCA (and I don't care.)
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