ISRA Asks: 'Is Gun Control Worth Dying For?'

U.S. Newswire ^ | April 22, 2004 | NA

[neverdem]

To: State and City Desk

Contact: Richard Pearson of the Illinois State Rifle Association, 815-635-3198; Web: http://www.isra.org

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA):

Rep. William Delgado (D-Chicago) is one of a handful of Illinoisans who believe that gun control is worth dying for. Delgado proved that assertion today by using his power as chairman of House Judiciary Committee II to effectively kill an important piece of victim's rights legislation.

Earlier this legislative session, the Illinois Senate passed SB2165 with strong bipartisan support. SB2165 would provide an affirmative defense to a violation of a municipal ordinance that prohibits, regulates, or restricts the private ownership of firearms if the individual who is charged with the violation used the firearm in an act of self-defense or defense of another. The bill was drafted in response to a home invasion in Wilmette, Ill. during which the homeowner shot and wounded the home invader. Subsequently, the homeowner was arrested and charged with a crime because Wilmette prohibits its residents from owning handguns. The homeowner's arrest sparked nationwide outrage over the fact that a citizen could be arrested for protecting his family from harm.

After passage in the Senate, SB2165 moved to the House for consideration. Delgado utilized parliamentary procedure to hijack the bill to prevent it from being voted on by the full House. SB2165 is now effectively dead.

"SB2165 passed the Senate by a wide margin and was on the fast track for passage in the House as well," commented ISRA Executive Director Richard Pearson. "SB2165 is common sense legislation that merely affirms that law-abiding citizens have a right to defend their homes and families from criminals."

"SB2165's untimely death is yet more evidence that Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has a stranglehold on the Illinois General Assembly," continued Pearson. "It's the Daley way or the highway. You can bet that Delgado got a call from the 5th Floor of Chicago City Hall and, moments later; SB2165 became nothing more than a historical footnote. Delgado's actions today send a clear message to law-abiding citizens across the state. That message being that Mayor Daley and Rep. Delgado would rather see you laying dead on your kitchen floor with your skull bashed in than to see you with a gun in your hand."

"We see no hope in resurrecting SB2165," said Pearson. "But you can bet that we'll bring back similar legislation next year. After all, the vast majority of Illinois citizens do not believe that gun control is worth dying for."

The ISRA is the state's leading advocate of safe, lawful and responsible firearms ownership. For over a century, the ISRA has represented the interests of over 1.5 million law-abiding Illinois gun owners.

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[neverdem]

BANG

[Imal]

ISRA Asks: 'Is Gun Control Worth Dying For?'

If it can save the life of Just One Child...

[appaloosa]

If the demokRatiks ever succeed in disarming
their opposition, the killing can, and will,
begin.
The Media
IS
"The Matrix"

"Wake up George"
"Wake up".

[winker]

The question should be,is Freedom and Liberty worth fighting for? I choose GUNS rather than sharp sticks and stones!

[OneLoyalAmerican]

If it can save the life of Just One Child...

Eddie Eagle Saves Children's Lives

[JimRed]

...Wilmette prohibits its residents from owning handguns.

New business opportunity: leasing guns to folks forbidden to own them. "No, officer, I don't own a gun. This one is leased."

Works until at next council meeting they replace the word "own" with "possess".

[Looking4Truth]

ISRA Asks: 'Is Gun Control Worth Dying For?'

That's exactly what the gun grabbers had better be asking themselves, because if they try and take my guns.....

[DuncanWaring]

...Wilmette prohibits its residents from owning handguns.

No, officer - I don't own it; my family owns it.

[Erik Latranyi]

ISRA Asks: 'Is Gun Control Worth Dying For?'

The better question is: "Is Gun Control Worth Losing Your Job Over?"

That should be what the voters in Illinois say to the General Assembly.

[natewill]

No, officer - I don't own it; my family owns it.

That's gotta be the line of the week! Very, very funny!

[MindBender26]

>'Is Gun Control Worth Dying For?'

Well, if the anti-gun wackos insist.........

[MindBender26]

That pistol? No officer, I don't possess it. It belongs to my dog/cat/bird/minkey....

I'm just holding it for him......

Inspector Cleuseau would understand.

[Hardastarboard]

Reminds me of Gordon Liddy's statement "They don't allow me to own guns any more because I'm a convicted felon. Mrs. Liddy has fine collection, though."

Normally I'm somewhat immune to the ISRA / NRA's rhetoric, looking at it as their way of countering the anti's. This statement really hit home. Am I willing to die so the libs can have their way on guns? He!! no!

[Sola Veritas]

"If it can save the life of Just One Child..."

For every "child" gun control "may" save, there will be many more innocent lives that WILL be saved by armed citizens. Notice I say armed "citizens." That implies responsible law abiding persons. Besides, as the bumper sticker says:

An armed person is a citizen
An unarmed person is a subject

[paleocon patriarch]

"Stop quoting the law, we have swords."
Roman General Sulla

[neverdem]

LOL, where can you find that quote? Don't forget to tell that to the rats.

[S.O.S121.500]

Time to run this back up the ol' flag pole:
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38153a96748f.htm

[S.O.S121.500]

ping

[DMZFrank]

I do hope that this law passes, because after it is struck down by a federal or state court, than Illinoisians can finally decide if they want Illinois's interetation of the 2nd amendment to remain a constitutional backwater.

I hate to have to admit this to you guys, but the second amendment in Illinois is in really bad shape. This has come about has a result of the Quilici versus Morton Grove 7th federal circuit District court of appeals in 1980 or so. That court took the most expansive interpretation possible of the phrase "police power" in Article I, Section 22 of the Illinois Constitution and said that the right to keep and bear arms essentially is what any particular unit of government says it is under the home rule provisions of the Illinois Constitution.

Until we get the Illinois Constitution amended, this case will continue to be cited to support any tyrannical gun-control law that any fiefdom such as Morton Grove, Wilmette, or Chicago chooses to enact.

Read it and weep. http://www.guncite.com/court/fed/695f2d261.html