"Guys would you mind taking the arms discussions to email please? Don't get upset, it is just very predominant ;)"
JP, where is the line? Do you mean firearms, nuclear arms, bio/chem munitions, weapons platforms, weapons systems, all? I don't see how we can function properly without discussing some of these elements.
BTW, in YOUR neck of the woods:
Confiscation of Registered Guns Begins in Illinois
http://www.kc3.com/news/chicago_confiscation.htm