Posted on 07/18/2006 9:46:39 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim
CHICAGO, July 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the ISRA Political Victory Fund (ISRA-PVF):
The ISRA-PVF is asking Governor Blagojevich to explain why one of his political allies is calling for house-to-house searches to locate and confiscate legally-owned firearms.
Earlier this month, Cook County Board member Joseph Moreno stood before the county board and called for "...house to house searches to pull every gun out of Cook County." Moreno's statement comes within days of Blagojevich claiming that anyone in Chicago who owns a gun is a "gang banger" and is "...up to no good."
"I think the timing of the Blagojevich and Moreno remarks is more than just coincidence," commented ISRA-PVF spokesman, Richard Pearson. "During the July 6th dedication of the Sparta shooting complex, Blagojevich didn't mince any words when he essentially declared that any gun-owner north of I-80 is a criminal. Then, days later, a powerful member of the Cook County Board calls for police sweeps against the homes of lawful gun owners. These statements didn't happen by accident -- the intent is clear."
"Normally, the Blagojevich and Moreno statements would be laughable," continued Pearson. "However, Blagojevich has the potential means for authorizing police raids on gun-owning homes. House Bill 2414 remains alive in a House committee awaiting a call for a vote. If passed into law, HB2414 would result in the banning and forced confiscation of millions of lawfully-acquired firearms from law-abiding Illinois citizens. The raids would be aided by a database of firearm owners being maintained illegally by the Illinois State Police."
"Blagojevich is fond of saying that gun owners have nothing to fear from him," said Pearson. "If vilification of gun owners and wild-eyed calls for house to house gun searches aren't reasons to fear this administration, then I don't know what are. It's time for the governor to address the gun owners of this state and tell us why we should trust him."
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The ISRA-PVF is a political action committee affiliated with the Illinois State Rifle Association. A copy of its report is available for a fee from the Illinois state board of elections.
Sounds to me like someone has lost their mind.
*speechless*
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They best be heavily armed when they come to get mine.
US Senate votes to bar emergency gun confiscation
...what the heck is this nutball thinking?!
Oh, Claire, is it time yet?
Cook County needs to put this guy in jail. Or recall him (easier).
Maybe, just MAYBE many of those gun owners have a gun to PROTECT AGAINST the gangbangers .
I was told recently that if the police forcibly entered my home that I had no right to hold a gun as protection. There is no court-of-the moment to determine my 2nd amendment rights. I was warned that I would probably be wounded if not killed.
How can this be true? What gives law enforcement the right to shoot me without my provoking them?
Sounds like the best way to start a civil war.
From what I understand they would need a warrent first. If they just force entry you can shoot 'em where they stand.
Should it ever come to pass, the ACLU would be there in a flash, seeking a TRO and filing briefs in support of gun owners as is their normal operating procedures in protecting ALL from infringement of their rights as outlined in our Constitution, expressly, the Second Amendment.
Okay, /sarc
Un Freekin Believable. Do they really think they could get away with this?
Not even in San Francisco, would this ever be attempted.
Bunch of wing-nuts, if you ask me, but then again, so many of our political (elected and otherwise) officials are.
I believe that's one of the brilliant ideas we got from the War on Drugs. What's sad is to see so many pro-2nd Amendment people supporting the WoD, not realizing that the WoD is preparing the ground for firearms prohibition.
Shades of the SS/Gestapo. I dare one of these gungrabbers to show up at my door!
They got away with it in NO.
Frickin Commies, every damn one of them.
How can this be true? What gives law enforcement the right to shoot me without my provoking them?
The only right LEA would have under such circumstances is if you were not around to dispute their claim that you threatened them
Pretty far-fetched if you ask me.
Cannot state with certainty, but don't know of ANY place in the US, where owning a firearm (not necessarily a handgun) is illegal?
Cannot fathom any LEA undertaking such a house-to-house sweep, even if ordered to, which is doubtful.
Come on, anyone old enough to have watched a television program is aware that this would never fly (absent a valid warrant which included probable cause to enter)and is wholly and totally unconstitutional.
Ill. should cede Cook Cty. to Wis. but they probably wouldn't take it.
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