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.
There are a number of tactics that "law" enforcement has created, in blatant contravention of basic rights, in order to enforce the WoD, such as the no-knock warrant, extensive use of anonymous informants, confiscation, and outright military assaults; in addition, the corruption of police made possible by the WoD, as it did during Prohibition, encourages the "blue wall of silence" about misconduct. By simply placing an illegal drug on your person or property they can essentially strip you of any rights or steal anything you own. Because police can use such tactics as the no-knock entry/assault, your right to own a firearm is effectively negated. You have no way to be certain of the difference between a cop and a criminal home invader, until it's too late. If you fire at cops who behave as invaders, they will kill you and claim you started it.
In brief terms, the powers claimed by law enforcement in the WoD cannot co-exist with individual firearm ownership and self-defense, because many of those tactics could easily appear to the self-defending individual as criminal assaults against which he can legally defend himself. With such government powers, the individual can never be certain when it is legal to defend oneself until it is too late to matter.
No, my father told me this. I grew up in a family of hunters.
I'd have lost that one then. I heard the same thing from a police officer, who was adamant that a homeowner should automatically know it was the police by the way they were dressed, and how well organized and efficient they were when they entered the residence.
....confiscate LEGALLY OWNED firearms???? WTF....
I understand now. Thank you very much.
It could be that when my father told me this, he was aware of speaking to his daughter... who he wouldn't want to get in harm's way if the police didn't follow their protocol. :)
My point to him was, if I am in my residence and ANYONE barged in, why wouldn't I have the right to raise my weapon in protection? I hate to think that a police officer is above the law. Maybe I'm missing some delicate nuance.
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They'll do it there and kill you w/o batting an eye.
Pointing gun at them would likely be considered provocative enough to get you ventilated.
Grrrrrr!
Mother & I are thinking of moving out of Illinois. This is one of the reasons.
Chicago does not forbid gun ownership. HANDGUNS purchased after the law was passed are forbidden.
Handguns purchased before the registration law are forbidden also. They gave about one month to register them. Most didn't, only a few did.
Seems they might need them to PROTECT AGAINST the governor....
First of all, I don't know about the rest of you, but NO ONE (absent a valid search warrant including probable cause) is even getting into my abode and second of all, if anyone should just come busting in (no knock) I hope for their sake (and probably, mine as well) that I am not in or near my bedroom, because someone is going to get hurt.
I believe that law abiding gun-owning citizens would resist this effort to the point whereby (if by some insanity it were upheld in court) there would be an insurrection to the point that our republic could very well cease to exist as we know it.
I do not believe they will travel to Florida. lol
I do't know how long it would stick, but such a law could be passed.
Of course there'd be resistance, I'm not arguing that, I'd be part of it.
Ultimately, I think the easy route would be to express it to the Supreme Court.
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My understanding was that prior owners were grandfathered in. Does anyone believe that there aren't still hundreds of thousands of handguns still in Chicago?
No. They were given roughly a 1 month period to register them, or get rid of them.
" Does anyone believe that there aren't still hundreds of thousands of handguns still in Chicago?
The only legal guns in Chicago are owned by the mayor, the city council, the police and insurance investigators. I'm not sure if private investigators and security guards are allowed to have them.
But did that registration allow them to keep them? Registration is not the same as turning them in.
Long guns are NOT illegal in Chicago.
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