[Copernicus]

To appear soon in a neighborhood near you. Completely "under the radar" of course!

Best regards to all,

[kromike]

In other news, criminals everywhere celebrate. Assorted burglars, robbers, rapists, etc. head to Cook County to "burnish their resumes."

[facedown]

I believe Blago has said that he'll push for this statewide in the next legislative session.

Frickin' Nazis.

[sergeantdave]

So where is the federal justice department? It should be marching into Cook Co. with a battalion of lawyers to file lawsuits for violating the civil rights of the citizens.

If the county decided to build separate but equal white and black water fountains, the feds would parachute in the 101st Airborne.

Guess this shows we don't have a justice system, but just a system.

What a fascist state.

[Jack Hammer]

So much for the Constitution of the United States, Bill of Rights amendments II and IV... guess they don't intend even to maintain the pretense of American government in Cook county.

[Old_Mil]

To purchase a gun in the State of New York you have to give your full name, your date of birth, your residence, your occupation. You have to prove that you're a United States citizen, you have to show you are of good character, competency and integrity. And you have to demonstrate a real need for the weapon.

And thanks in part to our stricter gun control laws, crime is down dramatically in New York City. Shootings are down over 50 percent. Murder is down over 50 percent...

We need a federal law that bans all assault weapons, and if in fact you do need a handgun you should be subjected to at least the same restrictions -- and really stronger ones...

-Rudy Giuliani

The Mayor's WINS Address
Sunday, March 2nd, 1997

[zeugma]

I want to know why the heck people aren't dying over this.

[Dosa26]

Since shotgun shell rounds can be obtained in sizes as short as 2 inches

Geez, I hope no one tells them about the inch and a quarter sabbotted rounds. :-/

[jrp]

Is it time yet?

[ArrogantBustard]

Coming soon to a democRAT controlled congress ... the Brady Bunch hasn't gone away, they've just been sittin' quietly waiting.

[caver]

"To appear soon in a neighborhood near you. Completely "under the radar" of course!"

Yes, I figure that through local ordinances are how they will get total gun bans in effect. The locals can pass any kind of law they want, constitutional or not. When every local city/town/county enacts a gun ban, then you will have a total gun ban. Which goes on to prove that all politics are local.

[TheRightGuy]

Owners of such firearms or large capacity magazines have until February 12, 2007 to either remove the affected guns and remove any large capacity magazines from Cook County or surrender them to the police for destruction.

So, I guess come Monday I'm going to become a criminal.

[Centurion2000]

And of course they have the FOID cards and inventories to start their collection from.

[killjoy]

Popular self defense weapons like the Mossberg 500 pump, and popular target shooting semiautomatic AR-15 are also illegal.... The Ordinance specifically bans any semiautomatic shotgun that has a fixed magazine with a capacity in excess of five rounds.

I just read the ordinance and I don't see how it makes the Mossberg 500 illegal. It is a pump action shotgun, not semi-automatic. I think the rifle association might want to do some talking to the shotgun association and clear up their facts before putting out a press release.

[Gritty]

Cook County should just incarcerate all the honest citizens and let the criminals run free. The place is run by criminals anyhow and things would be "business as usual"..

[flada]

Time to stock up on spitballs.