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IVI-IPO 2004 US SENATE QUESTIONNAIRE

35. Do you support legislation to ban the manufacture, sale and possession of

a. handguns?

While a complete ban on handguns is not politically practicable, I believe reasonable restrictions on the sale and possession of handguns are necessary to protect the public safety. In the Illinois Senate last year, I supported a package of bills to limit individual Illinoisans to purchasing one handgun a month; require all promoters and sellers at firearms shows to carry a state license; allow civil liability for death or injuries caused by handguns; and require FOID applicants to apply in person. I would support similar efforts at the federal level, including retaining the Brady Law.

b. assault weapons?

Yes.

c. ammunition for handguns and assault weapons?

I would support banning the sale of ammunition for assault weapons and limiting the sale of ammunition for handguns.

36. Do you support legislation

a. mandating background checks of purchasers of weapons at gun shows, through the internet and through print advertisements?

Yes.

b. increasing penalties for illegal resale of weapons?

Yes.

37. a. Should funding for the Legal Services Corporation be increased?

Yes.

b. What restrictions, if any, should Congress enact or repeal regarding the scope of federally funded legal services for the poor?

Congress should repeal restrictions that, among other things, prevent or discourage advocates for the poor from initiating class actions and other types of lawsuits that give meaningful redress for widespread grievances.

 

1 posted on 04/03/2008 10:57:31 AM PDT by SJackson
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I also have no problem with open carry.


2 posted on 04/03/2008 10:58:35 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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My dead cold fingers, Obama.


3 posted on 04/03/2008 10:58:55 AM PDT by bmwcyle (McCain has yet to give conservatives a reason to vote for him)
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“I am not in favor of concealed weapons,” Obama told the Pittsburgh Tribune. “I think that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot during) altercations.”

He just lost the election................

4 posted on 04/03/2008 10:59:27 AM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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I don't think Obama is going to get hunters and gun owners' votes in November.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

5 posted on 04/03/2008 10:59:41 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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This may cost him the union vote. He just touched the third rail.


6 posted on 04/03/2008 11:01:33 AM PDT by TexanToTheCore (If it ain't Rugby or Bullriding, it's for girls.........................................)
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Wonder how he feels about an unarmed innocent white man that was beaten to death last week by a black gang while he was waiting for the subway in Philadelphia?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995464/posts

7 posted on 04/03/2008 11:01:45 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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“While a complete ban on handguns is not politically practicable...”

So, to answer the question - he WOULD try to ban handguns. It just isn’t “politically practicable” [at this time].


8 posted on 04/03/2008 11:02:25 AM PDT by 21twelve (Don't wish for peace. Pray for Victory.)
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“I am not in favor of concealed weapons,” Obama told the Pittsburgh Tribune. “I think that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot during) altercations.”

Nope. Just line up and be shot like good little sheep.

9 posted on 04/03/2008 11:02:47 AM PDT by umgud
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More criminals would get shot during altercations, is more like it.


10 posted on 04/03/2008 11:02:58 AM PDT by Hoffer Rand (Where is Galt's Gulch?)
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"And so I think there is nothing wrong with a community saying we are going to take those illegal handguns off the streets."

And those folks with illegal handguns...are just gonna turn them in too.

Idiot....

11 posted on 04/03/2008 11:03:17 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Molon Labe)
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Pander Bear!


12 posted on 04/03/2008 11:03:27 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
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OK, 0’bambi, put your money where your mouth is. How about you tell your SS detail not to carry?


14 posted on 04/03/2008 11:05:04 AM PDT by Hoffer Rand (Where is Galt's Gulch?)
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It’s hard to bear arms, if you can’t carry them. Obama is an idiot, an idiot who can’t understand the concept of the 2nd Amendment, private property or freedom.


15 posted on 04/03/2008 11:05:45 AM PDT by pallis
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Well sure, everybody knows one of the first things criminals do after they obtain an “illegal handgun” is to register for a CCW license.

Why, it’s just common sense that’s what they do.

(If the reader cannot determine the level of sarcasm in that reply, no sarcasm notice I could add here would help.)


17 posted on 04/03/2008 11:07:18 AM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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“I am not in favor of concealed weapons,” Obama told the Pittsburgh Tribune.”

No Muslim is, especially when they’re outnumbered 99 to 1.


23 posted on 04/03/2008 11:09:55 AM PDT by 353FMG (Vote for the Candidate who will do the least damage to our country.)
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....typical black guy.


28 posted on 04/03/2008 11:15:54 AM PDT by The Toll
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I'm glad it won't be Hillary.

We need to make sure it's not Obama, either.

Then we need to stop McCain.

32 posted on 04/03/2008 11:19:12 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I’ll retract the rape complaint from the wombat, because he’s pulled out. Now I speak Australian.)
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Obama! Kiss my ass. I’ll carry concealed when and where I like.


35 posted on 04/03/2008 11:23:34 AM PDT by Rick.Donaldson (http://www.transasianaxis.com - Please visit for lastest on DPRK/Russia/China/et al.)
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Obama...gun grabber...with no track record. Hillary...gun grabber with a few attempts. McCain...gun grabber with multiple attempts...currently masquerading as pro-gun in an attempt to get elected.

We're screwed no matter which one of them gets elected.

37 posted on 04/03/2008 11:25:41 AM PDT by Myrddin
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Bookmark for ammunition. - BTTT


41 posted on 04/03/2008 11:30:33 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (The Presidential election is a race to the bottom. Which Party will out stupid the other to lose ?)
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