Posted on 10/31/2013 5:52:25 PM PDT by marktwain
As Seattle Gun Rights Examiner Dave Workman reported yesterday, rumor has it that the NRA is in negotiations with anti-gun fanatic Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on new legislation to turn non-violent "gun crimes" into felonies, requiring long prison times for mere possession of an "illegal gun":
Two more people were murdered and 14 other wounded in weekend shootings in Chicago, according to today’s Chicago Sun-Times, but according to today’s Capitol Fax blog, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s lobbyists “are engaged in serious talks with the NRA” about how to crack down on criminals and lower the body count.
Presumably, the legislation under discussion is Illinois House Bill 2265, discussed here earlier this month (which also seems to have the behind-the-scenes support of rabidly anti-gun NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg), and/or the identical language, introduced by HB 2265's sponsor, Rep. Mike Zalewski (D-Chicago), as an amendment to SB 1342, which has already passed (as an entirely different and unrelated bill) in the Senate. If Zalewski's amendment is approved, and SB 1342 passes in the House, the amended bill would have to return to the Senate for that chamber's concurrence.
As this column observed previously about HB 2265:
Under HB 2265, carrying a loaded firearm without a permit, or even an unloaded one, with ammunition "immediately accessible," would be a felony, for which the judge must sentence the offender to three to seven years in prison. A second offense would make it five to ten years.
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Time to join Gun Owners of America.
“rumor has it...”
Yeah, but what does the “word on the street” say?
Making new things crimes does not 'crack down on criminals' whatsoever. Instead, it makes new criminals out of people who were previously doing lawful behavior. If someone is already a criminal, i.e. has already broken laws, one cracks down on those people by enforcing the law, not creating new laws. Of course, if the already-existing laws are unjust, then enforcing them is also unjust, even as doing so lets one claim they are 'cracking down on criminals.'
Seriously, negotiating with the devil seldom gets a positive outcome. What can you possibly accomplish by doing so?
Just shoot them all. The body count will go WAY up for a while, then it will stop.
Gun control zealots now only deserve the gun owner’s version of “F@#k you”, which is:
Come And Get Them!
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