[cherry_bomb88]

Illinois FReepers...HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP....we have a hugely democratic legislature this year due to the re-districting....pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease unite and sign this petition!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cherry_bomb88]

ping ping ping

Guys...help....if you know ANY Illinois FReepers, please ping them!!!! HURRY!!

[zook]

And while you're at it, buy a lot of shotguns now!

[Ford Fairlane]

Anything about this bill is bad, it also outlaws all semi autos & mags over 10 rounds, not to mention several other senate & house bills mayor daley has submitted this year

there have been a few of us spreading word about them, I, for one will move my engineering / gunsmith business to Indiana if they pass

The Illinois State Rifle Association has been pretty much useless in their efforts in the past 8 - 10 years, this year is no exception

[Texas_Jarhead]

oh man, that sounds terrible

[GrandsonOfTheUSNavy]

the democratic, communistic, fascist nazi senator. how the heck did this dodo get elected anyway? he is completely violating the 2nd amendment which clearly states that "civilians have the right to keep and bear arms". somebody smack him with a US history book. and where do i sign for this petition?

[bigfootbob]

"Illinois FReepers...HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP....we have a hugely democratic legislature this year due to the re-districting....pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease unite and sign this petition!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Fight fire with fire. Send all of us interested FReepers Illinios voters registration cards so we can get our absentee ballots in time to help.

[gaucho]

That's insane!!!! Shotguns! How did this happen?

[Noumenon]

Sounds like a suicidal piece of legislation...

[Amerigomag]

I was feeling badly about being a Claifornia resident but you folks in Illinois have a real problem.

[in the Arena]

Would ban shotgun barrels with threads on the inside...WTF ?

[philetus]

PING

[Critter]

You mean they're going after duck hunting now too? Gee, but they said...

[TheEaglehasLanded]

I'm From Springfield, we are having a support the troops rally on Saturday March 29 at the Old State Capitol from 1 to 3 PM.

We have an anti-gun house, mostly anti-gun governor, the Senate is the only thing that's close, if it passes the Senate it's as good as law.

Phone Southern and Central Illinois Democrats outside of Chicago, Vince Demuzio is from Carlinville but he voted for the safe neighborhood act 3 years ago. Go after suburban republican senators such as Kirk Dillard who voted yes in committee as well, must give those Senators as much to think about as possible.

My Senator Larry BOmke will not support this and told me so.

[cherry_bomb88]

HERE'S YOUR LINKS FOR THE REPRESENTATIVES http://www.legis.state.il.us/senate/ http://www.legis.state.il.us/house/ PLEASE EMAIL THEM...THERE'S A LINK ON THERE

[Pushi]

Don't turn your shotguns in. Give them to us who still live in a free country.

[wardaddy]

Nuts.

[Rasputin_TheMadMonk]

There is absolutely no excuse for this bill beyond the socialist agenda of complete disarmament. Sounds like Illinois is about to become a very hot place to be. I fear in the end there will be a lot of vacancies in law enforcement and public office if this bill passes the Illinois Senate.

If they want your firearms so badly, sounds like you have no choice but to let them have it.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Get out of California as fast as you can......

Uh, oh wait a minute.....

[RBroadfoot]

You can bet that when this becomes law, it will be enforced as an anti-terrorist action ... and those who speak of "prying firearms from their cold, dead fingers" will be considered the terrorists. (By their own slogan, they intend to be suicide terrorists!)

Should have thought about that when you were so excited about the Patriot Act. The libs will be pleased to apply it against gun owners.

Other Amcits are now deprived of more than just 2nd amendment rights. The typical lib thinks a gun-toting Christian conservative is just as dangerous as you think an antiwar Muslim is. With legislation like this, gun owners might just be next occupants of Gitmo.

[spunkets]

This Bill only bans magazines over 10 rounds. That makes a lot of guns useless. If they are going to watch the legislature for bills they should get the bill #s right and collect all the relevant info. Notice the king's men are allowed these things, but the king's subject aren't. Also there's a bill out there that requires folks to submit to an interview with their local chieftan and requires gun manufacturers and sellers to open their sales records to the jackboots. Where are those mentioned?

from the rat's den

093_SB1194
LRB093 10903 LRD 11421 b
1 AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
5 adding Section 24-1.7 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/24-1.7 new)
7 Sec. 24-1.7. Manufacture, possession and delivery of
8 large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
9 (a) As used in this Section:
10 "Large capacity ammunition feeding device" means:
11 (1) a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar
12 device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily
13 restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of
14 ammunition; or
15 (2) any combination of parts from which a device
16 described in paragraph (1) can be assembled.
17 "Large capacity ammunition feeding device" does not
18 include an attached tubular device designed to accept, and
19 capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire
20 ammunition or any device that has been made permanently
21 inoperable.
22 (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), it is unlawful
23 for any person within this State, beginning 90 days after the
24 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
25 Assembly, to knowingly manufacture, deliver, or possess or
26 cause to be manufactured, delivered, or possessed, a large
27 capacity ammunition feeding device.
28 (c) Any person who knowingly possesses a large capacity
29 ammunition feeding device on the effective date of this
30 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly must, within 90
31 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the

-2- LRB093 10903 LRD 11421 b
1 93rd General Assembly, destroy the device, render it
2 permanently inoperable, relinquish it to a law enforcement
3 agency, or remove it from this State.
4 (d) A person has an affirmative defense to an alleged
5 violation of subsection (c) of this Section if he or she
6 lawfully possessed or delivered the large capacity ammunition
7 feeding device while in the performance of his or her
8 official duties as a peace officer, correctional institution
9 employee or official, or member of the Armed Services or
10 Reserve Forces of the United States or of the Illinois
11 National Guard.
12 (e) Sentence. A person who possesses or delivers in
13 violation of this Section a large capacity ammunition feeding
14 device capable of holding more than 17 rounds of ammunition
15 commits a Class 3 felony for a first violation and a Class 2
16 felony for a second or subsequent violation or for possession
17 or delivery of 2 or more of these devices at the same time.
18 A person who possesses or delivers in violation of this
19 Section a large capacity ammunition feeding device capable of
20 holding more than 10 rounds but not more than 17 rounds of
21 ammunition commits a Class 4 felony for a first violation and
22 a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent violation or for
23 possession or delivery of more than one of these devices at
24 the same time.