Daley gun control plan has new twists [Barf Alert]

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 2/20/08 | FRAN SPIELMAN

[kiriath_jearim]

Moved by the shooting deaths of five students at Northern Illinois University, Mayor Daley today unveiled his annual package of gun control legislation, even as a state senate sponsor acknowledged that none of the bills could have prevented the tragedy.

Once again, Daley wants to ban semiautomatic assault weapons and .50-caliber military-grade rifles, use the State Police to license gun dealers and limit handgun purchases to one a month per person.

[squidly]

Daley wants to ban semiautomatic assault weapons and .50-caliber military-grade rifles

I could have sworn the NIU perp used a shotgun.

[Hazcat]

Why does anyone who supports the 2A live in Chicago? (or even IL for that matter)

[Abathar]

Isn’t his city already covered by all these laws? I know the gang bangers in Chicago respect him for his stance on gun control, his banning of firearms in the city has made them feel so much safer when they are out and about terrorizing the decent people who live there night after night.

[jaydubya2]

"and limit handgun purchases to one a month per person."
Thats only 12 a year!

[1rudeboy]

The weather.

[CSM]

Nothing like openly admitting that what is bad for individuals is good for Democrats. They are like vultures feeding off the dead.

[Borges]

That’s one of the few bad things about Chicago. It’s a great city otherwise.

[scory]

And once Obama is in the White House with a fillibuster-proof senate the first time one of these mass shooting happens I would not be at all surprised if there is legislation passed and signed into law that bans all manner of weapons, mandates storage requirements, limits purchases, puts a national registration into effect, etc., etc. And the courts will sustain it because they will have been packed with activist, leftist judges.

[Hazcat]

"and limit handgun purchases to one a month per person." Thats only 12 a year!

And it would make me wait 2 months to get into Cowboy Action Shooting as you need 2 six-shooters!

[Hazcat]

That’s one of the few bad things about Chicago. It’s a great city otherwise.

It may be the OLNY ONE but it is enough that I would never live there.

Why would you submit to having your RIGHTS taken from you?

[jaydubya2]

"That’s one of the few bad things about Chicago. It’s a great city otherwise."
Chicago is a beautiful city, I'll give Daley some credit for that. But the local government is out of control as well as local taxes. I used to visit chi town regularly, but taxes, parking, and admission fees to the various venues and museums are now cost prohibitive.

[Centurion2000]

Once again, Daley wants to ban semiautomatic assault weapons and .50-caliber military-grade rifles

I guess he's afraid the peasants will come after his limo.

[Borges]

I live outside of the city so the laws don’t apply to me! Best of both worlds...

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

We can only hope.

[Domandred]

even as a state senate sponsor acknowledged that none of the bills could have prevented the tragedy

Proof they are using the NIU shooting for political effect. Enemies foreign and domestic.

[mouser]

Once again, Daley wants to ban semiautomatic assault weapons and .50-caliber military-grade rifles

wait till they find out that barrett now makes a .416 barrett is is accurate further than the .50 cal

http://www.barrettrifles.com/rifle_99.aspx

[wastedyears]

I thought all dealers were federally licensed. What is state licensing going to do?

[wastedyears]

Agreed

[facedown]

But, because it was an AK-47, she didn’t have a chance. The weapon pierced brick walls and it shot up several homes on the block,” Reed said.

Sure it did.