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Illinois Gov. Wants Statewide Assault Weapon Ban over Chicago Violence
breitbart.com ^ | 7/17/2014 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 07/17/2014 7:29:08 AM PDT by rktman

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn (D) is supporting statewide "restrictions" on .50 caliber rifles and bans on "assault weapon" and "high capacity" magazines because of the violence in heavily gun-controlled Chicago.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; chicago; chicagomurders; guncontrol; guncontrolnazis
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To: Red Badger

Hmmm. I don’t think Detroit is that far away. Maybe they should give the Detroit Chief of Police a call and seek a little advice from him. I don’t think the demographics are that different between the two are they? Seems like Detroit has told it’s folks to man up and arm up and-——ta da. Less crime. Maybe. Haven’t seen any data to support the Chief but it makes sense to me.


21 posted on 07/17/2014 7:48:41 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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To: mlo

Just how many of those murders were committed with .50 caliber rifles?...Or so-called assault weapons?

Answer: Zero percent.

The goal is not to limit crime, but to disarm the resistance.


22 posted on 07/17/2014 7:50:25 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: rktman

“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” - Robert A. Heinlein.............


23 posted on 07/17/2014 7:51:25 AM PDT by Red Badger ("An armed society is a polite society. " - Robert Heinlein................)
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To: JimRed

I would bet that most of the murders and other crimes are done with 9mm or similar caliber weapons....................


24 posted on 07/17/2014 7:52:25 AM PDT by Red Badger ("An armed society is a polite society. " - Robert Heinlein................)
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To: all the best

Good paraphrase danka


25 posted on 07/17/2014 7:52:34 AM PDT by therapsida
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To: Red Badger

Here’s the Detroit report:

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/07/16/Detroit-Police-Chief-Armed-Citizens-Making-Detroit-Criminals-Think-Twice


26 posted on 07/17/2014 7:52:44 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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To: rktman

What has worked for Detroit may not work in Chicago because many of the shootings in Chicago are gang related. But it couldn’t hurt.


27 posted on 07/17/2014 7:54:53 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: armydawg505

I’m surprised he didn’t call for limiting soft drink sizes, “to combat street violence.”


28 posted on 07/17/2014 8:00:26 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: ThomasMore

If the Democrats are going to disregard the 2nd Amendment to ban arms, then the arms owners should have the right to disregard the First Amendment and ban the Democrats who ban arms in defiance of the Constitution. Turnabout is fairplay, unless you are a so-called Liberal Democrat, of course.


29 posted on 07/17/2014 8:02:26 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: Blood of Tyrants

If Rauner was smart he would run against Quinn on “they are trying to take away your guns. . .your security” and on the diseases and wave of crimes coming into Illinois by the illegals.


30 posted on 07/17/2014 8:04:02 AM PDT by Maudeen ("End Times Warrior - Just a Sinner Saved by Grace")
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To: Maudeen

PS How would you like to live in Chicago without a firearm?


31 posted on 07/17/2014 8:05:01 AM PDT by Maudeen ("End Times Warrior - Just a Sinner Saved by Grace")
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To: MrB

“99% of Chicago’s problems could be solved with one simple societal change:
Women, require men to marry you before getting sex.”

But that won’t solve the problem because the men will “marry” a dozen or more women if that’s what it takes to continue to procreate all over town. And it won’t make them provide for their offspring either. The only “real answer” is castration.


32 posted on 07/17/2014 8:07:15 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: armydawg505

If the folks doing the shooting on the South Side actually HAD those kind of weapons, they would be RUNNING the city - not just the South Side.


33 posted on 07/17/2014 8:11:55 AM PDT by jimjohn (You don't get the kind of government you want, or the kind you need. You get the kind you deserve.)
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To: MrB
99% of Chicago’s problems could be solved with one simple societal change: Women, require men to marry you before getting sex.

Simpler: "Women, if you have a child out of wedlock, then you will get zero money from government. Get married to a man with a decent job, go to work yourself, or starve. Those are your choices."

34 posted on 07/17/2014 8:12:55 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: armydawg505
Meanwhile: Detroit Police Chief Credits Armed Homeowners with Reducing Crime
35 posted on 07/17/2014 8:14:31 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: Red Badger

Only if you could find responsible people in Chicago.


36 posted on 07/17/2014 8:27:01 AM PDT by Pecos (Kakistocracy - killing the Constitution, one step at a time.)
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To: PapaBear3625

It is not just in Chicago. . .around this neck of the woods, more babies mean more $$$ from the government even in a two parent home.


37 posted on 07/17/2014 8:27:39 AM PDT by Maudeen ("End Times Warrior - Just a Sinner Saved by Grace")
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To: PapaBear3625

You left out the local church charity option,
which I would definitely keep in there.

Of course, the pastors would be a lot more diligent about the use of their charity resources,

and just might require some behavioral/spending changes on the party of the petitioner.


38 posted on 07/17/2014 8:29:30 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: armydawg505

Well of course he does. Leaders will do anything to try to blame gun violence on anything or anyone other than Black inner-city kids.

This could be stopped in about a matter of weeks if they truly wanted to stop it.


39 posted on 07/17/2014 8:33:50 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Think how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are stupider than that.)
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To: vette6387

I don’t think these people actually have a goal of procreating.
They’re not thinking past the big O.


40 posted on 07/17/2014 8:38:03 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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