Posted on 02/27/2018 8:01:22 AM PST by BBell
Declaring that America is in the midst of a gun violence crisis, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday urged state lawmakers and Gov. Bruce Rauner to approve a series of gun control bills and called on the public to hold officials’ feet to the fire this week and in the upcoming elections.
Lawmakers could consider a group of bills on Wednesday that would require gun dealers to be licensed, raise penalties for the illegal use of body armor, address waiting periods for gun purchases, and ban “military-style” assault weapons high-capacity magazines and “bump stocks,” Emanuel and Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said.
Johnson said he will travel to Springfield on Tuesday to testify in favor of the efforts, and Emanuel said he would be working the phones. The mayor on Monday repeatedly called on the public to get engaged in the maneuvering in Springfield and contended that a vote against the gun control bills was a vote against police officers.
“Watch this vote, and if the legislators do not back up the public safety, do not back up the police officers — in the primary and in this general election, you must hold them accountable,” Emanuel said, pounding a podium as he addressed Chicago’s latest class of police recruits. “Trust me, if they think they can get away without having any political pressure, they’re going to do the bare minimum rather than what is the appropriate thing. This is not about their political safety, this is about our public safety. And don’t let them get away with doing the bare minimum to take the issue off the table.”
The legislation banning high-capacity magazines and increasing the penalties for the unlawful use of body armor has been named the Commander Paul Bauer Act, for the Chicago police commander who was slain earlier this
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Was Commander Paul Bauer's killer wearing body armor, using an assault weapon with a high capacity magazine and a bump stock when he killed the officer? Inquiring minds want to know Rahm.
Why dont Chicago’s new ID cards count as CC ids? They’re going to count for voting and other public services - why don’t they count for gun purchase too?
Doesn’t Rahm like Mexicans?
We don’t have a gun problem, we’ve got a progressive problem.
I wonder if someone will ask Johnson about gun control successes in places like Chicago and Jamaica?
Inside every liberal is jackbooted thug waiting to declare itself
New Jersey and Florida are attempting to ram through anti-Second Amendment laws also. This is a well coordinated conspiracy against our Constitutional rights.
Never let a crisis go to waste, eh, Rahm?
Where in the state was the Commander killed? Inside Chicago?
Doubling down on stupidly ineffective.
New Jersey and Florida are attempting to ram through anti-Second Amendment laws also.
Didn’t Florida just vote down an assault weapon ban and vote to allow teachers to carry? What did they do anti-2nd?
Someone....ANYONE ask this Chicken Schiff Communist Bastard just how many REPEAT Offending Gun Felons his City’s Judges let back on the street LAST MONTH alone.
We don’t have a gun problem, we’ve got a progressive problem.””
Chicago has a politician problem. As bad as Mayor Daley (the first) could be, I don’t see him tolerating this kind of carnage...ever.
We don’t have a gun problem....we have a MURDER problem
If gun control laws worked, Chicago would be Mayberry.
Yes I stole this from the internet.
Now there’s a wonderful idea! Gun control laws have obviously been effective in Chicago...
***... that would require gun dealers to be licensed, raise penalties for the illegal use of body armor, address waiting periods for gun purchases, and ban “military-style” assault weapons high-capacity magazines and “bump stocks,” Emanuel and Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said.***
Right out of Josh Sugarmann’s 1988 playbook.
” Assault weapons—just like armor-piercing bullets, machine guns, and plastic firearms—are a new topic. The weapons’ menacing looks, coupled with the public’s confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons—anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun—can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons. In addition, few people can envision a practical use for these weapons.”
Josh Sugarmann
Is Rahm “dead fish” Emanuel living somewhere else instead of Chicago?
Rahm, the crises too important to waste is in gun free Chicago.
LOL.
5.56mm
Rahm does live in Chicago. His house is guarded by many policemen.
Ban bullet proof vests? I guess cashiers in bad neighborhoods can go screw themselves as far as these pigs are concerned.
(((Emanuel))): A modern day Kapo.
There’s a really good movie about this ^ starring (((Kirk Douglas))) and Richard Harris called “The Heroes of Telemark ”.
p.s. Stacy Dash. WB like a giant spike thrust into a railroad tie.
Yes. Bad neighbors
Sonny, move out to the country
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