Posted on 10/21/2004 11:45:42 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
I don't know much about guns. My dad has an cheap old chinese SKS. Would that be banned?
insert Butthead laugh here.
Actually, it may turn out that they unwittingly may have aimed higher..... 8~)
IF this is true, this is the most radical ban yet. Why? For someone to ban shotguns,pistols, and semi-automatic rifles means that most hunting in the state would cease. This sounds like something from Nazi Germany. I really want to know if this is true. Very dangerous proposal.
As a semi-auto - the SKS would be banned. This is what happens when Democrats are in control (as they most assuredly are here in Illinois). They try to do what they want, without fear. You really get to see what the Democrats are all about in those areas where they have a near monopoly on public offices.
If it's a semi-automatic (needs no assistance in loading the next round, you just pull the trigger and the rounds go downrange just as fast as you can pull it) yes. And an SKS especially would be banned because it's 'military style'. That's the joke of most of these stupid laws. It doesn't matter how functional the weapon is, if it LOOKS like it's a military style 'assault' weapon, it's included.
Anti-gun people are as dumb as they THINK the electorate is.
If your dad wants to get rid of that SKS, I have a nice warm home for it here in Michigan where the rights of gun owners haven't been trampled......yet.
Sounds like this goes well beyoned the Assault Weapons ban, seems they want to ban all semiautomatic weapons, which probably consist of about 3/4 of all weapons.
Yes.
"Daddy what have I done?? I was just trying to be a do-gooder.??!!"
If one state adopts measures like this it will set a new precedent. We don't want this, it could spread to the rest of the country. Isn't Illinois already crime ridden as it is? It'll just get worse when every thug out there knows that every law-abiding citizen is a soft target.
Yup
Wasn't it a Kennedy who ran for congress in DC on an anti gun platform in the midst of the sniper spree?
No reason to question the intelligence of liberals.
What the heck has happened to Illinois? They are starting to look like an island, especially if W takes IA, WI, Mn...
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What happened? Daley and Blagojevich.
Anything that goes "bang" will be targeted eventually.
Thanx, glad I'm safe here with Toto in Kansas :)
Join the NRA and fight back.
Unfortunately Michigan has the same law being proposed.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2004-SB-1381
Madigan saw how well gun control worked for Chicago (crime and murder rates some of the highest in the nation!) and decided to do it to the rest of the state. Apart from King Daley, we have a trial lawyer as a governor. 'Nuff said.
The Illinois GOP keeps self-destructing. However, Democrats with such idiotic moves keep giving us second chances!
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