Democrats Launch Election Year Suicide Attack on Illinois Firearm Owners

Yahoo / U.S. Newswire ^ | Oct 20, 2004

[Westlander]

Good thing I hung on to my revolving cylinder black powder cannon.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I told my husband this story, and he immediately went to the NRA site and renewed his membership.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

and we're not even from illinois

[Sender]

The "cycle of stupidity" goes like this:

1- A crime is committed with a gun.
2- Do-gooder legislators pass gun laws.
3- Only honest people obey laws, criminals don't.
4- Crime increases.
5- Do-gooder legislators pass more gun laws.
6- Repeat steps 4 and 5 endlessly until all guns are banned.

[RelativelyNiceGuy]

I'm seriously considering moving to Indiana just to get away from this nonsense.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

7. Dogooder pats self on back.
8.Newspaper writes a favorable editorial.

[Signalman]

Could this turn IL around for Bush?

[Protagoras]

Could this turn IL around for Bush?

No

[Rakkasan1]

including kids pointing fingers and going "bang!".

that's a hate crime.

[Nebr FAL owner]

Yes it would be banned .

[surtcaldera]

Indiana is still very 2nd Amendment-friendly. Not only is there no equivalent of the FOID, a concealed carry permit is readily obtainable. I had occasion a few years ago to have some dealings in IL, and I was amazed; it was almost like crossing the border into a different country! At the time, I said the whole state should be fenced in as a mental asylum.

[reformedliberal]

Last Spring, we drove the entire state of Illinois on our way to The Land Between The Lakes in KY. The middle & southern part of the state had pro-gun signs, arranged like Burma Shave placards along the side of the road. Unfortunately, there aren't enough people to combat Cook County, especially when you have Peoria, Springfield and Champaign, as well.