Posted on 03/06/2007 6:30:39 AM PST by BobinIL
URGENT GUN RIGHTS ALERT - IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED
The Illinois Senate is about to debate a ban on semi-automatic rifles and shotguns.
If passed, you would have 90 days to register your guns with the State Police or face arrest and felony prosecution.
If you were caught with an AR-15 and 4 magazines, youd get life in prison.
THREE THINGS YOU MUST DO TO SAVE YOUR GUN RIGHTS
1. Beginning on Tuesday, March 6th, call your State Senator and POLITELY tell him or her that you are opposed to Senate Bill 16 the Daley Assault Weapons Ban and that you would like them to vote against Senate Bill 16 when it comes to the floor. If you do not know who your State Senator is, then visit the following web site: www.ilga.gov and then click on the Legislator Lookup link in the lower right hand corner of the home page. Follow the instructions at that link.
2. Pass this alert along to all your gun-owing friends; tell them to call their State Senators also.
3. Please post this alert to any and all Internet Bulleting Boards and Internet sites to which you belong.
IF YOU DO NOT ACT NOW, YOU MAY HAVE NO GUNS LEFT BY THE 4TH OF JULY
Posted Mon Mar 5 20:15:00 CST 2007
What you're looking at is the "short title". The full bill is at the link.
Illinois requires a Firearm Owner ID card to handle or purchase guns. So far, it is not an onerous process to get oneKeep in mind, Governer Blagojevich, back in his state representative days (D-Chicago, of course), came up with the bright idea to raise the FOID fee from five bucks for five years to five hundred bucks.
Blagojevich said the price was set high to make people think twice about buying a gun.Chicago Sun-Times February 15, 1993 John O'Brien"This is, in a small way, another part of the cooling-off period," he said. If the cost of owning a firearm is raised, he said, people will put more thought into the decision to buy one.
Blagojevich defended the increase, saying $ 100 per year is "not a significant burden. People interested in buying guns for the right reasons would certainly (pay) that."
It's not about guns, it's about control.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.