Posted on 05/24/2007 11:48:34 AM PDT by Petruchio
There is currently a Bill being passed in Illinois, SB1007. If you examine it you will see how Democrats hide bad Laws behind feel good names.
SB1007 was filed on 2/8/2007 by Illinois State Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi (D). The Synopsis of the Bill states
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the sexual exploitation of children. The Bill spends the next three months going thru the Committee process.
On May first of 2007, Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 is filed by Illinois State Sen. Dan Kotowski (D). The Amendment starts with Replaces everything after the enacting clause . . .
The Amendment goes on to detail a Ban on any firearm magazine that holds over 10 rounds.
In only 9 days the Amended Bill passes in the Senate and is sent to the House. The origional took 3 months and the Amended Bill only takes 9 days?
Here is where things get interesting. The Amendment replaces everything after the enacting clause. This means the Synopsis remains the same. When anyone looks up the Bill they read “Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the sexual exploitation of children. ”. This is a good thing, right? Who would argue with protecting children from perverts. It is only when you read the fine print that you find it is a ban of standard capacity magazines that hold over 10 rounds. In other words, this ban re-enacts parts of the assault weapon ban that expired.
The Democrats have not been able to force the Assault Weapons Ban on us in plain sight. So, now they are doing it thru deceit and trickery.
"Provides that beginning 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act, it is unlawful for any person within this State to knowingly manufacture, deliver, sell, purchase, or possess or cause to be manufactured, delivered, sold, purchased, or possessed a large capacity ammunition feeding device."
Very interesting. Are there any national conservative talkers who either live in IL or went to school there? They might be interested. Sometimes national coverage on a “local” issue helps to put pressure on those responsible. I hope the word gets out.
I don’t know. I have sent this info to GOA.
It’s called a “Strike All” amendment, and should be illegal in every state.
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That’s highly illegal in Indiana. It wouldn’t come anywhere close to a germaneness (think that’s the term) test.
| 720 ILCS 5/11-9.1 | from Ch. 38, par. 11-9.1 |
| Deletes reference to: | ||
| 720 ILCS 5/11-9.1 | ||
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| 720 ILCS 5/24-1.8 new | ||
Makes a “technical change”!? It sounds more like it repeals the prohibition on sexual exploitation of children at the same time as it adds the magazine ban.
I spent this morning, calling representatives on it. I concentrated on collar county Republicans, and Democrats from a bit further out who might be in Daley's thrall. (I figured Cook County Devilcrats were a lost cause, and both Ds and Rs from "downstate" were probably OK. If I'd had time and free calling, I'd have gotten them all.).
I got a fair number of solid, sometimes enthusiastic "NO"s, which is encouraging. My impression was that they were all getting a lot of calls.
The Internet is a Godsend for this kind of activism. I had one browser tab open on contact information on all reps, another that gave party affiliation information, and Google maps to tell me where people were from if I didn't recognize it.
It reminds me of the ole ‘bait and switch’.
Not only should the bill be defeated, but the sociopath who introduced it should be driven from the legislature.
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