Posted on 03/02/2005 9:03:04 AM PST by kimber
The president of the Springfield, Ill., chapter of the Million Mom March faces charges of having drugs and an illegal handgun in her home. Press reports said the gun's serial number had been scratched off.
Annette Stevens became a gun control activist after her son was shot to death several years ago. She told a newspaper the gun belonged to her late son, and when she found it, she didn't know what to do with it, so she put it in a drawer.
Police reportedly found the gun and illegal drugs while executing a search warrant at Stevens' home in connection with a spate of drive-by shootings in the area. Stevens insists the search was illegal.
Second Amendment groups were quick to note the irony of a gun control activist being arrested on gun charges.
The Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) called it a classic case of "liberal elitists" who "cannot walk their own talk."
"I find it incredible that someone representing an organization that pushes legislation that only punishes law-abiding gun owners would possess such an illegal weapon," said Richard Pearson, ISRA's executive director.
"Surely she must be familiar with US gun laws and those in Illinois, considering the position she holds. Does she think the law does not apply to her due to anti-gun affiliation? It's the height of hypocrisy!"
Press reports said Stevens did not have the ID card required of Illinois firearms owners.
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms called it ironic that "this poster mom for gun control" has admitted keeping an illegally altered handgun in her home while she's campaigned to deprive other citizens of their firearms.
"If Stevens is so convinced guns don't belong in society, then why didn't she immediately turn that gun over to the police when she found it more than two years ago?" asked CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb.
"Why did she keep it? What's wrong with this picture? Ms. Stevens is about to learn that supporting gun control is like keeping a vicious dog. They sometimes bite the hands that feed them."
"In the kind of Draconian anti-gun society Stevens and her cohorts are trying to create," Gottlieb continued, "it wouldn't matter if she were innocent as she claims. Under the laws her group supports, gun owners are essentially considered guilty until they prove themselves otherwise."
CCRKBA said gun laws supported by activists such as Stevens do nothing to prevent crime - but go a long way in eroding the rights of law-abiding citizens. "
They will probably say the drugs made her do it and it was also due to a Bush policy.
Maybe the gun belonged to Rosie O'Donnel's "body guard" (how would you like to "guard" that body? Eeeeuuuuuhh)or some other Hollow-wood "star".
I love it!
No bodyguards like Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donut so she had to supply her own firepower.
Only if it makes it into the mainstream media, which I won't only my breath for.
Otherwise, it's just preach'n to the choir, IMHO.
Sorry, honey....
#1 I don't buy it.
#2 Ignorance is no defense.
Irony & hypocrisy defined.
She was only doing her part in keeping that gun off the streets. /barf
Sheeeeeees special............hang her from the gun grabber gallows she help build.
TYPICAL. LIberals are all hypocrits...nothing new.
This is too good. Thank You, God.
As Homer Simpson would say:
"D'OH!"
Jack.
You do have to wonder if she, and other anti's, have been behind some of these other crime sprees and/or high-profile shootings, to push their agenda...
Tin Foil Hat OFF
The second day spinoff pieces from this story will run for weeks.
I suppose the drugs belonged to her son, too, and she didn't know what to do with them.
bttt
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives assisted in the search.
Flirty? drive-by shootings? son murdered? drugs? illegal handgun? Sorry, but I just don't buy it. I think she was not the bleeding heart liberal she pretended to be, but instead was using the Million Mom March as a cover to avoid suspicion of her criminal activities.
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