From his Wiki:
In 1968 Rush went AWOL from the U.S. Army, co-founded the state’s Black Panther Party and later was honorably discharged. [1] The following year he served six months in prison for illegal possession of firearms.
Rush introduced the Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 on January 6, 2009. This bill, if signed into law would require all owners of hand guns and semiautomatic firearms to register for a federal firearms license. All sales of the subject firearms would have to go through a licensed dealer. The bill would also make it a criminal act not to register as an owner of a firearm. H.R. 45 does not have any co-sponsors and has been referred to the judiciary committee.
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From LA Times:
Fidel Castro to Congressional Black Caucus members: ‘How can we help President Obama?’
The aging, ailing, cigar-smoking icon Fidel Castro had three members of Congress visit with him today in Havana, which resulted in the bearded one asking, “How can we help President Obama?” In an effort to improve the relationship between Cuba and the U.S., Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) and Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.) were the first U.S. officials to meet with the 82-year-old former dictator since his intestinal surgery in July 2006.
Greg Adams of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana confirmed that the three members of the Congressional Black Caucus met with Castro
Not much but enough to qualify him becoming a dimocrat congressman in Illinois.
I didn’t know Castro had brain surgery, that’s the first Ive heard of it.