Mayor Daley Plans "Final Solution" for Illinois Gun Owners

Chicago Sun Times ^ | February 13, 2003 | Frank Main and Fran Fran Spielman

[sistergoldenhair]

Thanks for the ping.

[sistergoldenhair]

Although we do have an IL chapter for SAS, it is very new.

I don't have much spare time, but would like to help.

[Ancesthntr]

Daley's package includes a measure to crack down on a "cottage industry" that equips vehicles with secret compartments for drugs and guns, sources said.

Sometimes the compartments have defense systems so sophisticated they require the car radio to be tuned to a certain station and the transmission placed in neutral for the trap door to open, police said. The penalty for having such a compartment would rise from a misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony carrying up to three years in prison.

How do they know someone's intent in having such a compartment? What if you want to leave your wallet or other valuables in the car when you go to the beach, or when you're in a bad neighborhood. Methinks that this provision would get tossed (or laughed) out of court.

[M Kehoe]

It's almost time...

I pray that you are wrong, but am ready if you are right.

5.56mm

[exnavy]

Good idea, let's save a little taxpayer money.

[Mini-14]

Pete Fitzgerald is no "RINO". He is actually opposed by the "real RINOs" for being too conservative.

[facedown]

bump

[supercat]

When did he get elected to the legislature, or acquire any right to dictate to the whole state?

I've been thinking of offering cafepress.com license plate frames for "Illinois: America's Daleyland". Anyone like that as a slogan?

[Noumenon]

Unfortunately, I believe that I'm correct. You'd think that in times like these, statist thugs would just shut the hell up and crawl back under their collective rocks. But no - nothing will deter them from their agendas. The sad truth is that none of these monsters will ever for a moment act out of character. That's why a very, very hard rain is going to fall...

[supercat]

Pete Fitzgerald is no "RINO". He is actually opposed by the "real RINOs" for being too conservative.

Peter Fitzgerald is a moderate, rather than a conservative, but he's a moderate who actually holds his own views and is not a member of Illinois' RINO party. He's as conservative as anyone can be in this state and still get elected, and while I don't always agree with him I think he has more integrity than just about anyone else I've seen in this state.

If Fitzgerald loses the primary, the result will be the complete replacement of the Republican Party by the RINO Party. I can't imagine why any conservative would think that's a good thing. Perhaps you can elaborate, PenguinWry?

[Travis McGee]

The Ben Mitchell reference is from my novel, you can read 28 chapters of it at the link posted at #19, enough to grasp the scenario I lay out for a "dirty civil war" arising from this RKBA conflict.

[Travis McGee]

Somebody came up with a nice complement to Rule 308, more of an initiative: Proposition 223.

[Travis McGee]

I assume (hope) that such "secret compartment" laws would only be used when they were found loaded with guns or drugs.

But one never knows with tyrants.

[dts32041]

He would if he could.

Daley is only one genration removed from richard who called abe fortis a blakning k*** on national TV.

Also daley is league with the mob.

Most chicago politicians love the mob.

[supercat]

I assume (hope) that such "secret compartment" laws would only be used when they were found loaded with guns or drugs.

Or more to the point, contraband. It should not be illegal to try to hide someone's legally-owned property in a manner so that thieves won't find it.

[Travis McGee]

Exactly. Although I still fail to see how a legally purchased pistol can be "contraband" anywhere in the USA.

[supercat]

Exactly. Although I still fail to see how a legally purchased pistol can be "contraband" anywhere in the USA.

A legally-purchased one shouldn't be. I see no objection, however, to regarding a stolen pistol as contraband (unless the possessor can demonstrate that it was purchased in good faith).