An assault weapons ban

Geek with a .45 has an alert for Illinois residents about a proposed assault weapons ban covering that state. If you live in Illinois, consider this your militia call-up, so to speak. The minutemen were expected to be ready to fight given a minute's notice; can we do any less while protecting the rights that they won for us?

The geek mentioned that he wasn't sure of the source, so I'll pass that warning along. Anyone who can shed light on the topic, please feel free to leave a comment.

On Wednesday morning, 20 October, IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan will be joined by IL State Senator John Cullerton and IL State Representative Karen May at a press conference during which they will introduce the "2005 ILLINOIS ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN." This proposed legislation will include bans on most, if not all, semiautomatic rifles, shotguns, and handguns. It will also ban black powder rifles and any other firearm having a bore of .50 caliber or greater. The legislation will also require you to turn in your guns to the police or face forced confiscation.

If this is an accurate characterization of the law, it's a remarkably evil piece of legislation.

1. Call Attorney General Madigan's offices at (312) 814-3000 AND (217) 782-1090 and tell the operator to tell Lisa Madigan that you are a law-abiding supporter of the 2nd Amendment and that you resent her attack on your rights.
2. Call Senator John Cullerton's offices at (217) 782-7260 AND (773) 883-0770 and tell the operator that you are a law-abiding supporter of the 2nd Amendment and that you OPPOSE Cullerton's Assault Weapons Ban.
3. Call Representative Karen May's offices at (217) 782-0902 AND (847) 831-5858 and tell the operator that you are a law-abiding supporter of the 2nd Amendment and that you OPPOSE May's Assault Weapons Ban.
4. Pass this alert along to all your friends and tell them to make those phone calls NOW.
5. Please post this alert to any and all Internet bulletin boards that you may belong to.

Let me add one to this list. Don't just call the people introducing the bill. They probably don't care. Call the people who supposedly represent you. They might care.