Things are getting heated in Illinois...

... if you live up there I suggest you call your legislators and remind them that what (doesn't) work for Chicago shouldn't be applied to the whole state. It's also worth noting the tactics being used by the governor; he's coerced his police chief into making it an "us or them" issue. This is the governor who travels with a convoy of 20 armed security officers, by the way.

Here's a sample of the idiocy in question:

Law enforcement complains the trading bill will let gun owners trade up to higher-powered weapons without waiting periods that discourage impulsive gun crimes. They also argue communities should have the right to pass strict rules on how weapons must be stored when gun owners are passing through.

Well, when gun owners are driving around their state with their firearms securely stored, unloaded, in a locked case in the trunk, as per the Firearm Owner's Protection Act, it would be kind of nice to know that the 20 little neighborhoods you drove through can't charge you with a crime because you didn't wrap the barrel with a pink ribbon.

And as for firearm trading -- if someone already has a firearm, are they really going to be deterred from using it due to a waiting period before they can get a higher-powered firearm from a private individual? Not to mention -- how exactly are they going to enforce this? As usual, they will rely on the law-abiding gun owners to obey the silly laws and the criminals to break them, resulting in more shootings, resulting in more calls for gun control... at least until someone is smart enough to break the cycle by loosening gun laws.

Posted on 2005-11-02 19:51:09.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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