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Offline Cement Man

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A "Win" to report - too close though
« on: March 26, 2009, 04:42:11 AM »
ALERT – PAT YOURSELVES ON THE BACK

CENTERPIECE OF DALEY GUN CONTROL PACKAGE GOES DOWN IN FLAMES
 

Illinois gun control advocates have been fond of saying that, if they only pass one bill during the 2009 legislative session, they want it to be a ban on private firearm transfers.

Well, the gun-grabbers' hopes of passing such a bill were dashed late yesterday when the heavily Democratic Illinois House shot down HB 48 by a 60-55 margin.

If passed, HB48 would have required that private handgun transfers would have to go through an FFL. Proponents of the legislation claimed that such a requirement would deter criminal gun runners from selling guns to gangs.

The thinking person knows that criminals, by definition, do not obey laws. The thinking person knows that bills like HB48 serve only to harass law abiding citizens by forcing them to jump through all sorts of hoops in order to exercise the constitutionally protected right to own firearms. Thankfully there are 60 thinking people in the Illinois House.

HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

Take a look at the roll call vote for HB48.  (www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/96/house/09600HB0048_03252009_035000T.pdf)

If your representative has a “N” next to his/her name, call them up and thank them for voting against this horrible bill.

If your representative has a “Y” next to his/her name, call them up and politely tell them that you are disappointed in their vote and that you will keep their vote in mind next election day.

To find your representative's phone number, go to: www.ilga.gov/house and click on your representative's name.

REMEMBER – GUN CONTROL IS A DISEASE – YOU ARE THE CURE!

 
 
NOTE:  FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IF THEY VOTED FOR THIS BILL.  DON'T BE APATHETIC - LET 'EM KNOW YOUR OPINION.  YOU AND I PAY THEIR SALARY!  YOU CAN GET THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBER YHTROUGH THE ABOVE LINK.  ;) ;)
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POLITICIANS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO TWO TERMS - ONE IN OFFICE AND ONE IN PRISON.... Illinois already does this.

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Re: A "Win" to report - too close though
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2009, 04:53:18 AM »
Hey, that's great news CMan, even if I'm not from Illinois. If a gun control Bill can be defeated in Illinois, it can be defeated anywhere, and that gives me hope.
Mike

"Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" - Frank Loesser