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HR1197 - Condemns Gun Sanctuary Counties


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Another from Kathleen Willis. I know it is only a resolution, but still...

 

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1197&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HR&LegId=113153&SessionID=91&GA=100

 

Short Description: NO GUN SANCTUARY COUNTIES

 

Synopsis As Introduced

 

Condemns the Illinois counties that are attempting to label themselves as "gun sanctuaries", and recognizes it as an unconstitutional and shameless political stunt which undermines the rule of law and threatens the safety of all Illinois citizens.

 

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Date Chamber Action

8/15/2018 House Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kathleen Willis

 

...and lets throw in some Trump bashing while at it:

 

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

2 WHEREAS, Gun violence is an epidemic in America and in

3 Illinois, touching all parts of the State; and

 

4 WHEREAS, The legislative and executive branches of the

5 State have lawfully regulated guns and gun trafficking; and

 

6 WHEREAS, The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the

7 constitutionality of reasonable state gun violence prevention

8 regulations; Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito

9 stated in the McDonald decision that state "experimentation

10 with reasonable firearms regulations will continue under the

11 Second Amendment"; and

 

12 WHEREAS, President Trump's administration appears to be

13 willfully ignoring the problem of gun violence in America, and

14 at the same time, is attempting to coerce municipal police

15 forces into diverting their resources towards harassing

16 immigrant populations; some municipalities have lawfully

17 opposed having their local law enforcement used for such

18 purposes and have been dubbed "sanctuary cities"; and

 

19 WHEREAS, Some counties in Illinois have erroneously tried

20 to liken the cause of a sanctuary city with opposition to gun

21 violence prevention measures by declaring themselves "gun

 

 

1 sanctuary counties", thereby declaring their intention to

2 refuse to enforce any gun safety measures lawfully passed by

3 the State with which they disagree; and

 

4 WHEREAS, These counties are trying to use those lawful

5 sanctuary cities as an excuse to unlawfully ignore important,

6 democratically-implemented, state laws; and

 

7 WHEREAS, These so-called "gun sanctuary counties" are

8 nothing more than scofflaw counties, usurping the judiciary and

9 role of separation of powers in our government, while openly

10 encouraging criminal behavior; therefore, be it

 

11 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE

12 HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we

13 condemn these scofflaw counties and declare their attempts to

14 label themselves as "gun sanctuaries" as an unconstitutional

15 and shameless political stunt which undermines the rule of law

16 and threatens the safety of all Illinois citizens

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$Oh, I didn't realize sanctuary cities were about immigrants. I thought they were about illegally sheltering people from deportation who illegally entered our country, caused tax dollars to be used to educate and feed their children, and to willfully ignore democratically implemented federal laws pertaining to national security, public safety and the rights of this Country's citizens.$ My mistake.

 

The sponsor lies in the general assembly to her own party members. How she thinks she has the moral standing to finger wag on this is an exercise in cognitive dissonance so gargantuan that it should be classified as a mental health condition.

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$Oh, I didn't realize sanctuary cities were about immigrants. I thought they were about illegally sheltering people from deportation who illegally entered our country, caused tax dollars to be used to educate and feed their children, and to willfully ignore democratically implemented federal laws pertaining to national security, public safety and the rights of this Country's citizens.$ My mistake.

 

The sponsor lies in the general assembly to her own party members. How she thinks she has the moral standing to finger wag on this is an exercise in cognitive dissonance so gargantuan that it should be classified as a mental health condition.

 

Do you think she cares?

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$Oh, I didn't realize sanctuary cities were about immigrants. I thought they were about illegally sheltering people from deportation who illegally entered our country, caused tax dollars to be used to educate and feed their children, and to willfully ignore democratically implemented federal laws pertaining to national security, public safety and the rights of this Country's citizens.$ My mistake.

The sponsor lies in the general assembly to her own party members. How she thinks she has the moral standing to finger wag on this is an exercise in cognitive dissonance so gargantuan that it should be classified as a mental health condition.

^Boom. Mic drop. Well stated.^

 

"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser."

~Socrates~

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Wait, what?

 

So, it's entirely acceptable for a city to refuse to cooperate with a Federal immigration and law enforcement request regarding a violation of federal law, but it's NOT acceptable for a county to pass a resolution not supporting a violation of a Constitutional right?

 

What kind of idiotically epic hypocrisy is that?

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Wow, this ignorant woman is something else (family forum and all...) She is like a gift that keeps on giving. I will sleep well tonight knowing that the sanctuary county thing has truly gotten under her skin!

And when you look at the map in the gun sanctuary thread, green labeled counties are creeping ever more into the northern part of the state getting closer to Chicago.

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Wait, what?

 

So, it's entirely acceptable for a city to refuse to cooperate with a Federal immigration and law enforcement request regarding a violation of federal law, but it's NOT acceptable for a county to pass a resolution not supporting a violation of a Constitutional right?

 

What kind of idiotically epic hypocrisy is that?

I like the way you think!!

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