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[tricky1]

http://ilga.gov/legi...93&SessionID=84

Got an email from the ISRA a few minutes ago on this.

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URGENT ALERT – EMANUAL/OBAMA MACHINE CONTINUED ATTACK ON YOUR GUN RIGHTS

Senate bill morphs into Rahm Emanuel's Gun Registration Scheme




    The Chicago Mayor's efforts to punish Illinois gun owners for Chicago's out of control crime problem continue in the Illinois Senate.

    SB3625 – This bill would tack a $20.00 tax on every hand gun you own and require you to register like a sex offender.

    THIS BILL HAS ONE PURPOSE AND ONE PURPOSE ONLY – TO PUNISH LAW-ABIDING FIREARM OWNERS

    Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and State Sen. Antonio Muñoz (IL-1) are continuing their attacks on firearm ownership in Illinois. Monday, Senator Muñoz amended a bill to turn it into Emanuel's handgun registration scheme, blaming law abiding Illinois handgun owners for his failure to control crime in Chicago. This bill makes it a felony, equivalent to arson, to possess an 'unregistered' handgun in the state and further punishes victims of crime through a 'Lost or Stolen' mandate, in other words, if you have your firearms stolen and don't report it to the police in a 'reasonable' amount of time, YOU will become the criminal. To them, owning a handgun without government permission is the same as burning someone's house down.

    The only purpose of this bill is to make firearm ownership more onerous and expensive for Illinois residents during a time of economic hardship. It will have no effect on criminals except to give them peace of mind knowing that fewer people will be able to defend themselves.

    WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP PRESERVE AND PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS

    1. Contact your State Senator and politely inform him/her that you are a law-abiding firearm owner and that you do not support registering firearm owners like sex offenders. Tell him/her that you expect to see them vote AGAINST SB3625 if this antigun bill comes to the floor. If you do not know who your State Senator is, click this link to go to the Illinois Board of Elections:
    http://www.elections...hByAddress.aspx .

    2. Contact the sponsor of the Emanuel/Obama gun tax, State Antonio Muñoz, (217) 782-9415, (773) 869-9050, and tell him that you do not appreciate the idea of being registered like a sex offender and having to pay a tax for exercising your constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

    3. Pass this alert on to all your gun owning friends and family.

    4. Post this alert to any and all Internet bulletin boards or blogs to which you belong.

    REMEMBER – GUN CONTROL IS A DISEASE AND YOU’RE THE CURE!

If you dig into the full text at the link then read the text of the amendment you will find what they are talking about.
here is a link to the amendment text: http://ilga.gov/legi...AID=11&Session=

Edited by tricky1, 27 March 2012 - 09:12 PM.

[Howard Roark]

"voted" against this attempt to boost misdemeanors into felonies.

[hunterdale]

How did you "vote" against it?

[abolt243]

hunterdale, on 27 March 2012 - 09:59 PM, said:

How did you "vote" against it?

From his comment about misdemeanor to felony, I think he's posted in the wrong thread.  I believe he's referring to HB4393 which we're calling for witness slips on.

T

[abolt243]

The amendment has been assigned to Public Health committee.  (how a gun registration bill applies to public health is anybody's guess).  PH is not scheduled yet.  Unfortuately, the Senate committees do not have the electronic witness slips that the House does.  

We may want to do something else.  Stay tuned.

Tim

[Patriots & Tyrants]

abolt243, on 28 March 2012 - 06:19 AM, said:

The amendment has been assigned to Public Health committee.  (how a gun registration bill applies to public health is anybody's guess).  PH is not scheduled yet.  Unfortuately, the Senate committees do not have the electronic witness slips that the House does.  

We may want to do something else.  Stay tuned.

Tim

Doesn't really surprise me, Oak Park and groups like LCAV seem to be pushing gun control as a "public health" issue these days. I won't be surprised if they try to start that state whide...

[mstrat]

Patriots & Tyrants, on 28 March 2012 - 06:35 AM, said:

Doesn't really surprise me, Oak Park and groups like LCAV seem to be pushing gun control as a "public health" issue these days. I won't be surprised if they try to start that state whide...

This is definitely something we should expect. As we get more and more court precedent indicating that firearms ownership and carrying is essential for individual freedom, we'll see the statist politicians using this and every other excuse as justification for "regulating" away our freedom.

It's an issue of public health
It's a tax issue
It's a matter of interstate commerce
It's ... anything it needs to be to justify imposing their will upon you.

[TomKoz]

Would not a "tax" on firearms, including handguns, be unconstitutional????   Owning a firearm is a constitutional right!!  Can't tax a vote or free speech.

[ming]

TomKoz, on 28 March 2012 - 07:45 AM, said:

Would not a "tax" on firearms, including handguns, be unconstitutional????   Owning a firearm is a constitutional right!!  Can't tax a vote or free speech.

I agree.  However, it's not unconstitutional until someone says it is.  

[xmikex]

Do you pay a sales tax when you buy a bullhorn?  A computer?

[Xwing]

xmikex, on 28 March 2012 - 01:01 PM, said:

Do you pay a sales tax when you buy a bullhorn?  A computer?

You don't pay a special additional "1st amendment tax" to have the right to express yourself with one.  That is what this amounts to.  We already have to pay sales tax on firearms.  They want a "special" tax for our constitutional rights.

Edited by Xwing, 28 March 2012 - 01:05 PM.

[xmikex]

Fair enough.  :-)