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Update 4/14/2013

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Update.

 

 

 

This week we spent a lot of time working on killing off HB-2265. A bill that would set up a mandatory 3 year minimum sentence for an AG-UUW.

 

What might seem like an unconventional pairing, Governor Quinn office has been engaged in helping kill this proposal by Mayor Emanuel due to its nearly $1 BILLION cost to the state.

 

Mayor Emanuel has taken to calling legislators personally to try and sway them. While city lobbyists have taken to portraying anyone opposing the measure as soft on crime.

 

This is a very simply 2013 version of the safe neighborhoods fight of 2000 only it’s on steroids.

 

We have a mayor who acts like a petulant child demanding he get things his way and stamping his feet.

 

In putting the votes together it was a simple math equation that said hanging on to a majority of republicans, along with downstate democrats, and adding in the black caucus. That has made it nearly impossible for the City to find the 60 votes to pass the bill. While we have tried to tell them how to fix it, they have refused.

 

We start with the fact that the state has taken little to no action on passing a carry law to address the Court’s ruling in Moore/Shepard. They have done nothing to address the unconstitutional finds of the Court on the basic UUW and AG-UUW statute. Not to mention the ruling by a Cook County Judge in Mosely where not only did he find that the statute was unconstitutional and violated the disproportionate penalties rule.

 

 

 

After tying them in a knot all week, they decided to go over to the senate and try to add their language as a floor amendment to SB-1003 Late Friday. Same stuff, different chamber.

 

All the while the City continues to demand that they get to set their own rules for carry in the city and that the carry law contain no preemption language. My response – “Yea Right” or you can use your imagination.

 

Add to this that the Senate continues to hold secret talks about a carry bill. And the House seems to have put on hold any more floor debates.

 

Add to the mix talks of drafting a bill dealing with mental health issues and FOID reporting and Sheriff Dart’s idea about picking up revoked FOID cards and firearms reporting.

 

Next week we will have another run at things and we’ll see where it all is going.

 

 

 

Call your state senators starting Monday and tell them to oppose Mayor Emanuel’s proposal.

 

Call your state representative and tell them to continue to oppose Mayor Emanuel’s Billion dollar boondoggle, until concerns about out of state gun owners, and the carry issues have been addressed.

 

 

 

Continue to call your reps and senators and tell them NO BANNED CARRY BILL.

 

 

 

Updates will come in as we can explain the situation. Understand that they don’t always contain a lot of info. They might simply have a call to action. Sometimes you’re gonna have to take it on faith that there is a problem and just follow the directions. Example:

 

Earlier this week, I had to put out a spot report to continue to call and state that the NRA and gun owners were still opposed 2265. The City was lying to downstate dems about our concerns with the bill and what our position was. It didn’t give me a lot of time to layout the details as I had to get to the downstate dems and let them know that we were not OK with the bill.

 

We didn’t have time to name names and get into the whole who said what. It was simply important to get to those legislators and tell them we were opposed.

 

 

 

I’m drained from this week. I have to try and get a couple of positional papers out. Analyze a couple of amendments, try and fix the Mayor’s boondoggle, and work on a couple of other bills/amendments for Monday.

 

Session is far from over with about 6 weeks left. We should take heart that we have made it this far without any significant anti-gun proposals being passed.

 

The anti-gunners lobby day was pathetic a couple of hundred people showed up compared to the 8000 gun owners who marched down the street.

 

AS I said more will come, and we will have to defeat it as well as work on passing a carry law. I fully believe that we will have to kill a bad carry bill to prove we can and are serious about what we want and fought to get.

 

It's after midnight I'm calling it a day.

Fubar Member

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Thank you Todd, keep plugging away. We appreciate all you're doing.

 

 

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

 

NRA,ISRA,GOA,ILLINOICARRY

House-77th-Willis

Senate-39th-Harmon

 

Sub Hunter Member

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Thanks for the update Todd. It's frustrating enough getting this info on the board but I can't imagine having to deal with this in person on the front line day in and day out like you do. Bravo Zulu my man!!!
C0untZer0 Member

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For a representative who is not paying much attention, HB2265 doesn't seem like a bad bill per se.

 

I keep harping to my legislator and senator that if Chicago was serious about getting tough on criminals they would change the sentencing of felons found to be in possession of a firearm. Lengthen the sentences for a felon caught with a firearm, increase the minimum sentences, make it so that they must serve the whole sentence, institute a 3 strikes you're out policy so that the second time a felon is caught with a firearm they are looking at a 20 to 30 year prison sentence and the third time they are caught with a firearm they are loooking at a 40 to 60 year prison sentence. Also - it's not like a "first time" offense for a felon caught with a weapon - they already have a felony conviction. A felon with a weapon should be looking at a 10 year minimun sentence.

 

In 2011, CPD took down a drug dealer, his drug house and his gang. Even though the gang members had firearms and were convicted felons - even they didn't get AG UUW, they got possesion of a weapon by a felon, and they weren't held on 50K bail, and they were only facing 2 - 4 year sentences (according to the paper). http://thevoicenewspapers.blogspot.com/2011/04/operation-438-chicago-police-pouring.html?showComment=1327886426043#c272257934894374148

 

This is another example of Chicago politians having absolute hatred and contempt for citizens who dare to believe that they have rights under the second amendment and simultaneously being soft on gangs and real crime.

RobR369 Member

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As I just said to you a little earlier.. Thank you for all your hard work, we appreciate it. And lets FINALLY get this done, so we can all just kick back and enjoy a few cold ones!!
chevsuz12 Member

chevsuz12

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Thanks Todd for all you do. You are a true patriot!
StreuB1 Member

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You are a machine Todd. I know we always say it but I hope you know it. Thank you so much for what you are doing for all of us (and yourself!!). Even machines need some rest so make sure you rest up a bit today before having back at it.

 

The worst thing is that they are resorting to outright lying now. I wish there was a way for everyone to see it and believe it.

CHICAGO HANDGUN OWNER Member

CHICAGO HANDGUN OWNER

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Todd, thank you for all your efforts to get concealed carry for us! I work in some of Chicago's most dangerous neighborhoods on a regular basis maintaining foreclosed properties. My life could literally be saved by a concealed carry law someday. We need our 2nd amendment rights in Chicago more than anywhere else in Illinois! There are literally killings everyday in some of the neighborhoods that I work in.
Protection Welcome New Member

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Todd,

 

Thanks for your ceaseless efforts. Many don’t understand the gun laws and the criminal laws along with the carry lifestyle of a sovereign citizen. I have lived in Chicago nearly all of my adult life. Political leaders here will do and say anything to advance and enforce their belief system. They believe governing is all about perception not about reality. If folks can be led to believe something is true, then it is. It sounds like those downstate can’t believe they are deliberately being fed bull**** by serious minded politicians who seem highly respectful. I guess they now know they have been duped by Rahm and his Bloomberg financed minions.

Tvandermyde Member

Tvandermyde

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I'm working on the carry bill again.

 

I have to re-write the Zalewski penalty bill

 

re-write the Dart FOID revocation bill

 

Look at the mental health draft again.

 

Positional papers on 2 bills need to get done.

 

troubleshoot the laptop and printer I use in Springfield.

 

Wife wants to look at landscaping the front yard. and make decisions $ $ $

 

 

 

I'm going to take some time and load magazines for therapy. . .

azone5 Member

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I'm working on the carry bill again.

 

I have to re-write the Zalewski penalty bill

 

re-write the Dart FOID revocation bill

 

Look at the mental health draft again.

 

Positional papers on 2 bills need to get done.

 

troubleshoot the laptop and printer I use in Springfield.

 

Wife wants to look at landscaping the front yard. and make decisions $ $ $

 

 

 

I'm going to take some time and load magazines for therapy. . .

 

Your mental health is important. Load all the mags you need and burn a little powder if it soothes the soul.

Drylok Member

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Outstanding Todd, I am full of hope that on June 15 you can come to the firearm freedom celebration and officially report the passing of 997!
vess1 Member

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Thanks for the update. Keep up the good work.

 

You really have to laugh at the people who wont join the nra because "all they do is ask for money and negotiate rights away." Its not a game anymore. Its not a joke anymore. Since Newtown this has become a misguided war at every level of government.

 

Todds going to war for these lazy gun owners every day and they dont know or care. Though theyll be the first ones screaming when the laws start affecting what they do or own!! Then it will become "why didnt the nra do something?" I saw it happen with this NY fiasco. Its too late to whine after the bills pass at 1 a.m.!!!

 

Looks like some of the clowns in Springfield think its in their best interest to keep up the smoke screens and drag this out. Meh, thats ok. Cross out another day on the calendar.

 

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