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SOURCE: Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
Gun Lobby and Senate Republicans Want Back Door Implementation of Law To Allow Individuals to Carry Handguns in Their Cars
CHICAGO, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- ``There is one reason and one reason only for the extremist efforts we are seeing to roll back our felony gun misuse laws,'' according to Mark Karlin, Chairman of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence. ``Senate President Pate Philip and the gun lobby want to allow citizens to carry concealed handguns in the glove compartments of their cars, under their car seats, and on the streets of their towns and cities. When caught breaking the law, they want a slap-on-the-wrist misdemeanor charge, rather than a felony.
``Having failed to pass a carry concealed weapons law, and failed to roll back the felony gun law provision in 1997, the gun lobby is now trying to achieve their goals through the back door. The felony gun law has been on the books for more than four years, and we have heard nothing of licensed gun owners being abused over this time period. Instead, we have seen thousands of bad guys arrested or given longer sentences as a result of this pro-law enforcement statute.
``The reason that the gun lobby cannot produce 'innocent' victims is that the McClure-Volkmer Federal Firearms Law Reform Act of 1986 (18 USC Sec.926A) expressly prohibits states and local municipalities from arresting gun owners who are transporting unloaded weapons in the trunks of their cars. This applies to any person who is transporting a gun from a place where the individual may lawfully possess a gun, even if the person is passing through an area where the possession of the gun may not be legal. Senate President Philip knows this, yet he will not acknowledge that licensed gun owners are already protected under federal law.
``All the gun lobby is trying to do is coddle the criminals and gun malcontents in the state. They want to bring back Dodge City to Illinois. The only winners, if the Senate Republicans have their way, will be gangbangers and the gun lobby. Our state will be less safe as a result.''
In a special session of the Illinois Legislature, beginning on December 13, the House and Senate will be considering re-enactment of several law enforcement measures. The Illinois Supreme Court recently struck down these laws on technical grounds relating to their original consideration by the Legislature. Among the bills that the Legislature will be considering is a law that will continue to classify illegal gun use as a felony.
http://www.ichv.org/index.html
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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.
SOURCE: Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
Gun Lobby and Senate Republicans Want Back Door Implementation of Law To Allow Individuals to Carry Handguns in Their Cars
CHICAGO, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- ``There is one reason and one reason only for the extremist efforts we are seeing to roll back our felony gun misuse laws,'' according to Mark Karlin, Chairman of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence. ``Senate President Pate Philip and the gun lobby want to allow citizens to carry concealed handguns in the glove compartments of their cars, under their car seats, and on the streets of their towns and cities. When caught breaking the law, they want a slap-on-the-wrist misdemeanor charge, rather than a felony.
``Having failed to pass a carry concealed weapons law, and failed to roll back the felony gun law provision in 1997, the gun lobby is now trying to achieve their goals through the back door. The felony gun law has been on the books for more than four years, and we have heard nothing of licensed gun owners being abused over this time period. Instead, we have seen thousands of bad guys arrested or given longer sentences as a result of this pro-law enforcement statute.
``The reason that the gun lobby cannot produce 'innocent' victims is that the McClure-Volkmer Federal Firearms Law Reform Act of 1986 (18 USC Sec.926A) expressly prohibits states and local municipalities from arresting gun owners who are transporting unloaded weapons in the trunks of their cars. This applies to any person who is transporting a gun from a place where the individual may lawfully possess a gun, even if the person is passing through an area where the possession of the gun may not be legal. Senate President Philip knows this, yet he will not acknowledge that licensed gun owners are already protected under federal law.
``All the gun lobby is trying to do is coddle the criminals and gun malcontents in the state. They want to bring back Dodge City to Illinois. The only winners, if the Senate Republicans have their way, will be gangbangers and the gun lobby. Our state will be less safe as a result.''
In a special session of the Illinois Legislature, beginning on December 13, the House and Senate will be considering re-enactment of several law enforcement measures. The Illinois Supreme Court recently struck down these laws on technical grounds relating to their original consideration by the Legislature. Among the bills that the Legislature will be considering is a law that will continue to classify illegal gun use as a felony.
http://www.ichv.org/index.html
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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.