Illinois Enacts New Gun Laws
Posted by FirearmsTruth on July 21, 2010 · 2 Comments
Is Chicago trying to scare law-abiding citizens from ever thinking about buying guns? That almost seems to be the logic, but it isn’t limited merely to the Windy City. WQAD is reporting that Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed new gun legislation:
“The new law, signed Monday, will increase penalties for unlawful firearm possession including a one to three year long prison sentence for aggravated use of a gun without a registration card. The bill also includes offenders merely in possession of an illegal gun. Quinn called it a right step to keeping the streets of Illinois safe.”
We have long stressed that law-abiding citizens should have the right to legally own firearms, but what we continually see is that some politicians continually move the bar, making it all the more difficult to in fact “legally” own a gun. FirearmsTruth also questions why this law is only now being introduced?
So we’d like to ask Govenor Quinn how exactly will this keep the streets safe? Why would those who already had illegal guns suddenly give them up?
Clearly there have been many criminals with guns prior to the SCOTUS ruling, but this law just seems aimed at all gun owners. Of course it won’t affect criminals as they likely would own illegal guns anyway.
In my hood the drugies, pimps, prostitutes, and supliers ALL carry openly! MY town, Danville ILL. Police, well , beats me. I call here little Chigao because when they closed the housing developments there, they came here, WHY? Our Mayor thought it would boost our econemy!!! IT DID (the gun sales, morge, cematierys, crematorims, and FINES for prostitution) Well we now have a town that serves as a dwelling place for zombies. By this i mean the ones that can’t get out! we just survive. MY guns are pointed at every door 24-7.
Jezzis man…use your spell checker!