Illinois, .50 ban coming back.

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Unable to jam their gun-ban legislation down the unwilling throats of constituents, the Governor of Illinois and the Mayor of Chicago have not given up.

Recently, the supposedly impartial Chicago Crime Commission amazingly determined that the solution to drug gangs is (surprise!) to ban .50 caliber rifles. Since the comments in the report mirror the statements of anti-2nd Amendment legislators and the allegedly grass roots gun-prohibitionist non-profits, it's pretty obvious that this latest development is merely another attempt at justifying legislation over the objections of Illinois voters. Don't fall for it.

The Fifty Caliber Institute is dedicated to bringing light to the damp dark corners of such legislative logic. Be assured that we will be there in Illinois, working with other organizations charged with protecting the US Constitution, or alone, to get the facts (not political mantra) out to Illinois Legislators.

You can help too.

First, if you're an Illinois resident, contact your legislators and tell them you oppose ANY additional legislation restricting your 2nd Amendment rights.

Secondly, we need your financial support. Unlike those constantly scheming to steal your constitutional rights to own the firearm caliber of YOUR choice, we don't have the backing of ultra-rich movie stars or industrialists. We have to depend on the $25 or $50 individual donations of the average guy on the street; the ordinary American that's actually affected by the random legislation generated by the political elite. Consider sending us a donation by mail, phone, fax, e-mail, or our website. Details can be found here:

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The legislature has adjourned until October. Nothing can happen at the state level until then. Chicago will do what it wants regardless of anything that is said.

There may be a change in the political landscape not long after the legislature reconvenes. This isn't the time to panic.

Jeff
 
There may be a change in the political landscape not long after the legislature reconvenes.

You mean with the whole patronage thing that's going on in the city and state?:D
 
by Jeff White, The legislature has adjourned until October. Nothing can happen at the state level until then. Chicago will do what it wants regardless of anything that is said.
Well put Jeff.
You know it the dems/politicians would concentrate their efforts to putting criminals in prison instead of making criminals out of decent citizens. I think we would see a significant change for the good of course.
Prime example DUI, every year they make the penalty for DUI more severe. Instead of banning alcohol, and drinking alcohol isn't a right.
But this argument can and will go on forever.:uhoh:
 
Edmund,
There is this:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/ne...A9946A1D90CFEEAD8625719E0011AED6?OpenDocument
U.S. investigates Illinois government
By Christopher Wills
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
07/01/2006

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.


Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration is the focus of an ongoing federal investigation that has "implicated multiple state agencies" in allegations of corrupt hiring, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said in a letter.

Fitzgerald said his investigation has yielded credible witnesses related to "very serious allegations of endemic hiring fraud."

His comments appear in a letter to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan that Madigan's office released Friday. The letter asks Madigan to halt her investigations into the Blagojevich administration because they might interfere with the federal probe.


The Democratic governor has not been charged with any wrongdoing, and he says his administration's hiring practices are ethical and lawful.

Fitzgerald approved releasing the letter to the public, said Madigan spokeswoman Melissa Merz, and Madigan has agreed to drop her investigations. Merz would not comment further.

A Fitzgerald spokesman, Randall Samborn, declined to comment on the letter.

This is the first time Fitzgerald has said he is investigating the administration, although Blagojevich has acknowledged his agencies and some of his high-ranking aides were being scrutinized.

Blagojevich, at an appearance in Pekin, refused to answer questions about the letter. His office did not immediately respond to phone calls and e-mails seeking comment.

It's not clear why Madigan released the letter.

There have been some calls - primarily from Republican critics of Blagojevich and Madigan - for an update on the investigations as the fall gubernatorial election approaches.

Four years ago, Attorney General Jim Ryan ran for governor and was repeatedly hit with accusations that he had ignored corruption under Gov. George Ryan, a fellow Republican.

Fitzgerald's letter says his office began investigating Blagojevich about a year ago and opened another investigation, which has now been merged with the first, late last summer.

"Our investigation has now implicated multiple state agencies and departments, and we have developed a number of credible witnesses," Fitzgerald wrote.

He said the inquiry involves allegations of rigging hiring practices and falsifying documents to allow for political hiring in violation of a U.S. Supreme Court decision restricting political hiring and firing in government.

And the multiple investigations centering around Chicago City Hall. Patronage has been the way of life in Illinois government since prohibition and maybe before that. County chairmen of both parties openly sell state jobs. Some of them even have a price list, i.e. a $1500 contribution gets you a certain level of job with the local Department of Transportation garage.

It's the same way in bidding on the sale of goods and services to the state. In Illinois the Democrats and the republicans are the crime syndicates.

Perhaps all these federal investigations will clean things up in Illinois. But I don't think there are enough beds in the federal prison system to lock all of the elected and appointed criminals up.

Jeff
 
But I don't think there are enough beds in the federal prison system to lock all of the elected and appointed criminals up.

Agreed but I can dream can't I :)

NukemJim
 
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