Illinois Roundup..

Pro-Second Amendment resolutions are now up to 65 counties passed w/ and additional 3 proposed. The current map is here.

Armed and Safe reports that Cook County Commissioner Beaver has allegedly withdrawn his gun ban/registration proposal that includes all firearms.

IGOLD 2008 is set for March 11. Unfortunately I won't be able to attend due to family obligations.

SaysUncle found a report that Commissioner Larry Suffredin is a paid lobbyist for the Illinois Citizens for Handgun Control. He claims that there is no conflict yet at the same time he is proposing gun control ordinances and referring them to the committee he chairs.

In the Illinois legislature, a whole plethora of anti-gun bills has been thrown up against the wall hoping that some of it sticks as per PuSH'er SOP. Some of these bills are identical to eachother w/ bill numbers and sponsors being the only differences :

SB1007 Magazine Ban : Anything over 10 rounds. Grandfathered so completely useless.

SB1915 ONE GUN PER MONTH

SB1919 HANDGUN DEALER LICENSING ACT

HB0758 FOID CARD ACT- Bans Private Sales

HB4217 CRIM CD- Mandates programs for gun amnesty/turn-ins for all County Sheriff's offices.

HB4269 AMMUNITION ENCODING- Not Microstamping, but bullet and casing serialization. Includes a 5 cent/ round tax. defacto ban.

HB4349 AMMUNITION ENCODING -Same as above. Some different sponsors.

HB4258 & HB4259 AMMUNITION ACCOUNTABILITY- Two identical bills by the same sponsor. Effectively the same as the Ammo Encoding bills above but w/ some different wording and provisions.

HB4321 CRIM CD-UNLAWFUL USE-WEAPON Assisted Knife- Switchblade ban w/ "Only Ones" exceptions.

HB4357 ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN- The usual. Includes .50 cal and Hi cap magazine ban.

HB4393 ONE GUN PER MONTH

HB4541 HANDGUN DEALER LICENSING ACT

It's going to be an interesting year.