Monday, January 19, 2009

And So It Begins

Illinois anti-gun bills:

HB 0012 - One gun per month
http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp...ID=76&GA=96

HB 0048 - Background check for private handgun sales
http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp...ID=76&GA=96

HB 0165 - "Assault weapons," .50 cal (and .50 cal ammo), and full capacity magazine ban
http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp...ID=76&GA=96

HB 0179 - "Safe storage" (raises age from 14 to 18; renders firearm unavailable for immediate defense)
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus...ID=76&GA=96

HB 0180 - Handgun dealer licensing
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus...ID=76&GA=96


Licensing, registration, "Safe Storage", the works. I'm sure we'll see plenty more as the weeks drag on. I think the only reason these don't have more sponsors is that the Blago situation has everyone distracted.

There are some good bills but historically they'll never see the light of day.

Thanks to 45Superman via IllinoisCarry.

2 comments:

BobG said...

Yep, they're just getting warmed up.

Anonymous said...

Goddamit, I'm happy my parents dragged me out of that state when I was just starting my teenage years. Now I live in Arizona which is like an Shillionios polar opposite. Almost every gun I own is illegal in Chicago save 3. My hunting rifle, a mosin, and my 12gauge. No one even introduces that crap out here. The only one I know of is ammo encoding and it dies every time.

But we are Mexico's and kalifornistans scapegoat...