IL 'Special Session' June 19th

IL Gov. Quinn has called a special session of the legislature to fix the state's debt crisis after two downgrades by financial institutions.

Anyone want to lay odds on instead it being used to try and strip the CCW bill into a 'may issue' NY/NJ/MD style law?

Madison County, IL Constitutional Carry

Prosecutor for Madison Cnty, IL states he won't prosecute people carrying concealed as long as they're following the law, have a FOID, and keep it concealed. 

People must meet these conditions:
1. Must be issued and possess a valid F.O.I.D. card or, if not an Illinois resident, a valid concealed carry permit from a state that performs a background check prior to issuance of the permit; and
2. Must be carrying the firearm for self-defense; and
3. Must not be prohibited from possession of a firearm under another statute or court order; and
4. Must keep the firearm concealed on their person or in their vehicle, and not visible to the public; and
5. Must not be engaged in any criminal conduct; and
6. Must be in compliance with all other federal, state and local laws and ordinances; and
7. Must, when asked, inform law enforcement officers of the firearm when in contact with an officer in the course of their duties. It is essential that individuals cooperate with any police officer and inform them of the presence of the firearm prior to removing it from its concealed location. Displaying the firearm at a public location or without the request or knowledge of an officer could constitute a violation of the law.

If only we could get that for the state.I know what several people will be doing tomorrow.  :)

Just Read the Thread

First read Miguel's expos'e on the Astroturf group Mom's Demand Lovin'.

Then read the comment thread that ensued after I posted it on Elliot Fineman's NG(V)AC page.

PuSH'ers will do/say anything to change the subject and act as apologists for their pet cause.

Of course this is probably more action than Elliot's seen in a long time.

More Anti-gun 'Grassroots'

About a dozen anti-gunners (including the kids they drug along w/) hold a 'Press Conference' to protest the IL CCW bill, calling on the Gov. to veto it.



Yeah. Veto it.  Turn the state into a free-for-all law wise.  

This is from a combination effort of ICHV and 'Mom's Demand Lovin'.   Again, our range days and blogger meets have more people.

The Stupid! It Hurts

If you can make it through this video and not lose IQ points, I applaud you:

Said It Since Day One

Some test community officials maintain that fielding UCP was a mistake that could have been avoided. Two separate studies performed by Army scientists from Natick Soldier Systems Center, Mass. -- one completed in 2009 and the other in 2006 -- showed that the UCP performed poorly in multiple environments when compared to other modern camouflage patterns.
In both studies, MultiCam, a pattern popular with Special Operations Forces, outperformed UCP, the pattern the Army adopted in 2004 to replace the service's woodland and desert camouflage uniforms.

Some General and/or Politicians decided they wanted a cool digital pattern but didn't want to copy the Marines. So they chose a universal(ly bad) pattern that stood out everywhere.

Gun Owners on Magazine Bans

IL State Senator Kotowski, an Joyce Foundation anti-gun award recipient, claims that he received countless calls from gun owners wanting magazine bans and that only the 'gun industry' and 'lobbyists' opposed the idea.

Well pretty much any advocate knows that's a bunch of crap but anecdotes don't equal data so I did a poll.  After a few HTML glitches, there were approx 500 votes total.

The results?  95%+ of firearm owners polled opposed restricting magazines to 10 rnds or less.

Some interesting factoids.

An attempt by an anti-gunner to influence the poll resulted in less than a dozen votes.

W/ 500 respondents, it makes my poll twice as viable as the 20 yr old '40% private sales' poll by anti gun researchers Cook/Ludwig w/ only 251 respondents.

30 Day Stay Granted on IL CCW

As reported by IL-GUNLOBBY.

So Quinn gets until July 9th to sign it and the 'Home Rule' districts get another 30 days to try and pass as many long gun bans/restrictions as they think they can get away w.

Politics in action.

Quote of the Day

From a reader on the IL CCW fight:

 I have never watched politics quite this closely and the only thing I can compare it to is the first time you turn over a rock and see the seething stuff underneath ... Disgusting.

And the IL Gun Ban Rush Begins

The 'Home Rule' cities are starting to scramble to ban semi-autos.  First up is a MAIG mayor from Deerfield, IL.

Mayor Pushes Assault Weapon Ban

Mayor Harriet Rosenthal promises Village Board action within window provided by state’s conceal carry legislation.

They want it on their agenda for 6/17 meeting.  We're going to see a lot of this crap over the next few weeks.

Rep. McDermott (D-WA) "She Was Asking For It"

Representative of the people of WA state (and hardcore anti-gunner to boot) Jim McDermott basically tells groups targeted by the IRS that if they hadn't dressed like whores, they wouldn't have been raped.



Now even beyond that bit of apologetics, note how he considers the concept of non-profits, not having to pay taxes is being subsidized by the public.  Huh?This is pure state-ism in action.

Delaying the Inevitable

IL AG Lisa Madigan has asked for a 30 day extension for the June 9th CCW deadline. Why?  To give the Gov. "a reasonable amount of time to fulfill his state constitutional duties."
 
They want to try and delay implementation until AFTER the elections so they can maybe get it changed to a NY/NJ/MD style 'May Issue' bill and give the 'home rule' districts time to pass as many semi-auto bans as they can. 

Screw that.  The courts gave the legislature 6 months to pass a bill and they putzed around until the very last day. They could have had one passed months ago but they chose to continue the usual political crap.

"Death to the NRA" Prof. Apologizes

"I realized that saying stupid crap while I'm pissed off could get me fired so I'll pull a Jimmy Swaggart" .

Well that's not what he really said but that's what I heard.

More background here.