Reply #5: Drug turf war

[DonP]

The Englewood district has had a problem with gangs fighting over turf to sell drugs on the street for some time, like the past 30 years.

Illinois already had a FOID (Firearm Owners ID Card) card requirement to buy any gun or ammunition.

(Anyone think the gang members had valid FOID cards and underwent the required background check?)

The gun used are already banned in Chicago and was purchased in Indiana. (The criminals that killed the little girls don't care)

Full Auto has been illegal since the 1930's.

What does anyone want to bet that even if the governor gets his ban, that the gangs that killed these two girls will still have illegal guns and they will be just as easy to buy on the street as they are today.

The governor wil get his photo op, there will be no change in the violence in the Englewood community and over 1.5 million Illinois gun owners will hear once again that; "The Democrats will take your guns" in the fall elections and not just in Illinois either.

For the record: House Bill 2414 bans ALL semi-automatic guns, all magazines over 10 rounds, including my 1965 Marlin Model 60 .22 cal. squirrel gun that holds 15 rounds, all guns over .50 caliber, including shotguns over .410 gauge and has no grandfather clause or compensation for confiscated firearms.

I shoot an AR in CMP High Power competition and every one of us that shoots competitively will become instant felons thanks to this lousy piece of legislation aimed at trying to put a band aid on a major social problem rather than commit the resources in the form of police, job programs and other social support to the Englewood community they really need.

It's a "turn em all in" law. You have 90 days to turn them into the state police. No receipt, no compensation.

Next on Daley's hit parade, "nobody needs a handgun".