IMPORTANT - Call your State Rep. on Mon., Dec. 3

This alert from the Illinois State Rifle Assn. SB-681 started out as a bill to allow Illinois FOID cardholders to purchase ammunition by mail in Illinois; i.e., to allow it to be purchased from a seller in Illinois.

What did our "brilliant" governor do? He gutted the bill through the Amendatory Veto Process. He didn't just "amend" the Bill. He gutted it and changed it entirely.

The Illinois Senate has already over-ridden the governor's veto. Now it's up to the Illinois House. Call your State Representative on Monday, Dec. 3, because this bill may come up for a vote on Tuesday.

The danger is found in a careful reading of the Bill. For example, what is a "semi-automatic assault weapon"? Illinois already defines an "assault weapon" as a semi-automatic weapon that looks like an assault weapon. (Remember, "semi-automatic" means one round fired for each time you pull the trigger.) Generally speaking, assault weapons are thought of as automatic weapons (not semi-automatic).

Will the State continue to falsely define weapons to eventually include every firearm? Read Senate Bill SB-681 here.

I have an idea; let's define a person ineligible to be Governor of the State of Illinois as any person over the age of 60 who is a lawyer and whose last name has five letters, starting with "Q" and ending with "n".

The following is from the Illinois State Rifle Association:

URGENT ALERT – YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED

SCHEME TO BAN AND CONFISCATE MOST OF YOUR GUNS WILL BE UP FOR A VOTE IN THE HOUSE THIS WEEK!

As many of you know, Governor Quinn gutted a pro-gun bill, SB-681, and turned it into an “Assault Weapon Ban.”

This is very bad news for Patriots and lovers of liberty.

The Illinois Senate has already voted to overturn Quinn’s meddling with this bill.  Now the bill moves on to the Illinois House, which is controlled by the Chicago Gun Grabbing Machine.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO THE FOLLOWING TO HELP SAVE YOUR GUN RIGHTS:

1.  Beginning Monday, December 3rd, call your state representative and politely tell him or her that you are a law-abiding Illinois gun owner and you do not support the Governor’s plan to ban and confiscate your lawfully purchased firearms.  Advise your representative to VOTE TO OVERRIDE THE GOVERNOR’S VETO OF SB-681.  The phones will be busy, continue calling until you get through to someone.  Do the same on Tuesday December 4th.

2.  Pass this alert along to all your gun owning friends and family members.  Tell them to make calls as well.

3.  Post this alert to any and all Internet Blogs or Bulletin Boards to which you may belong.

4.  If you do not know who your state representative is, please go to the Illinois State Board of Elections website (click here for the link) to look up this information.

Remember, gun control is a disease and you are the cure!