Illinois Senate Moving to Ban Gun Ranges and Semi-Auto Guns

[allingeneral]

Clearly, since we're in Virginia, this is just FYI with no action required...but this is the beginning of what's going to be a long road for gun owners across the nation in the coming couple of years or more.
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URGENT ALERT – BAN ON GUN RANGES AND BAN ON ALL SEMIAUTOMATIC FIREARMS ON THE MOVE IN THE ILLINOIS SENATE - YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED

A pair of nightmare bills is on the move at this moment in the Illinois Senate.These two bills would:
1. Run all gun ranges out of business by imposing heavy fees, imposing special staffing requirements, warrantless searches of ranges and customers, unlimited unannounced “inspections.”
2. Ban all semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns as well as pump action shotguns.

Here are direct links to the two bills:
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltex ... 1&Session=
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltex ... 1&Session=

EITHER OF THESE TWO BILLS WOULD END YOUR GUN RIGHTS ENTIRELYHERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO PROTECT YOUR GUN RIGHTS.

1. Follow the instructions below and contact your Illinois State Senator. Politely tell your senator that you are a law-abiding gun owner and you want them to vote AGAINST HB815 and HB1263. CALL NOW!

2. Pass this information on to your gun owning friends and family, tell them to call as well.

3. Post this alert to all Internet blogs and bulletin boards to which you belong.The worst of the two bills, HB815 is being sponsored and pushed by anti-gun Senator Dan Kotowski.
Go to his link: http://www.ilga.gov/senate/senator.asp? ... berID=1724
Call him at the numbers listed and tell him that you do not appreciate him trying to shut down gun ranges and taking your guns away from you. He needs to hear from you!

[mamabearCali]

I heard it was tabled because they did not have the votes.

[GeneFrenkle]

Heard something similar, but it was to be delayed until later in the month.

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[ShotgunBlast]

Unfortunately it's just the sword of Damocles. They should just up or down vote and get it over with.

[9MM92FS]

Illinois is an ongoing disaster in various areas. Their state pension funding shortage is a ticking time bomb which their legislature has refused to fix. They have several ex-felon Governors. Obama was a Senator from Illinois. Need I say more?

[dusterdude]

Twould be nice if canada would invade illinois

[ShotgunBlast]

Twould be nice if canada would invade illinois

The Canadians are smarter than that. Illinois would become THEIR problem and they don't want that!

[FiremanBob]

If I were the counties in the southern 2/3 of Illinois, I'd secede to create a new state.