Assault weapons ban round up
The Geek alerts us to an assault weapons ban push in Illinois:
On Wednesday morning, 20 October, IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan will be joined by IL State Senator John Cullerton and IL State Representative Karen May at a press conference during which they will introduce the “2005 ILLINOIS ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.” This proposed legislation will include bans on most, if not all, semiautomatic rifles, shotguns, and handguns. It will also ban black powder rifles and any other firearm having a bore of .50 caliber or greater. The legislation will also require you to turn in your guns to the police or face forced confiscation.
Also in Illinois, explotation of children to further agendas:
Many of the children lined up at the federal building plaza to protest gun violence plaza had something in common. They knew what they were talking about from personal experience.
Up to 200 hundred grade school children gathered in the federal building plaza with signs reading essentially: “please don’t shoot me, I want to grow up.”
It was the 20th anniversary of the Illinois Coalition Against Handgun Violence and the keynoter was Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan who called for passage of an Illinois ban on assault weapons similar to the one which the feds have let expire.
Chicago has probably the second most stringent gun control laws in the nation (next to DC). Coincidentally, they rank second in murder rate too (also, next to DC).
Not only should we exploit our kids, we should repeat the lies and hysteria of anti-gun groups:
Madigan says that assault weapons are strictly designed for the efficient killing of many people at once. She said there’s no need for them anywhere and sought support for the legislative sponsors: State Senator John Cullerton and State Representative Karen May.
How does the UN feel about guns? Not good. Apparently, small arms means revolvers. Go to page 104 and check the picture. A sample:
The 2001 United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade of Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects produced the Programme of Action (POA), a consensus document containing norms and policy recommendations for how various actors should address the problem of small arms and light weapons. In 2006 the United Nations will once again host a conference to follow up on the progress of implementing the agenda from 2001. Discussions on the issues for the next conference have already begun, including debate over
whether to include agreements for legally binding measures, brokering, marking and tracing, export controls, civilian possession, nonstate actors, and legal and illicit gun flows. Many say that the POA has yet to be fully implemented and others are eager for stronger language and more action.The role of the United Nations has been crucial thus far, yet further implementation depends on local and national actors. As regional and subregional organizations begin to take ownership of the issue—and NGOs undertake more action at local, regional, and international levels—the United Nations’ coordinating and consultative role may take on greater significance. – emphasis added for people who need to be told that
The UN also wants to establish a system for the regulation of armaments. Additionally, they conclude two particular areas—arms brokering and the marking and tracing of weapons—seem ripe for a binding set of standards.
And my personal favorite: The participants agreed that disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) efforts need to increase substantially.
Global gun control, my ass.
