Evil guns in Illinois?

SPRINGFIELD - Just two days after winning the Democratic nomination for the 2006 general election, Gov. Rod Blagojevich called on the General Assembly Thursday to approve an assault weapons ban over the objections of the National Rifle Association.He pointed to the recent slayings of two Chicago girls, Starkesia Reed and Siretha White, who died from wounds inflicted by stray gunfire in the Englewood neighborhood."There’s no reason not to do it unless you are afraid of the NRA," the governor said. "I don’t think it’s a hard decision. In fact, it’s really an easy decision"...."How many more have to die?" Acevedo told a crowd of about 100 people from Chicago who were bused to Springfield to lobby for the legislation.

Here we go again with this ridiculous "assault weapon" stuff. Can I explain to you what an assault weapon is?A genuine assault weapon, as opposed to a legal definition, is a hand-held, selective fire weapon, which means it's capable of firing in either an automatic or a semiautomatic mode depending on the position of a selector switch. These kinds of weapons are heavily regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934 and are further regulated in some states. What the left has done is classify it as a military LOOKING firearm, It doesn't actually do anything special, it just looks like its military counterpart. Assault weapons are not machine guns, only one bullet per pull of the trigger.An example of assault weapon legislation is the 1994 Clinton gun ban. The bill in part outlaws new civilian manufacture of certain semi-automatic assault weapons. It also prohibits new civilian manufacture of "large capacity ammunition feeding devices" declared certain weapons as assault weapons, and states a semi-automatic rifle is an assault weapon if it can accept a detachable magazine and has two or more of the following:
A folding or telescoping stock
A pistol grip
A bayonet mount
A flash suppressor, or threads to attach one
A grenade launcher

How many crimes are committed each year using a bayonet? And I know how bad those pesky grenade launchers are getting in our cities. The truth is, "assault weapons" are used in a small percentage of crimes, and the last time I checked, "crime" was already illegal. So punish the bad guys for robbing the bank, or killing or whatever the crime was, and you will see a reduction in crime. Ban more guns, and crime will go up.


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