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| IL Sen. Taunts Gun Owner: Forget the Fine, Maybe We’ll Just Take Your Firearms | |
| 2019-06-19 | |
The exchange was caught on video by the Illinois State Rifle Association and was tied to proposed fines for keeping commonly owned semiautomatic firearms in one’s home. The concerned gun owner pointed to SB107 and said the purpose of it was "to take away [his] semiautomatic firearms." Morrison then interjected that the purpose was not to take them, but to prevent any future sales. The gun owner responded by pointing out that the ban on future sales included a fine for current owners who did not hand their guns over. He said, "You want me to turn them over to the state police unless I pay a fine for each firearm and register them, then I get to keep them." Morrison concurred, saying, "Okay." The gun owner then asked, "If I get to keep it‐if I pay a fine and register it‐then, how dangerous is it in the first place and why do you need to ban it all?" People in attendance applauded the gun owner’s point and once applause died Morrison said, "Well, you just maybe changed my mind. Maybe we won’t have a fine at all, maybe it’ll just be a confiscation and we won’t have to worry about paying the fine." | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 When we completely fence both borders - and that's inevitable, libs don't get that - who's to say Illinois doesn't end up on the north side of the fence. Proactive insurance against their soon to be announced full court press to make all American taxpayers pick up the tab for their century plus of dem / mob / union corruption. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-06-19 09:39 |
| #4 A nice reminder of why the Founders thought the 2nd Amendment was important. Thanks, Julie! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-06-19 09:38 |
| #3 She's the state senator for the north and sort-of northwest side of Chicago, with a bit of gerrymandering built in for the Buffalo Grove area. Quite a few 2nd Amendment folks. She lives in the 'nice' part of Deerfield though, and those folks probably don't frequent her local coffee bars. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2019-06-19 09:34 |
| #2 If you try, prepare to be shot. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-06-19 09:14 |
| #1 I believe the British tried that approach unsuccessfully. These people repeatedly have demonstrated they have no history. You can't learn from something you have purged. That is why the next civil war is inevitable. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-06-19 08:45 |