Illinois –-(Ammoland.com)- The Chicago Mayor’s efforts to punish Illinois gun owners for Chicago’s out-of-control crime problem continues in the Illinois Senate.
SB3625 – This bill would tack a $20.00 tax on every handgun you own and require you to register like a sex offender.
THIS BILL HAS ONE PURPOSE AND ONE PURPOSE ONLY – TO PUNISH LAW-ABIDING FIREARM OWNERS
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and State Sen. Antonio Muñoz (IL-1) are continuing their attacks on firearm ownership in Illinois. Monday, Senator Muñoz amended a bill to turn it into Emanuel’s handgun registration scheme, blaming law-abiding Illinois handgun owners for his failure to control crime in Chicago.
This bill makes it a felony, equivalent to arson, to possess an ‘unregistered‘ handgun in the state and further punishes victims of crime through a ‘Lost or Stolen’ mandate, in other words, if you have your firearms stolen and don’t report it to the police in a ‘reasonable‘ amount of time, YOU will become the criminal. To them, owning a handgun without government permission is the same as burning someone’s house down.
The only purpose of this bill is to make firearm ownership more onerous and expensive for Illinois residents during a time of economic hardship. It will have no effect on criminals except to give them peace of mind knowing that fewer people will be able to defend themselves.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP PRESERVE AND PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS
- Contact your State Senator and politely inform him/her that you are a law-abiding firearm owner and that you do not support registering firearm owners like sex offenders. Tell him/her that you expect to see them vote AGAINST SB3625 if this antigun bill comes to the floor.
- Contact the sponsor of the Emanuel/Obama gun tax, State Antonio Muñoz, and tell him that you do not appreciate the idea of being registered like a sex offender and having to pay a tax for exercising your constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
- Pass this alert on to all your gun-owning friends and family.
- Post this alert to any and all Internet bulletin boards or blogs to which you belong.
REMEMBER – GUN CONTROL IS A DISEASE AND YOU’RE THE CURE
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