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Showing Original Post only (View all)Governor Pat Quinn's "Assault Weapons" Ban Defeated (Illinois) [View all]
November 28, 2012 (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) -- A proposed assault-weapons ban that Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced in August with great fanfare has fizzled without discussion in the Senate.
The Senate voted 49-4 Wednesday to override Quinn's amendatory veto that rewrote legislation to prohibit the sale or possession of semi-automatic rifles, high-capacity magazines and .50-caliber guns.
Quinn's action came after a mass shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local/illinois&id=8901319
The Senate voted 49-4 Wednesday to override Quinn's amendatory veto that rewrote legislation to prohibit the sale or possession of semi-automatic rifles, high-capacity magazines and .50-caliber guns.
Quinn's action came after a mass shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local/illinois&id=8901319
If, on the heels of a mass shooting you can't even pass an old-fashioned "assault weapons" ban in ILLINOIS... Well let's just say gun banners aren't doing as well as they think.
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'Cause every thug wants to go put a $2 cap in people's asses with a $5000 rifle. n/t
Atypical Liberal
Nov 2012
#5
Because they believe that hunting is the ONLY legitimate reason to own a gun.
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2012
#20
There's no need to offer 'alternatives' to gun Prohibitionists- gun violence in the US is decreasing
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2012
#77
Addressing it: Any time a blanket ban is defeated, it is a victory for liberals and Democrats.
Decoy of Fenris
Dec 2012
#53
We can discuss that the next time you actually have a gun control law that goes through Congress...
DonP
Dec 2012
#122
You've yet to show that the new gun control laws you want are necessary.
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2012
#124
The lack of faith that gun owners have in the motivations of many of those who favor ...
spin
Dec 2012
#115
I have often proposed alternate solutions which gun control advocates have largely ignored. ...
spin
Dec 2012
#58
"Gun violence prevention advocates" are largely gun Prohibitionists.
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2012
#80