Daley still calling out for stripping of firearm rights from IL residents

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/450348 said:
July 1, 2007
BY MAYOR RICHARD M. DALEY
In Chicago, we're doing our part to improve our schools, better manage city government and public transportation and protect our children from gun violence.

To keep our progress going, state government must now do its part. It's time to fundamentally reform the way the state funds education and public transit; enact balanced gun legislation, and extend the 7 percent cap on the taxable value of homes.

With the Legislature extending its deliberations into July, there is still time for action. Without it, Chicago's hard-earned progress will be threatened, and all our residents, especially our children, will pay the price.

Our state Legislature can be confident that Chicago is headed in the right direction.

Preliminary Illinois Standards Achievement Tests scores for 2007 show that 64 percent of Chicago's third- through eighth-grade students now meet or exceed state standards -- a record high since my administration took responsibility for our schools in 1995. Sixty-one percent of them were at or above state standards in reading and 68 percent in math.

Last year, when our students achieved record high scores, we challenged everyone to keep the progress going. Across the system our students, parents, teachers and principals met that challenge.

Now it's time for Springfield to do its part and enact long-term funding reform. Without it, higher property taxes for education will again be likely this year, and we won't be able to take needed next steps to improve our schools.

At the CTA, the new leadership has accomplished what our legislative leaders and the governor have demanded as a condition for reforming public transit funding.

Already, they've cut spending and implemented management improvements that have resulted in $18.5 million in savings.

This week they announced a historic contract with the transit unions that will rein in spending on health care and pensions and offer realistic wage increases.

But without additional state financial support this year, the CTA will be forced to raise fares and cut service, which will hurt everyone, especially those who depend on public transit to go to and from work every day.

We're all outraged by needless gun violence. That's why we've again taken steps to protect our children and keep them involved in positive activities this summer.

In partnership with religious and community groups, we're providing thousands of children with summer programs that are both educational and fun. We're enforcing the curfew, which I'm convinced has already saved many children from violence. And we continue to confiscate and destroy tens of thousands of guns every year.

Now, it's time for Springfield to do its part and pass legislation that will get more guns off our streets while still protecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners. I again challenge the Legislature to stand up to the gun radicals and ban assault weapons as well as .50-caliber rifles and large capacity ammunition-feeding devices. We need to limit handgun purchases to one a month; license gun dealers at the state level, and require all gun transfers be conducted through licensed dealers.

Finally, we continue to manage government better. Just two weeks ago, we announced a hiring freeze and implemented another furlough day for managers, which should result in nearly $10 million in savings. We've held the line on city property taxes for the last three years.

Now, it's time for Springfield to do its part to protect property taxpayers and extend the 7 percent cap on the taxable value of homes.

Without it, Cook County homeowners will receive property tax bills that could be thousands of dollars higher than last year. Low-income homeowners could be forced out of their homes. We cannot allow that to happen.

In each of these areas, Chicago has taken responsibility. We've acted to keep Chicago moving forward. Now, we need our lawmakers in Springfield to do their part. If they don't, Chicagoans will pay the price.

Richard M. Daley is mayor of Chicago.
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How nice of the Mayor of Chicago, which already has his desired gun control, to try to act outside of his elected office of mayor and try to govern me, someone who can't vote for or against him.
 
And we continue to confiscate and destroy tens of thousands of guns every year.
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I'd like to see some proof of that particular figure.
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Oh, I'm sure HALF of that is true. I'll bet they CONFISCATE a lot of guns. I'll bet they're far more likely to end up as some Chicago cop's "drop gun" than to be destroyed, though.
 
We need to limit handgun purchases to one a month; license gun dealers at the state level, and require all gun transfers be conducted through licensed dealers.
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He is selling this bill as a way to stop bad guys from killing kids which we ALL agree that bad guys shouldnt own guns nor kill anyone.

But who does this assclown think he is to legislate, in his own words, "law-abiding gun owners" with this restriction?? What is he really telling the people? This is so stupid that I can't believe he even thinks the public would swallow this tripe. Well maybe they did. :(

I have said it once and I will say it again... Illinois is not a member of this country, they resigned their rights and the Amendments of the Constitution of the United States long ago. *Piss on the Legislators and Lawmakers of Chicago.
 
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Daley is just pissy because he is used to getting what he wants; and more gun control on a statewide level is the ONE thing he hasn't been able to ram through. The assault weapons ban didn't pass, and the attempt at a high capacity mag ban has stalled in the house.

I am thankful the collar counties and downstate Illinois have had enough influence to beat back Chicago when it tries to impose its will on the rest of the state.
 
Now, it's time for Springfield to do its part and pass legislation that will get more guns off our streets while still protecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners. I again challenge the Legislature to stand up to the gun radicals and ban assault weapons as well as .50-caliber rifles and large capacity ammunition-feeding devices.
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According to the FBI, there were 448 homicides in Illinois in 2005.

Guess how many involved rifles.

There were 4 rifle homicides in the ENTIRE STATE OF ILLINOIS, out of 448 homicides total.

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_20.html

Rifles aren't a crime problem and never have been, and Daley is just using Chicago's illegal-handgun problem as a convenient excuse to push rifle bans.
 
Daley is about as intelligent as the possum scat behind my garage. He's about as qualified to be in public office as that pile, as well.
 
The whole state doesnt feel that way, so dont condemn the whole state. I am an Illinois resident. I hope him and blohardovich both get thrown out on their ears during the next elections. I hate what they are doing to my state. It is completely run from chicago. blogo flies back and forth every night and doesnt stay at the govs mansion in Springfield. He gets tips from Daley and heads back south to ram it to everyone else in the state.

The political system in Illinois, as well as the rest of the country needs a good cleansing, some bleach in the pool so to speak.
 
I'm sure glad I left Cali for FL. Got me a CCW and an AR! Can't imagine living in IL or NY or NJ....
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The odd thing is outside of cook county and a few similiar counties up there, Illinois isn't too bad. We need concealed carry and foid needs to go but even with foid its a better state to buy handguns in than MO. If we could get the downstate people to quit voting for people like Blago we'd be off to a good start.
 
+1,

I agree whole heartedly with that. nobody I know voted for him, at least that they are willing to admit. chicago has too much poplulation density, so much so that it doesnt take much from downstate to allow someone to win that chicago wants to win.

i wish they would chop chicago off the state and make it something else, i dont care what, just something other than a part of illinois.
 
Could it be that elections in big cities like Shi-cago and NYC could be bought
and paid for by the wealthy politicians running for office? Naw that would never happen would it?
 
To keep our progress going, state government must now do its part. It's time to fundamentally reform the way the state funds education and public transit;
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Yeah,stop it entirely.
...enact balanced gun legislation,
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Let the good guys shoot back? God forbid some punk scumbag gets what's coming to him
...and extend the 7 percent cap on the taxable value of homes.
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See my first point. Stop blowing your money and you won't need to steal from the people who actually have a job and earned what they have.
 
I take this to mean that the cops and political cronies will have guns while the serfs will be disarmed.
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I believe the mayor would prefer if most in the CPD did not carry guns. (That way they cannot shoot anyone [most can't shoot very well anyway].) His reasoning: If a CPD officer is killed in the line of duty, his family gets $100,000. If, instead, he kills someone, the average settlement is $1,000,000.
BTW, I believe the mayor is sincere (albeit misguided) in his hatred of guns. Of course he's wrong, but I do believe he's sincere. (This, I believe sets him apart from folks like bloomberg, brady, jackson, etc.)
 
Well,there is one thing that the law-abiding gun owners of Chicago can do, START A RECALL PETITION ON MAYOR DALEY!!!!!!!! About 15 years ago, we voters did that to our mayor who is a Democrat and he lost his job by a wide margin. He thought that he was God over us or his EMPLOYERS [VOTERS] So our FORMER mayor was gone. Now he is a county commish and keeps a low profile but,now LISTENS TO US,THE VOTERS[BOSSES]. Rich z.Omaha,Ne.
 
Well, you have a computer, and a printer...and you're just standing around (or not).

Have you contacted those folks in southern Illinois who passed county laws against gun control? Have you created a group of like minded folks in your area? It would be pretty easy to post signs around town asking for a meeting to discuss political action by the county against this mayor. Connect the groups together...even if there are only three people in the group. Start pressure at the county level...it's easier to do.
 
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It was nice of him to compliment us though, I like being called a pro-gun radical!

Oh, and buying a handgun in MO is about to get a whole lot better. Blunt signed the Castle doctrine, which also gets rid of the Permit To Acquire baloney!
 
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