I have put together a letter to the editor of the local paper, I ask that you do the same. I am also asking that you post the letter to the editor requirements for you local papers so I and hopefully you can send letters to multiple papers.
Here is my Local Paper
The Pantagragh
Letters to the Editor
P.O. Box 2907
Bloomington, Illinois 61702-2907
Fax 309-829-7000
email [email protected]
Papers Policy - only original letters with signature will be published - the must include full name and address and a daytime phone number for verification. Letters must be 350 words or less.
Please help by taking the time to join in this effort and by sharing you local papers policy.
Here is the letter I put together for the Pantagraph.
A plethora of gun legislation on its way through the House and Senate and onto the Governors desk at the behest of Mayor Daley. A brief overview reveals House Bills: HB1625, HB2513, HB2532, HB2580, HB2583, HB2632; and Senate Bills: SB0283, SB1195, SB1197, SB1206, SB1326, SB1481. These would make large numbers of citizens criminals for the new crime of owning an old gun or magazine. Owners face criminal penalties, including felonies. Don’t worry, if you or a family member owns a prohibited item you can destroy or dispose of it, or turn it in. Legislation would also create gun databases, a state license for federally licensed dealers, and 10 or 30 day waiting periods on handguns.
What is the purpose of this legislation, to save lives? Fifty caliber rifles have “never†been used in a single crime in Illinois. The so-called “assault weapons†all fire one shot with one trigger pull like a revolver. They are used in less than 1 percent of gun crimes. The difference between a 10 and 20 round magazine is the less than half-second it takes to change magazines, for this someone should be a criminal? State licenses for gun-dealers who have already passed state and federal checks and applied to the local police and zoning board for approval? Current requirements have in 10 years reduced the number of dealers by two thirds. What would a state license accomplish except, as Mayor Daley has indicated, to get rid of all dealers within 100 miles of Chicago? A 10 or 30 day wait to buy a handgun? Individuals already complete a background check for a FOID card, another to purchase, then a three-day wait. The additional wait only to makes it more burdensome to legally buy a gun.
Does anyone truly believe that criminals are going to be effected by this legislation? The target here is not criminals but lawful gun-owners. If you think this legislation is a great, then do nothing, it will pass. If you think it’s not, then you need to call or write you elected representatives today.
For more information:
http://www.illinois-safety.net/93rd_session.html
http://capwiz.com/gunowners/dbq/officials/directory/directory.dbq?command=statedir&state=IL
Here is my Local Paper
The Pantagragh
Letters to the Editor
P.O. Box 2907
Bloomington, Illinois 61702-2907
Fax 309-829-7000
email [email protected]
Papers Policy - only original letters with signature will be published - the must include full name and address and a daytime phone number for verification. Letters must be 350 words or less.
Please help by taking the time to join in this effort and by sharing you local papers policy.
Here is the letter I put together for the Pantagraph.
A plethora of gun legislation on its way through the House and Senate and onto the Governors desk at the behest of Mayor Daley. A brief overview reveals House Bills: HB1625, HB2513, HB2532, HB2580, HB2583, HB2632; and Senate Bills: SB0283, SB1195, SB1197, SB1206, SB1326, SB1481. These would make large numbers of citizens criminals for the new crime of owning an old gun or magazine. Owners face criminal penalties, including felonies. Don’t worry, if you or a family member owns a prohibited item you can destroy or dispose of it, or turn it in. Legislation would also create gun databases, a state license for federally licensed dealers, and 10 or 30 day waiting periods on handguns.
What is the purpose of this legislation, to save lives? Fifty caliber rifles have “never†been used in a single crime in Illinois. The so-called “assault weapons†all fire one shot with one trigger pull like a revolver. They are used in less than 1 percent of gun crimes. The difference between a 10 and 20 round magazine is the less than half-second it takes to change magazines, for this someone should be a criminal? State licenses for gun-dealers who have already passed state and federal checks and applied to the local police and zoning board for approval? Current requirements have in 10 years reduced the number of dealers by two thirds. What would a state license accomplish except, as Mayor Daley has indicated, to get rid of all dealers within 100 miles of Chicago? A 10 or 30 day wait to buy a handgun? Individuals already complete a background check for a FOID card, another to purchase, then a three-day wait. The additional wait only to makes it more burdensome to legally buy a gun.
Does anyone truly believe that criminals are going to be effected by this legislation? The target here is not criminals but lawful gun-owners. If you think this legislation is a great, then do nothing, it will pass. If you think it’s not, then you need to call or write you elected representatives today.
For more information:
http://www.illinois-safety.net/93rd_session.html
http://capwiz.com/gunowners/dbq/officials/directory/directory.dbq?command=statedir&state=IL