OBAMAS VOTING RECORDS

warpedskydiver · September 28, 2008

Well here is a start on his past voting records, I guess he really is a supporter of our constitutional rights

I will start, and others will undoubtedly say it is not true, or explain that he is no longer of the same opinion.

90th GA, Obama Sponsored, Firearms Related:

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/summary/900HB3753.html

HB3753 Engrossed LRB9010407RCks
1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 24-3A.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 changing Section 24-3A as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/24-3A)
8 Sec. 24-3A. Gunrunning.
9 (a) A person commits gunrunning when he or she transfers
10 3 or more firearms in violation of any of the paragraphs of
11 Section 24-3 of this Code.
12 (b) Sentence. A person who commits gunrunning is guilty
13 of a Class X felony.
14 (Source: P.A. 88-680, eff. 1-1-95.)

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/summary/900SB0550.html

SB550 Enrolled LRB9002722RCks
1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by adding
2 Section 24-8.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 adding Section 24-8 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/24-8 new)
8 Sec. 24-8. Firearm tracing.
9 (a) Upon recovering a firearm from the possession of
10 anyone under 21 years of age who is not permitted by federal
11 or State law to possess a firearm, a local law enforcement
12 agency shall use the best available information, including a
13 firearms trace where necessary, to determine how and from
14 where the person under 21 years of age gained possession of
15 the firearm.
16 (b) Local law enforcement shall use the National Tracing
17 Center of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
18 in complying with subsection (a) of this Section.
19 (c) Local law enforcement agencies shall use the
20 Illinois Department of State Police Law Enforcement Agencies
21 Data System (LEADS) Gun File to enter all stolen, seized, or
22 recovered firearms as prescribed by LEADS regulations and
23 policies.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/summary/900SB1249.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person
convicted of gunrunning is ineligible for probation, periodic
imprisonment, or conditional discharge.

Heres the bills Obama sponsored in the 90th, 91st, 92nd and 93rd IL General Assembly.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sponsor/OBAMA.html

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sponsor/OBAMA.html

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/sponsor/OBAMA.html

www.ilga.gov/senate/SenatorBills.asp?MemberID=747&GA=93

oddly some of the other voting records are not currently available.

warpedskydiver · September 28, 2008

91st GA, Obama Sponsored, Firearms related:

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/summary/910HB0076.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the local law
enforcement agency shall use the best available information, including
a firearms trace, to determine how and from whom a person who is not
permitted by federal or State law to possess a firearm gained
possession of a firearm (now the provision applies only when the law
enforcement agency recovers the firearm from a person under 21 years
of age).

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/summary/910HB0227.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offenses of
possession of a stolen firearm and aggravated possession of a stolen
firearm. Changes penalties for unlawful use or possession of firearms
by felons.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/summary/910SB0048.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Requires an
applicant for a firearm owners identification card to sign a release
waiving any right to confidentiality and consenting to the disclosure
to the Department of State Police of the applicant's mental health
records from any state, the District of Columbia, any other territory
of the United States, or a foreign nation for the sole purpose of
determining eligibility for a card.
SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.
Provides that an applicant for a Firearm Owners Identification
Card must only sign a release of his or her mental health records upon
request of the Department of State Police.
HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.
Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Limits the
information disclosed to the Department of State Police to mental
health institution admission information. Provides that no mental
health or treatment records may be requested. Provides that the
information received shall be destroyed within one year of receipt.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/summary/910SB0330.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that it is an
aggravating factor, which the court may consider as a reason to impose
a more severe sentence, that the defendant was a federally licensed
firearm dealer and transferred a firearm to a person who did not
display to the dealer a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification
Card.
SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.
Deletes the substance of the bill. Amends the Unified Code of
Corrections. Provides that it is an aggravating factor in sentencing
that the defendant was a federally licensed firearm dealer and was
previously convicted of a violation of the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act relating to transferring a firearm to a person
who did not display a Firearm Owners Identification Card Act and is
convicted of a felony Firearm Owners Identification Card Act violation
or armed violence while armed with a firearm.
SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2.
Provides that the aggravating factor in sentencing may be imposed
if the federally licensed firearm dealer has now committed (rather
than convicted) a felony violation of the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act or an act of armed violence while armed with a
firearm.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/summary/910SB1614.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Prohibits the transfer of more
than one handgun within a 30-day period. Exempts federally-licensed
firearm dealers who purchase handguns as inventory in the regular
course of business, the military, law enforcement officials, certain
hunters, and other specified persons. Provides that a violation is a
Class 4 felony.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/summary/910SB1615.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person who
commits first degree murder using a firearm in or within 500 feet of a
church, synagogue, or other building, structure, or place used for
religious worship or other religious purpose is eligible for the death
penalty. Provides for enhanced penalties for the commission of any of
the following offenses using a firearm in or within 500 feet of a
church, synagogue, or other building, structure, or place used for
religious worship or other religious purpose: second degree murder,
involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, or aggravated battery
with a firearm. Effective immediately.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/summary/910SB1616.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that
an applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card must appear in
person before a law enforcement agency and submit positive
identification to a law enforcement officer before the issuance of the
application to the applicant. Increases the fee for a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card from $5 to $10. Provides that the additional $5
shall be deposited into the Firearm Owner's Notification Fund.
Provides that the Department of State Police shall, 60 days (rather
than 30 days) prior to the expiration of a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card, forward to each person whose card is to expire a
notification of the expiration of the card. Deletes provisions
requiring the forwarding of the actual application. Amends the
Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires the Department of State Police to
forward to the Secretary of State the names, addresses, and other
identifying information about holders of Firearm Owner's
Identification Cards. Provides that the information shall be compiled
in a database and may be accessed by law enforcement officers who
enforce traffic laws.

Andy9o8 · September 28, 2008

People who vote principally on the gun issue have already made up their mind who they're voting for - they already know Obama's for gun control and McCain is for gun rights. So how does your post influence swing voters who don't really have strong feelings, either way, about gun laws? (believe it or not, there are a lot of them.)

warpedskydiver · September 28, 2008

92nd GA, Firearms related, Obama Sponsored:

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/summary/920HB1942.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that
any person who forges or materially alters or counterfeits a Firearm
Owner's Identification Card commits a Class 2 felony. Provides that
any person who possesses a Firearm Owner's Identification Card with
knowledge that it has been forged, altered, or counterfeited commits a
Class 2 Felony.
FISCAL NOTE (Illinois State Police)
There will be no fiscal impact to the Illinois State Police.
SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.
Deletes a sentence providing that any person who possesses a
Firearm Owner's Identification Card with knowledge that it has been
forged or materially altered commits a Class 2 felony. Provides,
instead, that any person who knowingly possesses a forged or
materially altered Firearm Owner's Identification Card with the intent
to use it commits a Class 2 felony.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/summary/920HB2315.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Changes the offense of
unlawful use of armor piercing bullets to unlawful use of firearm
projectiles and includes as firearm projectiles any armor piercing
bullet, 50 caliber bullet, dragon's breath shotgun shell, bolo shell,
or flechette shell. Expands the offense of manufacturing, selling, or
transferring of bullets represented to be armor piercing bullets to
include any shell represented to be a dragon's breath shotgun shell,
bolo shell, or flechette shell. Changes the offense of unlawful
discharge of armor piercing bullets to unlawful discharge of firearm
projectiles and includes as firearm projectiles any armor piercing
bullet, 50 caliber bullet, dragon's breath shotgun shell, bolo shell,
or flechette shell.
FISCAL NOTE (Illinois State Police)
If HB 2315 were to become law, there would be no fiscal impact
to the Illinois State Police.
FISCAL NOTE (Department of Corrections)
The prison population and fiscal impact is minimal.
CORRECTIONAL NOTE (Department of Corrections)
Same as DOC fiscal note.
HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.
Deletes references to 50 caliber bullets. Provides that the
penalties for the manufacture, sale, or transfer of armor piercing
bullets also applies to dragon's breath shotgun shells, bolo shells,
and flechette shells.
HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.
Makes a technical correction to the definition of "Flechette
shell".
SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.
Adds reference to:
430 ILCS 65/3.2 new
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides
that, prior to January 1, 2002, the Department of State Police shall
list on the Department's World Wide Web site all firearm projectiles
that are prohibited by the Act, together with a statement setting
forth the sentence that may be imposed for violations. Also provides
that the Department of State Police shall, prior to January 1, 2002,
send a list of all firearm projectiles that are prohibited by the Act
to each federally licensed firearm dealer in Illinois registered with
the Department. Further amends the Criminal Code of 1961, making
technical changes. Adds an effective date of January 1, 2002.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/summary/920HB3075.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to the offense of
theft. Provides that it is a Class X felony to commit a theft of a
firearm, cannabis, a controlled substance, or money held in a facility
used by a law enforcement agency or a clerk of the circuit court to
store evidence for use at a pre-trial proceeding, preliminary hearing,
grand jury proceeding, trial, or post-trial proceeding.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/summary/920HB3262.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that, upon recovering
a firearm that was used in the commission of any offense or upon
recovering a firearm that appears to have been lost, mislaid, stolen,
or otherwise unclaimed, a local law enforcement agency shall use the
best available information, including a firearms trace when necessary,
to determine prior ownership of the firearm.
HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.
Further amends the Criminal Code of 1961 concerning firearm
tracing. Provides that, when a law enforcement agency recovers a
firearm used in the commission of an offense, the law enforcement
agency is required to trace the firearm to determine prior ownership
only if the offense is classified as felony.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/summary/920SB0041.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and the Illinois
Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that all orders of protection
must contain a provision requiring the person against whom the order
is issued to forfeit all firearms in his or her possession for the
duration of the order of protection, regardless of whether that person
has threatened to use a firearm or is deemed likely to do so.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/summary/920SB0051.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Prohibits
ownership of firearms by anyone who has ever been convicted of
stalking in Illinois or a substantially similar offense in another
jurisdiction.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/summary/920SB0059.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Allows a law enforcement
officer at the scene of a domestic violence incident to take temporary
custody of any firearm in plain sight or pursuant to a consensual
search. Provides that all weapons taken into custody must be held at
least 48 hours. Provides that, within 72 hours of the seizure of the
firearm, if it is not retained as evidence related to charges brought
as a result of the domestic violence incident, the firearm must be
returned to the owner. Provides that, if the law enforcement agency
has reasonable cause to believe that the return of the firearm would
be likely to result in endangering the domestic violence victim, the
agency must, within 30 days, or 60 days if an extension is granted, of
the seizure of the firearm, file a petition with the circuit court to
determine if the firearm should be returned. Requires the court to
return the firearm unless it is shown by clear and convincing evidence
that returning the firearm would likely result in endangering the
domestic violence victim.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/summary/920SB1338.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of
unlawful use of a semiautomatic assault weapon or large capacity
ammunition feeding device, defined as knowingly selling,
manufacturing, purchasing, possessing, or carrying a semiautomatic
assault weapon or large capacity ammunition feeding device. Provides
that the offense is a Class 2 felony. Exempts peace officers and
members of the Armed Services or Reserved Forces of the United States
and Illinois National Guard while in the performance of their official
duties and wardens, superintendents, and keepers of prisons,
penitentiaries, jails and other facilities for the detention of
persons accused or convicted of an offense. Also exempts the
manufacture, transportation, or sale of these weapons or devices to
those persons.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/summary/920SB2083.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of
unlawful use of a semiautomatic assault weapon or large capacity
ammunition feeding device, defined as knowingly selling,
manufacturing, purchasing, possessing, or carrying a semiautomatic
assault weapon or large capacity ammunition feeding device. Provides
that the offense is a Class 2 felony. Exempts peace officers and
members of the Armed Services or Reserved Forces of the United States
and Illinois National Guard while in the performance of their official
duties and wardens, superintendents, and keepers of prisons,
penitentiaries, jails and other facilities for the detention of
persons accused or convicted of an offense. Also exempts the
manufacture, transportation, or sale of these weapons or devices to
those persons.

warpedskydiver · September 28, 2008

91st GA
SB0048: No privacy of mental health records for FOID applicants
SB1614: One handgun per month
SB1616: Must apply in person @ police for FOID

92nd GA
SB0041: Order of protection must forfeit all firearms regardless if you are deemed to be a threat
SB0051: Stalking convictions = prohibited person
SB0059: Police can confiscate firearms @ domestic violence calls
SB1338: Assault weapons ban
SB2083: Assault Weapons ban

93rd GA
SB2386: Self defense with a firearm is an affirmative defense against municipal firearms bans. Also, self defense is immune to liability. (Sounds good, but its not)

Senate amendment No 1 gutted the affirmative defense against municipal bans and added a liability shield for homeowners who defend themselves. Barak Obama was not a sponsor until after the amendment gutted the bill. This one is barely a pro-gun vote.

warpedskydiver · September 28, 2008

Obama voted against SB2165, the bill that would provide an affirmative defense against municipal firearms bans for those who use a firearm in self defense. He voted against it twice.

1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
5 Section 24-10 as follows:

6 (720 ILCS 5/24-10 new)
7 Sec. 24-10. Municipal ordinance regulating firearms;
8 affirmative defense to a violation. It is an affirmative
9 defense to a violation of a municipal ordinance that prohibits,
10 regulates, or restricts the private ownership of firearms if
11 the individual who is charged with the violation used the
12 firearm in an act of self-defense or defense of another as
13 defined in Sections 7-1 and 7-2 of this Code when on his or her
14 land or in his or her abode or fixed place of business.

15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2165&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=7961&SessionID=3&GA=93

Obama voted against changing the FOID age from 21 to 18 for persons without parental consent.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2163&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=7951&SessionID=3&GA=93

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Changes, from 21 years of age or over to 18 years of age or over, the age at which a person may apply for and be issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card without the consent of a parent or legal guardian. Effective immediately.

Obama voted for one gun per month after a vehicle secret compartment bill was gutted and changed to one gun a month.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2579&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=4572&SessionID=3&GA=93

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the removal of a false or secret compartment from a motor vehicle, or the promise to do so, shall not be the basis for a defense to forfeiture of the motor vehicle under the Criminal Code of 1961 and shall not be the basis for the court to release the vehicle to the owner. Increases the penalty for owning or operating a motor vehicle with the knowledge that it contains a false or secret compartment from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1
Deletes reference to:
625 ILCS 5/12-612
Adds reference to:
720 ILCS 5/24-3 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3
720 ILCS 5/24-3.1A new

Deletes all. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Prohibits multiple sales of handguns within a 30-day period. Creates the offense of unlawful acquisition of handguns. Provides exemptions. Provides the penalty is a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second offense.

Voted for SB1195, assault weapons ban, in committee:

www.nrapvf.org/Media/pdf/sb1195_obama.pdf

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Prohibits the knowing manufacture, delivery, and possession of semiautomatic assault weapons, large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and assault weapon attachments. Provides for an affirmative defense to a violation for peace officers, correctional institution employees and officers, members of the Armed Services and Reserve Forces of the United States, and the Illinois National Guard while these persons are in the performance of their duties. Establishes penalties for violations.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1195&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=4124&SessionID=3&GA=93

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christelsabine · September 28, 2008

Is there anything else your candidate should know?

I mean, aside from fighting for the 2nd Amendment.

Not much there, what you need.

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warpedskydiver · September 28, 2008

There actually if far more if you like, I will post everything available.

However somehow some of his voting records are now unavailable, even though they were available just last year.

jcd11235 · September 28, 2008

Quote

Well here is a start on his past voting records, I guess he really is a supporter of our constitutional rights

I will start, and others will undoubtedly say it is not true, or explain that he is no longer of the same opinion.

90th GA, Obama Sponsored, Firearms Related:

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/summary/900HB3753.html

HB3753 Engrossed LRB9010407RCks
1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 24-3A.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 changing Section 24-3A as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/24-3A)
8 Sec. 24-3A. Gunrunning.
9 (a) A person commits gunrunning when he or she transfers
10 3 or more firearms in violation of any of the paragraphs of
11 Section 24-3 of this Code.
12 (b) Sentence. A person who commits gunrunning is guilty
13 of a Class X felony.
14 (Source: P.A. 88-680, eff. 1-1-95.)

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/summary/900SB0550.html

SB550 Enrolled LRB9002722RCks
1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by adding
2 Section 24-8.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 adding Section 24-8 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/24-8 new)
8 Sec. 24-8. Firearm tracing.
9 (a) Upon recovering a firearm from the possession of
10 anyone under 21 years of age who is not permitted by federal
11 or State law to possess a firearm, a local law enforcement
12 agency shall use the best available information, including a
13 firearms trace where necessary, to determine how and from
14 where the person under 21 years of age gained possession of
15 the firearm.
16 (b) Local law enforcement shall use the National Tracing
17 Center of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
18 in complying with subsection (a) of this Section.
19 (c) Local law enforcement agencies shall use the
20 Illinois Department of State Police Law Enforcement Agencies
21 Data System (LEADS) Gun File to enter all stolen, seized, or
22 recovered firearms as prescribed by LEADS regulations and
23 policies.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/summary/900SB1249.html

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person
convicted of gunrunning is ineligible for probation, periodic
imprisonment, or conditional discharge.

Heres the bills Obama sponsored in the 90th, 91st, 92nd and 93rd IL General Assembly.

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sponsor/OBAMA.html

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sponsor/OBAMA.html

www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/sponsor/OBAMA.html

www.ilga.gov/senate/SenatorBills.asp?MemberID=747&GA=93

oddly some of the other voting records are not currently available.

Care to explain how any of that is contrary to supporting rights guaranteed under the Constitution?

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warpedskydiver · September 28, 2008

Quote

Is there anything else your candidate should know?

I mean, aside from fighting for the 2nd Amendment.

Not much there, what you need.

That alone is enough, but when you are a US Citizen, it makes these issues far more important.

warpedskydiver · September 28, 2008

Does your own opinion disregard any of our constitutional rights, or are some of them okay to do away with?

kallend · September 28, 2008

Just looking at the first two that you find objectionable, I suppose we can now take it that

(1) you APPROVE of illegal gunrunning, and

(2) you don't think the police should try to trace the source of illegal guns.

I suspect you're in a minority even among LAW ABIDING gun owners.