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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0701040060jan04,1,3840091.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true Daley aims to pass new gun laws By Gary Washburn Tribune staff reporter January 4, 2007 Buoyed by the General Assembly's passage of a gun-control measure amid a long string of rejections, Mayor Richard Daley on Wednesday unveiled the city's 2007 legislative agenda with a renewed emphasis on handgun violence. Daley called for passage of half a dozen bills, to be introduced by local state lawmakers, that would restrict sales and the types and numbers of weapons that Illinoisans could buy. Noting that guns were involved in more than 80 percent of the 466 murders in Chicago in 2006, Daley said the way to reduce the murder rate "is to continue to get guns off our streets and out of our homes. "The best way to do it is to pass common-sense legislation that will keep guns out of the hands of people who want to commit crimes with them." Todd Vandermyde, a lobbyist for the National Rifle Association, scoffed at the mayor's plans. "I think it's typical of Daley's rhetoric," he said. "If it was up to him, nobody would own a gun." Daley supports measures that would ban assault weapons and .50 caliber weapons, limit handgun purchases to one a month and require state police licensing of handgun dealers. The legislature has rejected those measures in the past. A new measure would require all gun sales only by licensed dealers so that every purchaser would undergo a mandatory background check. Currently, purchasers who buy from neighbors, friends and other private parties do not undergo such checks. Daley also supports a measure that would tighten an existing statute mandating trigger locks or other safe-keeping for guns and another proposal that would classify more gun crimes as ones that could lead to suspension or revocation of a driver's license. Aggravated discharge of a firearm while driving now can result in loss of a license. The new legislation would add such offenses as unlawful use of a weapon and aggravated discharge of a machine gun. Daley and other gun-control advocates won a victory with passage of a measure that requires background checks of people who buy weapons at gun shows. With Democrats strengthening their edge in the Senate, state Sen. John Cullerton (D-Chicago) said that gun-control advocates have a chance of having all of the proposals passed in the coming session. "If the NRA realizes they are in trouble and want to negotiate, which they never have in the past, we [could pass] the assault-weapons ban," said Cullerton, who appeared with Daley and other public officials at a news conference at police headquarters. "They always have said, `You inadvertently are banning skeet shooters.' We say, `Fine, sit down and tell us what is wrong with our bill because we do know that weapons that shoot down planes should not be sold.'" Vandermyde disagreed about prospects for passage. "I think there is going to be a lot of screaming and hollering," he said, but "I don't think they have the muscle to move this ... agenda through. "This just becomes a regulatory and bureaucratic snafu to throw more red tape in the path of somebody buying a gun." ---------- gwashburn@tribune.com Copyright © 2007, Chicago Tribune Quote Why can't the indictments on Obama, Daley and Blojobabitch be handed down right now? This is one of the few states that Expect their politicians to be corrupt and see to like it that way... Hello Shitcago

Her bra looks like a six pack

Personal Security Detail... Take me with!!!

Thats a TVA electric bill, they annouced they are cutting rates last spring, and the cost in that area for power is far below what many of us pay.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1096 110th U.S. Congress (2007-2008) H.R. 1096: To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans HR 1096 IH 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1096 To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 15, 2007 Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A BILL To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the `Second Amendment Protection Act of 2007'. SEC. 2. REPEAL OF 1993 LAW PROVIDING FOR A WAITING PERIOD BEFORE THE PURCHASE OF A HANDGUN, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM TO BE CONTACTED BY FIREARMS DEALERS BEFORE THE TRANSFER OF ANY FIREARM. Public Law 103-159 is repealed, and any provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted. SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF SPORTING PURPOSES DISTINCTION. (a) Section 5845(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended-- (1) by striking `which the Secretary finds is generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes'; and (2) by striking `which the owner intends to use solely for sporting purposes'. (b) Section 921(a)(4)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking `which the Attorney General finds is generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes'. (c) Section 921(a)(4) of such title is amended in the 2nd sentence by striking `which the owner intends to use solely for sporting, recreational, or cultural purposes'. (d) Section 921(a)(17)(C) of such title is amended by striking `a projectile which the Attorney General finds is primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes,'. (e) Section 923(j) of such title is amended by striking `devoted to the collection, competitive use, or other sporting use of firearms in the community'. (f) Section 922(r) of such title is amended by striking `of this chapter as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes'. (g) Section 925(a)(3) of such title is amended by striking `determined by the Attorney General to be generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes and'. (h) Section 925(a)(4) of such title is amended by striking `(A) determined by the Attorney General to be generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes, or determined by the Department of Defense to be a type of firearm normally classified as a war souvenir, and (B)'. (i) Section 925(d)(3) of such title is amended by striking `and is generally recognized as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes'. (j) Section 925(e)(2) of such title is amended by striking `provided that such handguns are generally recognized as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes'. (k) Section 922 of such title is amended in each of subsections (a)(5), (a)(9), and (b)(3) by striking `lawful sporting purposes' and inserting `lawful purposes'. SEC. 4. REPEAL OF THE CHILD SAFETY LOCK ACT OF 2005. (a) Amendments to Title 18, United States Code- (1) Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (z). (2) Section 924 of such title is amended-- (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking `(f), or (p)' and inserting `or (f)'; and (B) by striking subsection (p). (b) Repealer- Section 5 of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note; 119 Stat. 2099) is repealed. SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. The provisions of this Act shall take effect immediately upon enactment. Quote Please call your elected officials and voice your strong support for this bill. Unless you enjoy having your rights usurped.

So you aren't going to tell guys "No I will not let you out of my bedroom!"

Need a PSD?

Is it true all the hookers up there wear flannel and smell of sawdust and 2 stroke mix?

Farrakhan is a racist and demagogue, yeah nice guy! I guess you never had to deal with him or his little entourage. They are about as militant as you can get.

Hey my bike gets 45mph if I stay off of the throttle stop. Not bad for something that will do over 190mph

Al gore conserves petroleum by plowing the Cumberland Gap with a pair of salt and pepper mules, while going barefoot and wearing a straw hat.

Because they paid their fees for women for that they rape torture and kill, kind of like having a busboy clear the table after a party. The bodies were merely trash to them.

It is always the same ask a mailman or a land surveyor, hey wait a minute...

Dude quit making sense, it really makes some of the posters depressed, but it's ok, they can just close their eyes and say "I don't wanna believe, I don't wanna believe" You know... just like normal

Why?

That wasn't snotty at all. I was stating a fact that only Jarrod knows what is in his heart, I made no statements about him. Quit reading into things ok? Actually when I posted that statement Jarrod's name never occured to me.

The bodies of girls and young and women started turning up in 1993 just across the border in Juarez, mexico. Soon they noticed a pattern. Many of the victims had been raped, tortured, and mutilated, before they were finally strangled or suffocated. "There was this sense of dread, almost evil, hovering over the city." Diana Washington Valdez is a reporter at the El Paso Times. "I think about it sometimes when I wake up in the morning." As the bodies piled up and years passed, she came to know more about the murders than even Mexican police. At least the police who weren't involved. She says many are corrupt-- ignoring or protecting powerful men she calls prime suspects in some of the killings. "(They're) having women abducted for them for the purpose of sex orgies and also in some cases to participate in the killings of the victims." "They're doing it for sport," says Valdez. "What got me into this was the brutality in which they were being killed. I felt there were many victims and the authorities kept downplaying everything." Since 1993, more than 500 girls and young women have been murdered in Juarez. Washington Valdez says about a third of them were sex-murders. "But the important thing here for me-- they were not murders committed with the motive of some kind of rape or sexual assault. The objective for many of these murders, the systematic murders as we call them, is really to kill the women. The objective always is to kill the women." www.woai.com/content/news/beamer/story.aspx?content_id=ab6e3700-8f96-4d3c-a2ae-a4189a77d5b4 viddy

I sincerely hope you are not talking about me. No one deserves what this poor couple had to endure and I take severe offense to the fact you would say such things. Where in any of my or anyone's posts for that matter has someone said "whitey deserved it". If your conscience is clear do not worry.

Will the USPA give waivers for age in order to facilitate the kids who want to do a tandem? I bet there are quite a few dying children that would want that.

BTW this story made me smile I hope every kid that is facing such dire circumstances has the opportunity to do anything they would hope for.

Sick Teen's Military Dreams Come True By MELISSA NELSON AP EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, FL (Feb. 26) - Weakened by a lifelong struggle with cystic fibrosis, 14-year-old Riley Woina dreamed of being strong like the heroes he'd seen in war movies like "Black Hawk Down." 'This Is Awesome' Talk About It: Post Thoughts He wanted to parachute, fire rounds, wear a uniform. He wasn't scared of some of the most grueling training the Army has to offer. So when he was offered the opportunity through the Make-A-Wish foundation to realize his dream, he jumped at the chance. Recently, the Plymouth, Conn., teen got to spend a week watching the U.S. Army's 6th Ranger Training Battalion train in Florida - and even try many of the tasks himself. "You always want what you cannot have and he'll never be able to join the Army because of his cystic fibrosis, so of course he wants that more than anyone else would. He would join the Army today if he could," said his mother, Susan Woina. Riley is the first child to ask Make-A-Wish to visit a Ranger camp, said Capt. Jeremiah Cordovano, spokesman for the 6th Ranger Battalion. It was an unusual choice - the foundation often grants wishes for Walt Disney World trips or shopping sprees. "I knew I probably wouldn't be able to do anything like this again. They do everything down here, the swamp training, everything," Riley said, while eating with his new Ranger buddies in the chow hall at Camp James E. Rudder. The camp is where Rangers spend 18 grueling days at the end of their 62-day training. Rangers go through realistic combat scenarios and are typically exhausted when they arrive, said Cordovano. But, "you really get to see what you are made of and if you have what it takes to be a combat leader," he said. During the week, the 80-pound teen got to ride in a helicopter, traverse the swamps with Rangers in an inflatable Zodiac boat and witness a 64-paratrooper night jump from inside a C-130. He even got personalized fatigues, complete with his own combat boots and dog tags. He also was presented with his own flight suit, a "U.S. Army Air Ambulance Detachment" patch, and his pilot's wings from an 82nd Airborne flight crew. Rangers also helped him to radio his mom from the helicopter while hovering above the beach. "Mom, this is Riley, this is awesome," he said. "Riley, I'm glad you're having a good time," she said. The Rangers showed Riley how to deploy a parachute and a reserve parachute. As his parents and older brother, Ryan, laughed at Riley's enthusiasm, Master Sgts. Jose Morengo and Alexander Barnett rolled on the ground, jumped off benches and unfurled the parachutes. He got to practice shooting blank M4 rounds and help clear a training room using grenade simulators. Even a black eye, which he received as Morengo pulled the rip cord grip on a reserve parachute strapped around Riley's waist, didn't keep Riley from smiling. Morengo gave Riley the rip cord grip as a souvenir, explaining that it was the ultimate trophy of surviving a harrowing experience. Riley's cystic fibrosis causes a buildup of a thick mucus that makes breathing difficult and inhibits absorption of nutrients, stunting growth. Riley takes nutritional supplements, respiratory medications, uses an inhaler and sleeps with a special vest that helps to shake up and clear out the mucus in his lungs while he sleeps. But the Rangers who met him said that he's got the fortitude it takes to be a Ranger. Later this month, he'll get to go to Fort Benning, Ga.,with the successful students for graduation ceremonies. "He's got nothing to prove to us, he's tough enough," Morengo said. The experience didn't make Riley fear the grueling physical punishment Rangers experience at Camp Rudder, either - and he wasn't sympathetic. "It's a way of life for them, they are the ones that signed up for it so it's their fault," he said, as the Rangers around him laughed. Riley Woina, 14, smiles as he comes out of a building that he and two Rangers "cleared" during his visit to an Army Ranger camp on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

I do not know the origin of the original post's stats, I am sure they can be found at DOJ. I did not write the article,I posted it verbatim as found.

Able bodied can mean anyone of that group capable of bearing arms. There were quite a few handicapped, disabled, and severly injured, including amputees in the ranks of the Continental Army, as well as the US Military past present and future. In order to legally own a firearm in this country you must be 18 years of age and 21 for a pistol. IMHO That is unfair and unconstitutional.(you can serve our country at 17yrs of age) and the 2nd says nothing of needing to be 21 in order to own a pistol.

John is a veteran of the USMC, he and others like him can and will be recalled regardless of age if our military and political leaders should deem it necessary. It can happen, and has in the past as well.

If only they had used the SUV to run them all over, then backing up over their heads.