DRAWING
A BEAD
Blagojevich’s
Legitimization
of Backdoor Gun Registration
Richard A. Pearson
Executive
Director, ISRA
It was confirmed on April 8, 2004 by the Chicago Sun Times’ article that the state of Illinois has been illegally keeping records of law-abiding gun arms owners’ firearm transactions. This isn’t a recent development; it turns out this has been going on since 1992. In 1998 it became illegal to keep those records beyond 90 days. After all kinds of attempts to pull backdoor registration in Pennsylvania and other places, Congress reduced the time limit to 24 hours. Anti-gunners everywhere squalled like stuck pigs. The reason the law was changed from 90 days to 24 hours was because anti-gunners who had infiltrated various government organizations blatantly abused the law, your Second Amendment rights, and your right to privacy.
The State of Illinois has received an order from the United States Government to destroy those records, forcing the state to comply with the law. Governor Blagojevich has asked Attorney General Ashcroft to change the law to legitimize the illegal activities of the State of Illinois. In defense of the State’s illegal activities, “they” claim they tracked one guy who “straw purchased” 20 guns for a street gang. That’s one out of 2,150,000 transactions. That’s a lower yield than an Iraqi war bond. The cost to you is not money – the real cost of maintaining this illegitimate system is your freedom and your children’s freedom. Registration schemes have always led to confiscation and a loss of freedom.
When you tell this to the average gun owner, they give you a blank stare, and their usual response is that this isn’t Great Britain or Australia. Excellent knowledge of geography, but we’re talking about gun confiscation. Do you think it hasn’t happened here? Try Chicago, New York City, and California. It has happened here and unless we, the gun owners, get together and stay together, the next place this will happen is right here in Illinois. I urge you to join the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) now. I mean today. Joining the ISRA is your best chance to keep your rights and freedoms.
Until next time,
Richard A. Pearson
Executive Director, ISRA