Friday, April 27, 2007

Gun Confiscation

A Tremor

Confiscation of Registered Guns Begins in Illinois

Chicago Anti Gun Enforcement (CAGE) unit. This elite squad, operated jointly by the Illinois State Police, the Chicago Police Department, and the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, supposedly exists to identify illegal gunrunners. However, information gained by the ISRA makes it clear that the CAGE unit is targeting law-abiding citizens, not criminal gunrunners.

The Chicago Police Department and the Illinois State Police have teamed up to make good on Mayor Daley's pledge that, if it were up to him, nobody would have a gun. Daley and his elite "CAGE" unit are apparently taking advantage of gun privacy loopholes to pinpoint certain individuals for inclusion in the confiscation program.

The ISRA is following up on leads in one case that has disturbing implications. An elderly first-generation Chicago resident was recently paid a visit by an Illinois State Police trooper. After asking to come inside the man's home, the trooper asked if the man owned a gun - to which he replied yes. The trooper then directed the individual to surrender the firearm. The man complied with the officer's demand and the trooper left with the gun. And the story gets better...

The gun in question was purchased legally by the man in the 1970s shortly after he became a U.S. citizen. When Chicago's infamous gun registration scheme went into effect in the early 1980s, the man registered the firearm as per the requirement. However, over the years, the fellow apparently forgot to re-register the firearm, and forgot to renew his Illinois FOID Card.

So...what does this all mean?      [continue]    

What it means is that Chicago police are invoking ''spitting on the sidewalk laws' generally reserved for hardened criminals, like Al Capone, whom they can't otherwise build a case against.  It means that the day is coming.   This is just a guess, but I get the feeling that white paper reports issued by agencies like the FBI to local governments may contain  alarming news.  It's one thing for long haired, maggot infested left wing groups like the weathermen to threaten insurrection, quite another when such  rumbling emanates  from tax-paying, law-abiding, church going rank and filers.  There is something in the air, the stench of bad government maybe.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have an arsenal and not one of my weapons have been bought though a FFL dealer. This is an excellent reason why.
MM

Anonymous said...

If the allegations, mentioned later in the story, are true every legal firearm owner in the United States has had their civil rights violated. I want reperations, enought to replace my satin nickle combat commander. The one I sold to pay for a NRA course, LTC [license to carry] $100 for four years permit, loss of one solid days pay to be interviewed by my local Chief of Police. Not to mention the invasion of privacy and unwarranted suspucion issues I have been subjected.

Anonymous said...

FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS

Anonymous said...

I won't hold my breath waiting for the ACLU to defend this clear violation of A Constitional right.


If you are ever stopped by the police, 1) ask if you are being stopped, detained or arrested.
2) Ask what specific crime they are investigating and why you are being questioned.
3) Ask if you are free to go.
If the answer to #3 is "no", from that point on the only word you should utter is "lawyer" because you are a suspect.

If they show up at your home never, EVER allow them permission to enter or "look around"... ("not without a signed Search Warrant, officer") By granting permission to enter without a warrant, you surrender much of your constitutional rights to protection from search and seizure. *Any* information you disclose or anything they find can be used against you (Miranda rights do not apply here) either as direct evidence or as leverage to obtain a Warrant for further searches.

My support of the Police is waning, these days. And don't even get me started about Civil Asset Forfeiture.

Anonymous said...

18USC241

M

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