Quinn and Guns

When Democrats are in charge                                                “   Last month  the Illinois Legislature passed law that "permits anyone with a Firearm Owner's Identification card who has passed a background check and undergone gun-safety training of 16 hours — longest of any state — to obtain a concealed-carry permit for $150"  Amazingly, they had the votes to override (Democrat) Gov. Pat Quinn's veto.  What do Democrats do when they lose a fight with the people?  That's right, they get even. Governor Quinn (IL) signs new gun law, crime victims hardest hit Fuzzy Slippers explains on Legal Insurrection: Actually, this law (Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act.) wasn’t intended to punish crime victims, that’s the result of an ideology that demonizes legal gun owners–even to the point that they are considered more dangerous than violent sexual predators with known criminal records: "On Sunday, Governor Pat Quinn signed Illinois House Bill 1189, a law that will, among other things, impose requirements–on pain of criminal charges–on victims of crime. If your gun is stolen, and you fail to promptly notify the police, you are now the criminal. Oh, by the way–confused by the initial description on the Illinois General Assembly website–that the bill “amends the Sex Offender Registration Act”? That’s what the bill would have done, before being amended to reflect Chicago-area Democrats’ view that gun owning crime victims pose a greater danger to the public than sex offenders do. (source)" The good news is that Public Policy Polling, perhaps the only Dem pollers with a modicum of respectability, report that Quinn is " the most unpopular governor the firm has polled anywhere in the nation.  Queue the next crooked Gov. .  ”