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Taxing Times in Chi-Town
Topic Started: Feb 11 2012, 07:50 AM (94 Views)
Jolly
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Geaux Tigers!
From the Illinois NRA:



URGENT ALERT:
CHICAGO MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL LAUNCHES NEW ATTACK ON YOUR RIGHTS



On Thursday, February 9th, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel called for the Illinois General Assembly to pass a $65 per handgun fee to be levied against every law-abiding gun owner in Illinois – INCLUDING YOU. Of course, gang bangers, murderers, robbers and rapists are exempt from the fee. This fee would be charged every 5 years on every handgun you own. Additionally, you would have to register with the government in the same manner as sex-offenders.

WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU

If Rahm Emanuel’s gun tax passes, you will be required to pack up your handguns and take them to the local police station for examination and registration. If you have 10 handguns to bring in, you’ll walk out paying $650 in taxes. If you own 100 handguns, the government will lighten your wallet to the tune of $6,500. And, you’ll have to repeat this process every 5 years – unless Emanuel and his buddies in the legislature bump this up to an ANNUAL FEE.


WHAT IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THE TAX?

If you cannot pay the $65 tax on EACH of your handguns, you will have to surrender your guns to the local police for destruction.


WHAT IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO PAY THE TAX?

If you decide not to pay the tax, the police will come to your house and take your guns away. They will also arrest you and charge you with a CLASS 2 FELONY.


WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP STOP THIS HANDGUN TAX IN ITS TRACKS?

1. Using the link below, contact your State Senator and State Representative and politely tell them that you are a law-abiding Illinois firearm owner who does not want their rights taxed. Tell your Senator and Representative that you expect them to vote AGAINST Rahm Emanuel’s gun tax should it come to the floor of the legislature.

2. Please pass this alert on to all your gun-owning friends and family, tell them to follow the directions contained in the alert.

3. Please post this alert to any and all Internet Blogs or Bulletin Boards to which you belong.

4. Go to the City of Chicago web page and fill out this form. Tell Emanuel that you will NOT LET HIM TAX YOUR GUNS.
http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/efo...eedbackForm.do
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George K
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Broken link, Jolly.
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Jolly
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Sorry, I should have checked the link in my email before pasting... :redface:
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Mark
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HOLY CARP!!!
How the hell can a mayor of city pass a statewide tax?

WTF?
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Mark
Feb 11 2012, 09:14 AM
How the hell can a mayor of city pass a statewide tax?

WTF?
Cheesehead.

You really don't understand, do you?
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Mark
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HOLY CARP!!!
It's the Chicago way?

It's bullish!t.
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Mark
Feb 11 2012, 09:28 AM
It's the Chicago way?

It's bullish!t.
From the Chicago Tribune's appropriately titled Clout Street:

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants state handgun registry

Mayor Rahm Emanuel today said he wants state lawmakers to approve a statewide handgun registry.

The request immediately ran into staunch opposition in Springfield, where gun control issues are often as much about geography as partisanship.

Rep. Brandon Phelps, who has championed efforts to pass a concealed weapons bill in Illinois, said the mayor’s office called him Thursday morning to let him know the registration proposal would be introduced.

“Number 1, my first response was I don’t know why you’re trying to do this statewide because we don’t want your policies on us downstate,” said Phelps, a Southern Illinois Democrat from Harrisburg. “Number. 2, it’s never going to work. They’re trying to go after criminals. They’re never going to register their guns. They won’t pay the fee. “

Phelps called Emanuel’s initiative a “slap in the face of every law-abiding gun owner.”

The mayor said requiring handgun owners to register particular weapons would reduce the flow of illegal guns into Chicago from around the state by making it easier for police to figure out where they came from.

The registry proposal, which Emanuel said lawmakers will introduce in Springfield in coming weeks, would require anyone who buys a handgun to pay a $65 registration fee. To register a gun, a purchaser would need to provide his name and address, along with the weapon's serial number and the place and date of purchase. The registry would be in addition to the firearm ownership standards all gun owners must already meet.

Emanuel said he's aware it will be tough to get lawmakers from outside Chicago to go along with the idea of a gun registry.

"I didn't go into this because I thought it was a slam dunk. You don't need me for that," Emanuel said at a news conference with Police Supt. Garry McCarthy and others at a youth center in the Roseland neighborhood to announce the proposal. "You don't need my political capital for the easy things. You use your political capital for the tough things that are the right things to do."

But Emanuel said statistics show more than half the firearms recovered by Chicago police come from inside Illinois. "I'm introducing this because our law enforcement community, our parents, our community groups, our block and neighborhood watch groups, need a proper gun legislation to complement all the other activities we're doing," he said.

State Rep. Rosemary Mulligan, R-Park Ridge, will be one of the bill's sponsors in the House, Emanuel said, which he hopes will help give the proposal the bipartisan boost it needs to pass the legislature.

Critics are likely to point out that criminals who don't abide by gun laws are unlikely to register their weapons.

The Tribune is gathering reaction from state lawmakers and is asking Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn to weigh in as well. We'll update this story when we have more information.
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What arrogance.
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