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Sitting here at Starbucks.... In Naperville, Illinois
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Site Supporter   Location: Maple Valley, WA Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 9266 Real Name: Young 
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So, my wife is attending a conference and I'm here tagging along...
Naperville, Illinois is just East of Chicago about 25 miles. I just visited the Illinois Gun Works which is about a handful of gun stores and range here in this state near Chicago. If you don't know Illinois it is very restrictive on citizens rights in regards to firearm ownership let alone conceal or open carry. First, you need a FOID - Firearm Owner ID to even buy ammo... Let alone but a gun... So, sitting at a Starbucks here and thinking how it feels like a foreign land... What happened to the rights of US Citizens? This isn't America - back home (in Kent) feels more like the America I went to war and almost gave my life for... Here... Feels like a fake America.  Illinois citizens are lamb for the slaughter. At the mercy of the criminals and laws of their own state! _________________ "Shoot Often, Shoot Safely and Share Your Sport!" Jim Scoutten, Shooting USA |
| Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:59 pm |
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Site Admin   Location: Olympia, WA Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 Posts: 38308 Real Name: Dan
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Wow. Fantastic post. Makes you realize that life could always be worse.
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| Sat Nov 12, 2011 2:31 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Bonney Lake Joined: Thu Aug 11, 2011 Posts: 2515 Real Name: The other Steve
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That sucks....i feel so bad for gun owners in those areas.
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| Sat Nov 12, 2011 2:36 pm |
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Site Moderator   Location: Olympia, Warshington. Joined: Fri May 27, 2011 Posts: 12508 Real Name: Oly Damon
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I'm reading this in a star bucks in lacey carrying concealed. Wish you a quick trip home to the land of the sane...
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| Sat Nov 12, 2011 3:50 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: East of Japan, not by much. Joined: Fri Jun 3, 2011 Posts: 12990
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"The price of Liberty is Eternal Vigilance" The squeaky wheel gets the grease. We cannot let this happen here, or anywhere else in the USA. If you do not keep up with current firearms political news, and make your opinions perfectly clear to your state representatives, THE WHOLE COUNTRY WILL END UP BEING A POLICE STATE WITH CRIMINALS AND COPS HAVING THE ONLY SELF DEFENCE TOOLS! What fun!
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| Sat Nov 12, 2011 4:48 pm |
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 Location: Snohomish, WA Joined: Wed Oct 12, 2011 Posts: 2073 Real Name: Bo
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I'm glad WA is not like that, but even then, WA still has restrictions that other states do not have.
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| Sun Nov 13, 2011 4:30 am |
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Site Admin  Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52040 Real Name: Steve
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Great post, Young.
 oldkim wrote: Illinois citizens are lamb for the slaughter. At the mercy of the criminals and laws of their own state! Yep, that's exactly how I felt in Puerto Rico the past two weeks . . . it's just insane. _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:27 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Marysville, WA Joined: Fri Jul 22, 2011 Posts: 11581 Real Name: Mike
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You think it's bad just sitting there, look what Illinois did to the rest of the Country in the last election. Hopefully they stop after giving us the worst President in history and don't give us any of their gun laws.
As for me, personally, I refuse to give any money to any State like that. I've even been known to fill extra gas cans when traveling with my truck and travel trailer so I don't have to stop and by gas in a State like Illinois. About the only thing I'll do there except drive is stop in one of their rest areas to "drop a load". Even better if they have a "Dump Station" for my trailer. Then I'll leave them about 30-40 gallons of "what I think about their laws". _________________ "I've learned from the Dog that an afternoon nap is a good thing" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother" - William Shakespeare |
| Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:18 am |
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Site Admin Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52040 Real Name: Steve
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deadshot2 wrote: As for me, personally, I refuse to give any money to any State like that. I've even been known to fill extra gas cans when traveling with my truck and travel trailer so I don't have to stop and by gas in a State like Illinois. About the only thing I'll do there except drive is stop in one of their rest areas to "drop a load". Even better if they have a "Dump Station" for my trailer. Then I'll leave them about 30-40 gallons of "what I think about their laws".  _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:32 am |
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Site Moderator Location: Olympia, Warshington. Joined: Fri May 27, 2011 Posts: 12508 Real Name: Oly Damon
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MadPick wrote: Great post, Young. oldkim wrote: Illinois citizens are lamb for the slaughter. At the mercy of the criminals and laws of their own state! Yep, that's exactly how I felt in Puerto Rico the past two weeks . . . it's just insane. At least in PR you were a lamb going to slaughter with a crispy tan.  |
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