Good Lord, Illinois. You are so dumb and paranoid. The obsession with banning guns is as bad as the state’s obsession with protecting the ability to murder your unborn baby.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law that bans firearms advertising supposedly marketed to children and gun violence victims to sue gun manufacturers. I attached the bill at the bottom of the post.
The Second Amendment: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
You can imagine the swear words that spilled from my mouth when reading about these laws. I am fuming.
The ruling comes on the heels of the Illinois Supreme Court ruling the state’s banning of “assault weapons” is constitutional. The Supreme Court better strike it down.
HB0218, also known as the Firearm Industry Responsibility Act, is literally virtue signaling. The law makes it illegal “for any firearm industry member, through the sale, manufacturing, importing, or marketing of a firearm-related product to do any of the following,” including allowing people to sue the manufacturers:
(1) Knowingly create, maintain, or contribute to a condition in Illinois that endangers the safety or health of the public by conduct either unlawful in itself or unreasonable under all circumstances, including failing to establish or utilize reasonable controls. Reasonable controls include reasonable procedures, safeguards, and business practices that are designed to:(A) prevent the sale or distribution of a firearm-related product to a straw purchaser, a person prohibited by law from possessing a firearm, or a person who the firearm industry member has reasonable cause to believe is at substantial risk of using a firearm-related product to harm themselves or another individual or of possessing or using a firearm related product unlawfully;(B) prevent the loss or theft of a firearm-related product from the firearm industry member; or(C) comply with all provisions of applicable local, State, and federal law, and do not otherwise promote the unlawful manufacture, sale, possession, marketing, or use of a firearm-related product.
Has anyone ever seen gun advertisements aimed at children or those evil militias? If anyone has, then please let me know:
(i) uses caricatures that reasonably appear to be minors or cartoon characters;(ii) offers brand name merchandise for minors, including, but not limited to, clothing, toys, games, or stuffed animals, that promotes a firearm industry member or firearm related product;(iii) offers firearm-related products in sizes, colors, or designs that are specifically designed to be used by, or appeal to, minors;(iv) is part of a marketing, advertising, or promotion campaign designed with the intent to appeal to minors;(v) uses images or depictions of minors in advertising or marketing, or promotion materials, to depict the use of firearm-related products; or(vi) is placed in a publication created for the purpose of reaching an audience that is predominantly composed of minors and not intended for a more general audience composed of adults.
You cannot advertise your product “in a manner that reasonably appears to support, recommend, or encourage individuals to engage in unlawful paramilitary or private militia activity in Illinois” who are not in an “authorized military organization.”
Do I need to repeat the Second Amendment again?
Pritzker signed the bill in Chicago during the Everytown for Gun Safety conference in front of those in Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action.
They will do anything to usurp the Second Amendment. It’s disgusting.
Pritzker boasted, “Today we are going to take yet another powerful step towards ending gun violence, and this time we’re going after the source.”
The source. Nope, it’s not the person who kills people. It’s anyone but them. Duh.
Law & Order is one of my favorite shows ever (it was my favorite until I watched The Wire) but I cannot watch the episode where Jack McCoy brings a gun manufacturer to court after someone killed a bunch of people at a park.
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