Good news from a very gun-unfriendly state.

HB 48, the bill banning all private sales of firearm in Illinois went down today 60-55-1. This was THE big push by the Brady Campaign, ICPGV, and ICHV in the state.

Adds Sebastian:

This doesn’t bode well chances of national passage of the same measure if it can’t pass in Obama’s home state of Illinois.

and

Banning private sales would make transferring firearms under certain conditions economically infeasible, which is probably the point. It’s not like gang members will care, and suddenly start process their gats through local FFLs. [emphasis Murdoc's]

None of this has anything to do with keeping gangbangers from getting their gats, and everyone knows it. Just like new AWB proposals have nothing to do with machine guns in Mexico.

Tags: IL

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