Stay away from Illinois
I just found this on Say Uncle. Blagojevich, Daley press for statewide ban on assault weapons.
This is what they want to do:
The law would prohibit the manufacture, possession and delivery of semiautomatic weapons, assault weapon attachments and the 50-caliber assault rifle.
Now, let's get this straight. Chicago has such strict gun laws that retired police officers cannot carry their old service weapons. And Chicago is neck-and-neck with Washington D.C. (with similar gun laws) for the murder capitol of the nation.
And it made the local news yesterday that there is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature that says residents can shoot-to-kill someone on their property and not be liable to lawsuits by the criminal or their family. I promise you that there will be a dip in home invasion robberies in Mississippi when that law passes.
Let me spell out the corollary: Where the citizens are armed and have the power to dispatch criminals that are threatening themselves, their family or their property, then there isn't much crime. When the citizens are disarmed and must rely on the police for protection, the criminals operate with impunity.
Where would you rather live?