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SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois House passed legislation Wednesday that would allow the state to permanently revoke the gun rights of parents who repeatedly allow their troubled children to gain access to guns or ammunition. The bill, which heads to the Senate, was drafted in response to a Rockford area case in which a 14-year-old boy shot his 15-year-old friend in the chest with his parents'... [Chicago Tribune, via gunpolicy.org ]

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D-FENS · 05-10-2008, 07:46 AM

"Many Republicans denounced the bill and compared it to taking the driver's license of a parent whose teenager accidentally kills someone with the family car after twice using it without permission."What you are doing is changing the standard," said Rep. Roger Eddy (R-Hutsonville)."

Gun control sucks, but we will only have more of it if we have this mentality. If your kids are stupid and you allow them the means to prove this to the world you should be held accountable.

05-01-2008, 05:40 AM	#1
XDTalk RSS XDTalk Robot News Feed Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,321	Illinois Vows to Strip Parents of Gun Rights After Child's 3rd Firearm Offence SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois House passed legislation Wednesday that would allow the state to permanently revoke the gun rights of parents who repeatedly allow their troubled children to gain access to guns or ammunition. The bill, which heads to the Senate, was drafted in response to a Rockford area case in which a 14-year-old boy shot his 15-year-old friend in the chest with his parents'... [Chicago Tribune, via gunpolicy.org ] More...

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05-10-2008, 07:46 AM	#2
D-FENS XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 134	"Many Republicans denounced the bill and compared it to taking the driver's license of a parent whose teenager accidentally kills someone with the family car after twice using it without permission."What you are doing is changing the standard," said Rep. Roger Eddy (R-Hutsonville)." Gun control sucks, but we will only have more of it if we have this mentality. If your kids are stupid and you allow them the means to prove this to the world you should be held accountable.