found this on another board..........................
"""...and you would be correct.
Here's what I just learned from a phone call. Amendment # 6 wasn't going to fly, they didn't have the votes!!!!!
So amendment # 7 will be even more appeasing to those who are sitting on the fence. As was told to me, it is belief that the anti’s are trying to keep us on are toes, a diversion (my word) then come out of the blue with another bill, such as the “squirt gun” bill.
It is felt that they are trying to get this ram down till the primaries. By doing this Braco Man gets his base covered….which would include the Mayor “d”. Then once the primary is over, the bill probably would be drop so as not to offend the downstate voters.
The source even couldn’t find logic in the above. If Braco Man was to get the ban, he offends the downstate voters anyway.
I believe someone here on the board, mentioned that he probably doesn’t feel he needs the downstate voters to get elected….and that could very well be. It would be foolish of any political member to even entertain such a notion. It’s political suicide.
According to my source, if one was to look at the bill with all the amendments, it’s got so many exemptions that they (are side) is going to question just what they (the anti’s) are trying to do with this bill.
Thinking out loud here, the bill is useless as an assault weapons ban. It doesn’t really accomplish any note worthy agenda that the other side wants to achieve. That being, the total ban on assault weapons, to compromise as they are can only mean that they are trying to appease their base to remain in office.
One must ask themselves logically, what good is a ban when about 100,000 + NRA, ISRA, or non members can have the weapon with a grandfather clause.
They know perfectly well, that Chicago all ready has a ban on these type of firearms and others types as well. They also know that these types of weapons are not the weapon of choice by the criminal element."""