AWB lifted, "Gang Bangers" on Rampage!
My Non-Governator, Rod Blagojevich, is upset because under the Assault Weapons Ban, nobody ever got killed in Chicago. Now, because "Bush let it lapse", the streets will run red with the blood of the innocent.

"I think it makes for better armed gang bangers, more dangerous gang bangers, more dangerous criminals. It puts our law enforcement personnel more at risk," said Governor Rod Blagojevich

This Governor do talk good Engrish! All he needs is a triple negative, but the Great Communicator II isn't done yet.

Some police departments -- notably Chicago -- are concerned that the sun-setting of the assault weapons ban will put more firepower into the hands of street gang members, but opponents of the ban say that Chicago's murder rate -- although now declining -- soared during the early years the ban was in effect.

"Once again we see the gun lobby terrorizing people into seeing something happen that's not going to happen," said Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

What does that even mean?! (Seriously, it's got to be out of context.) Blagojevich, of course, is apparently almost as badly misinformed as John Kerry.

"They're military-style assault weapons, are supposed to be used only for military purposes, they have no purpose for civilian population."

Of course, the "assault weapons" banned by the Assault Weapons Ban are essentially toys compared to actual military equipment, as there is no functional difference between what Clinton declares an "assault weapon" and those weapons that don't fit the classification. As we've been over time and time and time again, real "military purpose" weapons have been heavily regulated for decades. In Kerry or MoveOn's case, I know they're lying on purpose to fear-monger. In Blagojevich's case? He likely doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. He's just a patsy for Daley's crew.

"It's a really sad day when you think America is allowing more and more types of assault weapons," said Daley, who tried to persuade members of congress to extend the ban. "I just don't understand it. I feel sorry for police officers in the line of duty all over this country, worried about whether or not someone is going to have an assault weapon."

Argh! Bayonet lugs! Scourge of the Thin Blue Line! Many an officer lies awake at night, I'd imagine, wondering whether or not the future holds a massive charge from orderly columns of Gang Bangers (TM) with fixed bayonets!

"President Bush has said publicly that he supports the assault-weapon ban," Blagojevich said. "He ought to use whatever influence he can in a congressional process that is controlled by his political party, and get an assault-weapon ban passed."

Why? Why ought he to do that, Rod? Congress has decided to let it go. It's Bush's job as President to enforce their decisions, not vice versa. Perhaps if you applied the basic principles of seperation of powers here in Illinois things wouldn't be going to Hell on a handcart at mach 3.

"The political difficulty of that in Illinois is comparable to what it is in Washington because Illinois is a microcosm of America," the governor said.

It's scary because it's true. God save Illinois. God help us all.