Argghhh!

It's an artillery thing.

...because they fear the light of open discourse. Talk about trying to sneak things through in the relative dead of night that you fear might not survive the light of day... This is arrant cowardice, not a brave, principled stand. From from Examiner.com via Dave Codrea at The War On Guns : An amendment to a state bill to ban semi-automatic firearms and standard capacity magazines will be voted on tomorrow afternoon, Illinois State Rifle Association announced today in a late breaking alert. “After...

There's this fool...and there's THIS fool. The video is 46 minutes long (sorry!) but it's pretty interesting.

I guess they want to get to court first. From The Truth About Guns blogpost on the topic (click the link, there are more links and details). “Based on what we know about Cullerton’s bill, firearms that would be banned include all semiautomatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns. Pump action shotguns would be banned as well. This would be a very comprehensive ban that would include not only so-called ‘assault weapons’ but also such classics as M1 Garands and 1911-based pistols....

I got your Angry Bird right here... ...

But with a change of pace. Basic firing tables are computed for "standard conditions" which are arbitrary, and so rarely occur in total in the realverse that they're just a mark on the wall that had to be made as a start point. Since there is weather, and terrain, and variations in weight etc, if you are going to be as close as you can to the point you want to hit (you almost *always* hit what you aimed at - the art is making sure that matches what you wanted to aim at), you need to...

...under Sequestration. H/t Heath, for reminding me I'd overlooked the Coasties!