The Illinois State Rifle Association is running a story about a special taskforce that Mayor Daley in Chicago has brought together to start confiscating all guns in the Chicago area. But even more interesting is the fact that this taskforce, known as CAGE (Chicago Anti-Gun Enforcement), has access to nationwide gun purchase records, and has been downloading them.
Why does the Illinois State Police need to know if I chose to buy a gun in Pennasylvania? I don't think that they should even know if someone in Illinois bought a gun, but I know that makes my more statist friends claim I'm a nut, whatever. But I absolutely see no need for them to know about anything going on beyond the borders of their state.
Call me crazy, but I think that privacy is important, and the ability to act on my constitutionally protected rights is also important.
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