Illinois assault weapons ban stirs backlash

Illinois assault weapons ban stirs backlash

The Greene Co. Sheriff posted something similar. Sheriff Watson has also publicly expressed his disappointment in the law.

READ: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/illinois/sheriffs-departments-eastern-illinois-wont-enforce-new-assault-weapons-ban/63-241519b3-30df-4527-b273-6fe8dafa70ec

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50 Comments

  1. anthony payne on April 20, 2023 at 3:21 am

    No we need to stand strong our sheriffs across the map could be setting the example right now united together we can push back this has gone on long enough the innocent are being targeted. Drugs are illegal look how well that’s going. Seen videos of criminals in London shooting the defenseless bystanders. They are not allowed guns. Freedom of speech. This is my humble opinion. With facts I know with logical thinking



  2. Kenneth on April 20, 2023 at 3:25 am

    Yes, and don’t forget pushback will start a Civil War. In small pockets of the country trust me and believe it. It’s going to happen you watch.



  3. sergeant on April 20, 2023 at 3:25 am

    COME AND TAKE IT Governor



  4. Ryan Я on April 20, 2023 at 3:25 am

    0:23 lol phag reporter



  5. Mike Jordan on April 20, 2023 at 3:27 am

    Pritzker is a tyrant. He is the one not complying with the law. He doesn’t care about our saftey. If he did we would see laws that discourage criminals from illegally possession of firearms. But no he goes after the law abiding citizens and aims to take away their rights and leave them defenseless



  6. Mittie Jackson on April 20, 2023 at 3:31 am

    People are building there high capacity mags and been doing it for years.🤣🤣



  7. Mike Jordan on April 20, 2023 at 3:32 am

    Also they did not stop the manufacturing of firearms in Illinois. Springfield armory and the others are still going strong so that is just more bullshit coming from these tyrants



  8. Ricky Bobby on April 20, 2023 at 3:32 am

    All gun laws are an infringement



  9. ALEXX_ Windy City Chii on April 20, 2023 at 3:33 am

    You’re wrong cops are not obligated to enforce unconstitutional laws state police sheriff cops don’t have to enforce something that’s not following the guidelines of the laws in the United States if Pritzker sends Any type of punishment or tries to fire or arrest a police officer or sheriff or state police for not enforcing and arresting people who aren’t following these laws he and whoever he sent would be arrested for enforcing laws that are made up we have laws and rights he can’t enforce anything against it or he himself would be punished



  10. keep it thoro on April 20, 2023 at 3:34 am

    No cash bail and now only criminals have "Assault" weapons…..fucken idiots running the state



  11. Mittie Jackson on April 20, 2023 at 3:34 am

    Good luck with trying that with people.



  12. Daniel Christian on April 20, 2023 at 3:35 am

    This UNCONSTITUTIONAL law will get SMACKED Down by the Supreme Court along with that walking heart attack PriCKzer lol



  13. MAGA2024Patriot on April 20, 2023 at 3:37 am

    His ban doesn’t mean sh!t!! It’s a piece of paper created by a tyrant idiot and he will see that federal law Trumps state all day long!! Have you idiots ever read why the 2nd Amendment was created for? "To fight back against a tyrannical government that’s overstepping it’s boundaries/powers".

    Us true Patriots will use it in just that way it was created. Nobody’s going to infringe on our God given rights…nobody!



  14. Matt Barker on April 20, 2023 at 3:39 am

    🗣Beetlejuice ,🗣Beetlejuice ,🗣Beetlejuice !



  15. Mittie Jackson on April 20, 2023 at 3:39 am

    People will as they are now build there own AR-15 so they don’t have buy one in the store.👍🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 People been building them on there own for years wake up fools.



  16. Bobbie Jean on April 20, 2023 at 3:40 am

    I don’t think you won at all. You have an open border you have cartel, you have terrorist, and you know the kind of weapons they have. I sheriff has got to keep up with them In fact they have to do a lot better. It’s not their fault Biden doesn’t know what he’s doing. What are they going to do to them?? Your president gets away literally with murder!! His own sunlight on his gun permit I don’t even think he did a day in jail. Now’s not the time to fight with your sheriffs



  17. Matt Barker on April 20, 2023 at 3:42 am

    🤣



  18. Bobbie Jean on April 20, 2023 at 3:46 am

    I don’t understand why nobody shuts the dang border. You want the American people to live by the way of an open border which cartel, terrorists come over with every kind of machine gun you can think of.



  19. U Sur on April 20, 2023 at 3:47 am

    DuPage County Sheriff joins list of those refusing to enforce assault weapons ban. Proud of you, sir!



  20. Marc Dewey on April 20, 2023 at 3:48 am

    Governor says they will enforce the law or lose their job,but he isn’t required to follow and uphold the constitution,what a hypocrite



  21. Gregory Sleeth on April 20, 2023 at 3:52 am

    This Law is BullShit plain and simple.
    I won’t give up my gun or extended magazine’s
    FY JB and Democrats.



  22. Olde Grunt on April 20, 2023 at 3:52 am

    sounds like what happened in Connecticut when that fascist hellhole passed similar laws



  23. tha boss on April 20, 2023 at 3:53 am

    Can’t ban any firearm. it’s unconstitutional & we need to take every politician to the Supreme Court to have them removed from office that has blatantly ignored The United States Supreme Court, The United States Supreme Court has already made there ruling saying it is unconstitutional to do so, the only people breaking the law are the politicians not adhering to the Supreme Court’s ruling. So guess what governor or not the police now has the legal rights to arrest you & that’s a legal fact.



  24. Renaissance Man on April 20, 2023 at 3:53 am

    They should just make shooting people illegal, that’d put an end to it



  25. Kaban Chan on April 20, 2023 at 3:54 am

    Illinois turning libtard lol wont be able ot hunt soon with anything but single pew and you under thair thumb



  26. EnXB1gDuk3 on April 20, 2023 at 3:55 am

    Wouldn’t this be….

    Unconstitutional?!?



  27. John Witte on April 20, 2023 at 3:55 am

    Time to hardcore stockpile



  28. Wee Mano on April 20, 2023 at 3:55 am

    question on the gun stuff
    So I live in Illinois and they passed a stupid bill on assault weapons and by the second amendment we need them so if the government is breaking the laws of man can’t we double down and start a religion based on weapons land love and liberty and make it a religious factor as well and double down on our rights and liberties just let me know again just a question and healthy debate no harm no foul I respect all submissions thank u for ur time



  29. Mike Mcdonnell on April 20, 2023 at 3:55 am

    Making law abiding citizens out to be criminals will not end well.



  30. Robert Ivers on April 20, 2023 at 3:55 am

    You wanna know the truth this Governor of Illinoise is a WEF member and it all comes down to CONTROL. Same thing happening in Canada with this WEF Trudeau



  31. jon juan on April 20, 2023 at 3:57 am

    of course there is backlash. someone’s constitutional right is being attacked.



  32. David Sequeira on April 20, 2023 at 3:57 am

    Not only does the fringe against rights…The People didn’t vote for this. And they say Trump is a threat to democracy lol



  33. Bobbie Jean on April 20, 2023 at 3:57 am

    I don’t understand what the issue is. But the sheriffs have been doing this job their whole life and I was certainly listen to what they have to say and their reasons. We have other pressing issues that are more important than this I would think let there sheriffs do their job They have no idea who’s in this country and they need all the help they can get



  34. Clay Miller on April 20, 2023 at 3:59 am

    Why anybody in their right mind be in opposition to ban guns. There are so many tragic cases of mass shootings where white supremacist violent militant extremist fascist with no prior criminal record was able to buy stockpiles assault weapons and stockpiles of ammunition.



  35. AMT CH on April 20, 2023 at 4:00 am

    There’s no difference between a 22 and an AK-47 you get shot by one You’re going down
    I want my best chance of survival especially at home with my family



  36. Kung Fu Lender on April 20, 2023 at 4:00 am

    The perps in the city don’t use AR-15’s nor do they obey the laws anyway.



  37. Skitz Daniel on April 20, 2023 at 4:05 am

    We have systemic problem, but it is not guns that will solve it. There is nothing in this bill to stop someone from killing someone. Other countries that have banned types of guns have only seen skyrocketing knife attacks. Although that is silenced in the media. Pritzker says we will save hundreds of lives. But I believe we will lose 100’s of thousands of lives down the road. We won’t be prepared for foreign mass attack. It will only take a shift in technology for our adversaries to overtake us militarily. Our military is not prepared today to defend this country. China alone, would dwarf our 1.2 million active military. In conflict, our military we do have would be assigned to high value targets, and the civilian population, like Ukraine, would be left to the desires of the enemy. I remember the first thing that happened when Russia started their invasion, the president called for gun owners to come and fight. Virtually, there were none. Showing up with shot guns and 10-shot pistols sure will not stand up with and enemy that has automatic rifles that have 60 – 100 round magazines. Our naive public has been dooped into thinking disarming ourselves will guarantee our future, and save a 100’s of people, by eliminating one of the biggest deterrents we have, 100 million gun owners. That IS a huge deterrent that even the prime minister of Japan and Nikita Khruschev admitted to. Neither one of them wanted to invade the mainland of the United States because of a gun in every house. So we try to save a few, to sacrifice millions exposed to our enemies. You see the graves in Ukraine. Don’t think an alliance of our adversaries could not overtake the United States. The second amendment is about a militia of citizens that save this country, not individual self-defense in the neighborhood. How many militias have you seen show up at a house to stop a robber, rape, or murder? NONE!



  38. Kevin Alfrey on April 20, 2023 at 4:05 am

    Sheriffs from 80 counties said they are not enforcing this draconian, Communistic, overreach, and blatant disregard of the constitution



  39. Sleep_Paralysis_King on April 20, 2023 at 4:06 am

    Time to move to Missouri. I’m not registering anything. These unconstitutional politicians only pass laws like this and it’s law abiding citizens who are punished for them, not actual criminals



  40. David Palmer on April 20, 2023 at 4:08 am

    Maybe you people should move out of that state take your guns and move away



  41. Adam Elam on April 20, 2023 at 4:09 am

    Elections have consequences, Illinois has been voting idiots in for awhile now. We got rid of black face Northam and things have looked up.



  42. Scott D on April 20, 2023 at 4:10 am

    There is going to be a rebellion of law enforcement it Illinois. The ATF cannot create laws. So toodaloo and fuc*off.



  43. 96 on April 20, 2023 at 4:12 am

    As a cook county Chicago resident, i already know that they’re going to try to enforce this. But nevermind the thugs causing hundreds of murders and thefts every year! Focus on stealing guns from the law-abiding citizens. Good job illinois.



  44. Mittie Jackson on April 20, 2023 at 4:14 am

    People have been building AR 15’s under the table for years now



  45. Adrian Wilson on April 20, 2023 at 4:15 am

    Home defense weapon.



  46. Kenneth on April 20, 2023 at 4:15 am

    The governor is delusional



  47. Kaban Chan on April 20, 2023 at 4:15 am

    oh boi resgirstion Illinois going full cali cominist



  48. SavagefromtheRAQ on April 20, 2023 at 4:15 am

    Got a year to register. By then this bs will get overturned. Hopefully noone got scared into complying.



  49. Slpblaze076 on April 20, 2023 at 4:18 am

    biden is gonna start a a new civil war



  50. Bobbie Jean on April 20, 2023 at 4:18 am

    Joe Biden wants money, Joe Biden wants new laws, you can’t do anything as long as you have an open border you have no idea what’s even over here You can’t run a country like that. And it’s been pretty darn obvious soon we won’t even have one I don’t know it’s all going on here but I tell you if the sheriffs feel this way about it they have a dang good reason for it