Guns are one of the few things people are still buying nowadays. With the way the economy is looking, I think it would be pretty irresponsible to support any legislation that is going to hurt the gun industry.

What is there to say!!!! Gun ownership is a fundamental right of the people that live in this country!
Perhaps this bill will wake up some of the liberals that fear inanimate objects (guns)!
As the saying goes, “only criminals will have guns”.
This absolutely must not be passed!!

The 2nd Amendment establishes gun ownership as a right, not a privilege. We do not license rights.

This bill is a joke and will never pass. Mass murderers agree – gun control works.

I am proud of the “real” Americans that are finally banning together. It is time we all stand up and say enough. Freedom is the most expensive commodity, I am ready to spend everything I have maintaining it. The right to bare arms is to protect us from the government, how smart our founding fathers were.

The massive amount of ignorance and arrogance in this bill is just stunning. Bobby Rush should be ashamed to have him name associated with such anti-American trash.

Many comments here are already missing the point… “Illegal” gun sales and ownership is already “ILLEGAL!!” Killing someone is already “ILLEGAL”. This is like saying we need a better death penalty for hate crimes, because the death penalty isn’t bad enough punishment. We need to kill them twice. Come on, Congress, get a clue and have some type of common since. Enforce the laws we have now and that will suffice. I can promise one thing as many have already said here…. “cold dead hands”.

Congressman from Illinois needs to be impeached with their Governor.

“A government that fears arms in the hands of the people should also fear the rope.” – Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate General

well the average american fool voted this bunch of socialist democrats in with there cradel to grave care what do you expect. Nothings free in life you must give something to get something and they expect you to give up your freedoms for them making all of your decisions for you.When you don`t pay attetion to history you destined to repeat it and here come the nazis for our guns but who will be the jews or should I say the native america indians this time.

I find it scary as it can be that a member of the house would introduce a bill such as this. As a police officer I find that criminals could care less about laws. Hence the word Criminals… To attack the very fiber of the constitution should be grounds for a complete dismissal from the judiciary review. I believe that the Judicial branch of the government just addressed this issue. The 2nd amendment is very clear. Don’t mess with it or there will be mutiny.

the fools in congress think that by banning legal gun ownership that they will have a safer sociaty and world.

they need to view the video in the link below and get a grip on reality. if you ban the legal guns then the streets will be flooded with cheap, foreign guns.

http://www.vbs.tv/full_screen.php?s=DGFE2305DC&sc=1363196

All of the campaign adds in Colorado said that Obama supported the second amendment and would not take our guns.

Thats how it started in Cuba. First they wanted to register the handguns, then license the owners..

BILL H.R.45 THE CHANGE. WE DON’T NEED
H.R. 45 the new gun control bill written by Senator Bobby Rush from Illinois, they have basically the same system now in Illinois but yet they have some of highest crime rate in the city of Chicago they just don’t get it. IT DOSE NOT WORK. The bill outlaws concealed carry, laws already on the books, protection of your home by having a loaded weapon in your home to protect your family. It has redundant provisions and laws that are already on the books that do not get enforced Our country needs to stop protecting the criminals and those who don’t feel they have to follow the laws of the state or federal government. The people of our nation do not want more gun laws; they want the criminals to know they will be held accountable for the crimes they commit. Is this the change our new President speaks of?

One only needs to look at Mexico to realize gun control does not work. Mexican citizens are not allowed to have guns of any kind (without a very hard to get permit).

Today criminals have over run the country to the point of near collapse. It is no longer safe to travel any where in that country.

Yet the criminals have enough guns to start a war! What do they care if they do one more illegal act.

The same thing would happen in the US. I for one will also become a criminal and will not obey this law.

If you want to go through all the steps proposed in this ridiculous proposal, you may as well get your concealed carry license. In Michigan the process is almost exactly the same but then you can carry and defend yourself outside the home.

Besides, the insident with the shooting in Chicago is not an indicator of further gun control, Chicago already has some of the most intense gun control laws in the country. Bottom line: gun control does nothing to take guns out of the hands of the criminals or those with criminal intent

Let’s not forget that IL already has a FOID card program

This is completely irrelevant, unimportant, and out of place. Read the heading – HR45 gun control, for Crist’s sake.

You’re missing the point ruick, it’s the beginning of the slippery slope. Go watch Red Dawn and pay attention to what the invaders do with the governments records of gun owners.

Typical government BS. Try to pass a bill w/o letting the American People know upfront. Just shows how crooked our so called “LEADERS” are.

It actually cites suicides in the bill? You know how people commit suicide in China, where owning a gun is illegal? They drink poison.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/11/content_6095710.htm

“Half of the suicides on the mainland are of women in rural areas, who commonly drink pesticide to end their lives.”

Well all I have to say is Adolf is in the HOUSE!!! and yes the pun was intended!!!

Those Congressmen, which I see as the majority, have seperated themselves from the law abiding citizens and have focused their efforts on protecting illegals and those who are not law abiding citizens. To bare a firearm is a second ammendment right. Leave it alone, congress! Start to focus on working for us, as it should be, and quit working for a select few. Congress has lost 98% of its backbone over many, many years now; and are working within a group of immature, childish and self absorbed people, THE CONGRESS!

In the U.K, where handguns have been outlawed, crimes involving the use of handguns has gone up 40%.

The politicians know it wont make you safer, and they know that criminals will still have full access to guns. But, this isn’t about making you safer, it is about control. Government can’t control the criminals, so they go after law abiding people instead. On the other hand, if American’s are stupid enough to continue falling for this two party monarchy system, then I guess we deserve what we get.

At what point does idiot America start voting 3rd party???

It is unconstitutional and it also violates the Brady Bill…This article explains it nicely…
http://www.nolanchart.com/article5821.html

Never give up your guns, guns = freedom from dictatorship. Their goal is to disarm us like Europe, we will let that happen???

It may come to a point of life or death one day, better make up your mind on what you will do when they show up at your door.

This bill, the product of a self-proclaimed urban waif who now wants to make his childhood neighborhood more dangerous by virtually eliminating self-defense? Go figure.

our elected officials that wish to change the constitutional rights of our law abbiding citizens. need to go to a country that has no rights,suchas the saddam hussein regime in pre-war iraq.the usa has trained me well,dont tread on me,semper fi.armed and able.i love my country and the freedom that spilled blood has given each of us from Jesus on the cross to the shores of tripoli.02/01/2009

Come and take them, Bobby!

OUR REPRESENTATIVES TOOK AND OATH TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, IN THERE IS AS STATEMENT “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED UPON”. THE US SUPREME COURT REVIEWED IT, THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT US SHOULD READ THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND COMPREHEND IT’S MEANING.