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[size="+0"]Phelps: Illinois Residents Will Carry Handguns[/size][/font]

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WSIL -- The Illinois House is back in session this week and Representative Brandon Phelps has filed a new bill to legalize concealed carry of guns. Legislators have until June to pass the measure after a federal appeals court ruled the state's concealed carry ban is unconstitutional. <br />
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Phelps has been working to pass a concealed carry law for years and insists this time is different. "It's been far too long for law-abiding gun owners not to get their Constitutional rights and they're going to get it hopefully here soon," he said. ... <br />
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Read the whole story here from wsiltv.com<br />
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Posted Sun Feb 3 01:01:57 CST 2013<br />
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[size="+0"]Personal Defense Weapons Solicitation[/size][/font]

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Solicitation Number: HSCEMS-12-R-00011 Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Synopsis: Added: Jun 07, 2012 11:47 am <br />
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This announcement is being placed in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) paragraph 5.207. It is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items. 5.56x45mm NATO, select-fire firearm suitable for personal defense. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and proposals are being requested. See attachments for complete details. ... <br />
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Read the solicitation with attachments here <br />
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Posted Fri Feb 1 16:22:41 CST 2013<br />
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[size="+0"]Homeland Security has advice for confronting mass murders: scissors[/size][/font]

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WASHINGTON — Is your workplace getting shot up by a crazed gunman? <br />
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No problem — just grab a pair of scissors and fight back! <br />
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That’s some of the helpful advice in a new instructional video from the Department of Homeland Security that was posted on the agency’s Web site just a month after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. ... <br />
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Read the whole story here from NY Post.com<br />
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Posted Thu Jan 31 11:24:24 CST 2013[/font]

Snidely Whiplash

About that "[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Personal Defense Weapons Solicitation"...[/font][/font]<br />
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From Section_C(PDW)ver_7.pdf:<br />
"Section C HSCEMS-12-R-00011<br />
PART I – THE SCHEDULE<br />
SECTION C – DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK<br />
C-1<br />
1.0 SCOPE<br />
The scope of this contract is to provide a total of up to 7,000 5.56x45mm North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) personal defense weapons (PDW) throughout the life of this contract to numerous Department of Homeland Security components."<br />
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"PART I – THE SCHEDULE<br />
SECTION C – DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK<br />
C-2<br />
3.0 REQUIREMENTS AND TESTING STANDARDS<br />
3.1 General. DHS and its components have a requirement for a 5.56x45mm NATO, select-fire firearm suitable for personal defense use in close quarters and/or when maximum concealment is required."<br />
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"3.21 Magazine.<br />
3.21.1 Magazines shall be compatible with standard NATO STANAG M16 design.<br />
3.21.2 The magazine shall have a capacity to hold thirty (30) 5.56x45mm NATO rounds."<br />
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NATO weapons to Homeland Security Departments? Fully automatic assault rifles with 30 round magazines? Do airport cops really need this much firepower? Couldn't they man airport scanners with 10 round magazines just as well? And why "maximum concealment"? Are Homeland Security cops going to carry these rifles under trenchcoats?<br />
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Snidely