Analysis: Concealed-carry, Pension Defeats Show Quinn Shooting Blanks
From the Chicago Sun-Times
Hoarse and unusually agitated, Gov. Pat Quinn went before cameras Tuesday to explain his resounding defeat on concealed-carry legislation and to tell voters one more time why he couldn’t exert his will over a Democratic-led state Legislature.
“Today was a bad day for public safety in Illinois,” the governor said.
But in fact, it was Quinn himself who had the bad day, perhaps one of the worst of his one-and-a-half terms as governor.
The Democratic governor was resoundingly mowed down by lawmakers in his effort to rewrite portions of the gun bill – even on something as basic as requiring a concealed-carry licensee to tell a cop if he or she is armed and to strengthen the state’s hand in keeping concealed weapons out of the hands of a gun owner who presents a “clear and present danger.”
As if that drubbing wasn’t enough, Quinn also endured a flagrant thumbing of the nose from lawmakers who ignored his deadline to get a pension deal to his desk, marking yet another line in the sand from the governor that carried no real meaning.
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From the Chicago Sun-Times
Hoarse and unusually agitated, Gov. Pat Quinn went before cameras Tuesday to explain his resounding defeat on concealed-carry legislation and to tell voters one more time why he couldn’t exert his will over a Democratic-led state Legislature.
“Today was a bad day for public safety in Illinois,” the governor said.
But in fact, it was Quinn himself who had the bad day, perhaps one of the worst of his one-and-a-half terms as governor.
The Democratic governor was resoundingly mowed down by lawmakers in his effort to rewrite portions of the gun bill – even on something as basic as requiring a concealed-carry licensee to tell a cop if he or she is armed and to strengthen the state’s hand in keeping concealed weapons out of the hands of a gun owner who presents a “clear and present danger.”
As if that drubbing wasn’t enough, Quinn also endured a flagrant thumbing of the nose from lawmakers who ignored his deadline to get a pension deal to his desk, marking yet another line in the sand from the governor that carried no real meaning.
Read more in our daily News Update...