Gun Rights Cited As One Reason Behind Illinois Bill For State Division

By Tom Knighton

I’ve got some friends in Illinois who hate living there.

Don’t get me wrong; they love their communities and the people. They don’t even mind the winters, an idea baffling to this Georgia boy. No, what they hate about life there is how Chicago dominates the political landscape to such a degree that they don’t feel their voices matter, particularly on topics like gun rights.

Now, a bill has been introduced that would break the state in two, allowing Chicago to be Chicago and the rural parts of the state to be free of the Windy City’s shadow. One of the prime drivers? Gun rights.

An Illinois lawmaker has filed a bill in the state capital to separate Chicago from Illinois, thereby creating the 51st state and freeing the state from Chicago’s baleful influence.

The bill is being cosponsored by Republican C.D. Davidsmeyer, the representative for the 100th House District in Jacksonville, a city in Morgan County, Illinois, in the central west area of the Land of Lincoln.

“It’s more of a frustration of the policies than the true belief that Chicago and Illinois would be better off as separate states,” Davidsmeyer said, according to Fox News.

Davidsmeyer claimed …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms