'Poster Mom' for Gun Control Arrested on Gun Charges

Troubleshooter · 03-06-2005, 07:59 PM

Ah irony, that bittersweet confection...

http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewCulture....20050302a.html

By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Morning Editor
March 02, 2005

(CNSNews.com) - The president of the Springfield, Ill., chapter of the Million Mom March faces charges of having drugs and an illegal handgun in her home. Press reports said the gun's serial number had been scratched off.

Annette Stevens became a gun control activist after her son was shot to death several years ago. She told a newspaper the gun belonged to her late son, and when she found it, she didn't know what to do with it, so she put it in a drawer.

Police reportedly found the gun and illegal drugs while executing a search warrant at Stevens' home in connection with a spate of drive-by shootings in the area. Stevens insists the search was illegal.

Second Amendment groups were quick to note the irony of a gun control activist being arrested on gun charges.

The Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) called it a classic case of "liberal elitists" who "cannot walk their own talk."

"I find it incredible that someone representing an organization that pushes legislation that only punishes law-abiding gun owners would possess such an illegal weapon," said Richard Pearson, ISRA's executive director.

"Surely she must be familiar with US gun laws and those in Illinois, considering the position she holds. Does she think the law does not apply to her due to anti-gun affiliation? It's the height of hypocrisy!"

Press reports said Stevens did not have the ID card required of Illinois firearms owners.

The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms called it ironic that "this poster mom for gun control" has admitted keeping an illegally altered handgun in her home while she's campaigned to deprive other citizens of their firearms.

"If Stevens is so convinced guns don't belong in society, then why didn't she immediately turn that gun over to the police when she found it more than two years ago?" asked CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb.

"Why did she keep it? What's wrong with this picture? Ms. Stevens is about to learn that supporting gun control is like keeping a vicious dog. They sometimes bite the hands that feed them."

"In the kind of Draconian anti-gun society Stevens and her cohorts are trying to create," Gottlieb continued, "it wouldn't matter if she were innocent as she claims. Under the laws her group supports, gun owners are essentially considered guilty until they prove themselves otherwise."

CCRKBA said gun laws supported by activists such as Stevens do nothing to prevent crime - but go a long way in eroding the rights of law-abiding citizens.

wolf · 03-06-2005, 08:18 PM

Lovely. Not just a handgun, but one with the serial number obliterated.

Hopefully this will involve jail time, and underline the importance of enforcing existing firearms laws, rather then attempting to enact new and more ineffective ones.

zippyt · 03-06-2005, 09:41 PM

Why didn't the stupid bitch call the cops , explain the situation and have them come and pick up said illegal handgun ???? Stupidity is no escuse , she deserves what ever sentance she gets !!!!!

richlevy · 03-06-2005, 11:08 PM

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Police reportedly found the gun and illegal drugs while executing a search warrant at Stevens' home in connection with a spate of drive-by shootings in the area. Stevens insists the search was illegal.

So they already suspected the mom for drive-by shootings? I'm curious as to how they got that warrant.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-07-2005, 03:36 AM

Her son was killed in a gang war. Publicly she's been doing the woe is me, guns are bad, Million Mom thing. Police suspect that privately she's been working with her son's gang against the other gang as her name keeps coming up in interogations.

footfootfoot · 03-12-2005, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Her son was killed in a gang war. Publicly she's been doing the woe is me, guns are bad, Million Mom thing. Police suspect that privately she's been working with her son's gang against the other gang as her name keeps coming up in interogations.

Damn, Bruce! You get around. So what was the serial number on that gun again?

xoxoxoBruce · 03-13-2005, 01:32 PM

There isn't one ON the gun, it's in a file somewhere. Probably a half round second cut file or flat hand bastard file.

footfootfoot · 03-13-2005, 02:24 PM

Ah yes!
"I believe it is filed away somewhere..."

Kitsune · 03-13-2005, 03:22 PM

Press reports said Stevens did not have the ID card required of Illinois firearms owners.

You have to have a license to own a gun in Illinois? Is anyone familiar with this? What do you have to do to get the card?

footfootfoot · 03-13-2005, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

Press reports said Stevens did not have the ID card required of Illinois firearms owners.

You have to have a license to own a gun in Illinois? Is anyone familiar with this? What do you have to do to get the card?

I think you need to check the box for "NO" next to the question:
"Is you is, or is you ain't a gangsta?"

lookout123 · 03-13-2005, 10:09 PM

I've got an illinois firearm's license. you have to apply, pay a very small licensing fee, pass the background check, and that is pretty much it. if you want to buy guns and or ammo, you have to produce the license.

it freaked me out when i moved to arizona and dutifully called the LE officials to declare my weapon and ask where to request my license. the response from Mr. P. Officer was, "why they hell do i care if you have a gun if you haven't used it in a crime?"

Clodfobble · 03-13-2005, 10:28 PM

Ain't it great livin' in the South?

Kitsune · 03-14-2005, 08:30 AM

Ain't it great livin' in the South?

This is why the whole "need a license to own a gun" thing is alien to me. In most Southern state constitutions, that kind of thing is strictly forbidden.

As to how little law enforcement officers here care about firearm ownership, I'd have to note my car getting broken in to as the strangest experience in that regard. The officer wanted to see the manual for my radio to get a model number on it and I had him open the glovebox since there happened to be a gun inside. He unloaded it, placed it on the floor, never asked for my carry permit. A detective shows up to dust for prints and points to the gun, asking the officer, "Is that your piece?"

"Nope, its his."
"Okay."

They act as if nearly everyone carries a gun. Perhaps, well, because everyone does!

Troubleshooter · 03-14-2005, 10:01 AM

Isn't there some group who makes a show of carrying regularly in one of the southern states?

mrnoodle · 03-14-2005, 11:15 AM

there are still places in colorado and wyoming where openly carrying a weapon won't even get you a second glance from the police, unless you're from out of town. Just can't carry them in bars or liquor stores. Unless the liquor store is also the only place to buy bait and Doritos.

i miss small mountain towns. not the hippie ones, the oldskool western ones. the hippie ones are cool too, but they've been co-opted by rich hollywood types. Have you seen Telluride lately? good lord.

03-06-2005, 07:59 PM	#1
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	'Poster Mom' for Gun Control Arrested on Gun Charges Ah irony, that bittersweet confection... http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewCulture....20050302a.html By Susan Jones CNSNews.com Morning Editor March 02, 2005 (CNSNews.com) - The president of the Springfield, Ill., chapter of the Million Mom March faces charges of having drugs and an illegal handgun in her home. Press reports said the gun's serial number had been scratched off. Annette Stevens became a gun control activist after her son was shot to death several years ago. She told a newspaper the gun belonged to her late son, and when she found it, she didn't know what to do with it, so she put it in a drawer. Police reportedly found the gun and illegal drugs while executing a search warrant at Stevens' home in connection with a spate of drive-by shootings in the area. Stevens insists the search was illegal. Second Amendment groups were quick to note the irony of a gun control activist being arrested on gun charges. The Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) called it a classic case of "liberal elitists" who "cannot walk their own talk." "I find it incredible that someone representing an organization that pushes legislation that only punishes law-abiding gun owners would possess such an illegal weapon," said Richard Pearson, ISRA's executive director. "Surely she must be familiar with US gun laws and those in Illinois, considering the position she holds. Does she think the law does not apply to her due to anti-gun affiliation? It's the height of hypocrisy!" Press reports said Stevens did not have the ID card required of Illinois firearms owners. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms called it ironic that "this poster mom for gun control" has admitted keeping an illegally altered handgun in her home while she's campaigned to deprive other citizens of their firearms. "If Stevens is so convinced guns don't belong in society, then why didn't she immediately turn that gun over to the police when she found it more than two years ago?" asked CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. "Why did she keep it? What's wrong with this picture? Ms. Stevens is about to learn that supporting gun control is like keeping a vicious dog. They sometimes bite the hands that feed them." "In the kind of Draconian anti-gun society Stevens and her cohorts are trying to create," Gottlieb continued, "it wouldn't matter if she were innocent as she claims. Under the laws her group supports, gun owners are essentially considered guilty until they prove themselves otherwise." CCRKBA said gun laws supported by activists such as Stevens do nothing to prevent crime - but go a long way in eroding the rights of law-abiding citizens. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

03-06-2005, 08:18 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Lovely. Not just a handgun, but one with the serial number obliterated. Hopefully this will involve jail time, and underline the importance of enforcing existing firearms laws, rather then attempting to enact new and more ineffective ones. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-06-2005, 09:41 PM	#3
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Why didn't the stupid bitch call the cops , explain the situation and have them come and pick up said illegal handgun ???? Stupidity is no escuse , she deserves what ever sentance she gets !!!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

03-07-2005, 03:36 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Her son was killed in a gang war. Publicly she's been doing the woe is me, guns are bad, Million Mom thing. Police suspect that privately she's been working with her son's gang against the other gang as her name keeps coming up in interogations. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-13-2005, 01:32 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	There isn't one ON the gun, it's in a file somewhere. Probably a half round second cut file or flat hand bastard file. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-13-2005, 02:24 PM	#8
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Ah yes! "I believe it is filed away somewhere..." __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-13-2005, 03:22 PM	#9
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Press reports said Stevens did not have the ID card required of Illinois firearms owners. You have to have a license to own a gun in Illinois? Is anyone familiar with this? What do you have to do to get the card?

03-13-2005, 10:09 PM	#11
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I've got an illinois firearm's license. you have to apply, pay a very small licensing fee, pass the background check, and that is pretty much it. if you want to buy guns and or ammo, you have to produce the license. it freaked me out when i moved to arizona and dutifully called the LE officials to declare my weapon and ask where to request my license. the response from Mr. P. Officer was, "why they hell do i care if you have a gun if you haven't used it in a crime?" __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

03-13-2005, 10:28 PM	#12
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Ain't it great livin' in the South?

03-14-2005, 08:30 AM	#13
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Ain't it great livin' in the South? This is why the whole "need a license to own a gun" thing is alien to me. In most Southern state constitutions, that kind of thing is strictly forbidden. As to how little law enforcement officers here care about firearm ownership, I'd have to note my car getting broken in to as the strangest experience in that regard. The officer wanted to see the manual for my radio to get a model number on it and I had him open the glovebox since there happened to be a gun inside. He unloaded it, placed it on the floor, never asked for my carry permit. A detective shows up to dust for prints and points to the gun, asking the officer, "Is that your piece?" "Nope, its his." "Okay." They act as if nearly everyone carries a gun. Perhaps, well, because everyone does!

03-14-2005, 10:01 AM	#14
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Isn't there some group who makes a show of carrying regularly in one of the southern states? __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

03-14-2005, 11:15 AM	#15
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	there are still places in colorado and wyoming where openly carrying a weapon won't even get you a second glance from the police, unless you're from out of town. Just can't carry them in bars or liquor stores. Unless the liquor store is also the only place to buy bait and Doritos. i miss small mountain towns. not the hippie ones, the oldskool western ones. the hippie ones are cool too, but they've been co-opted by rich hollywood types. Have you seen Telluride lately? good lord. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

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