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Be glad it wasn't enhanced into being a felony, otherwise you'd have no "legitimate purpose" for owning a dog.Minnesotan said:Question?
If you get arrested for DWI, and then its dropped to a careless driving. Do you still need to get the Canadian waiver?
Just Curious, Thanks
Illinois bill bars felons from owning 'assault style' dogs
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/new...F?OpenDocument
Bill aims to take bark out of felons
By Philip Ewing
POST-DISPATCH SPRINGFIELD BUREAU
04/07/2006
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
Reasoning that dogs can be used as weapons, the Illinois Legislature has passed a measure that would bar convicted felons from owning them without safeguards.
Under a bill that won final House approval Friday, ex-convicts in Illinois wouldn't be allowed to own dogs for 10 years after being released from prison, unless the dogs are spayed or neutered - procedures which make it less likely the animal will be aggressive.
The legislation is designed to stop criminals from using vicious animals as weapons to guard crack houses or methamphetamine labs. Such dogs threaten law enforcement officers and neighbors alike, backers said.
"This is something that's needed to help protect police," said Rep. Jerry Mitchell, R-Rock Falls.
The bill passed the House 95-19.
Opponents said that while spaying or neutering dogs might make them a little less vicious, the fact that felons can still have the dogs doesn't really make anyone safer.
Rep. Bill Black, R-Danville, said it was cruel to potentially deny a pet to anyone.
"I've been blessed with a number of dogs who've let me be part of their lives, and knowing how important that relationship is with the dogs, I can't in good conscience vote for this bill," said Black.
The bill, HB2946, now goes to Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Minnesotan said:Question?
If you get arrested for DWI, and then its dropped to a careless driving. Do you still need to get the Canadian waiver?
Just Curious, Thanks
First they will target the convicted felons and then the public. Slippery slope. Just like when they passed no smoking in restaurants, then bars, then any public place. Bing, bang, boom.Way2Broke said:Is it just me or are lawmakers just making stuff up to do these days?
Way2Broke said:I read this entire thread and wondered to myself if people in other countries laugh at us. We have countless homeless, drug addicts, abused, and despaired. And, all our law makers can worry about is an ex-convict owning a dog! At least we are not French! With this said, I wouldn't live anywhere else.