Governor Quinn proposed assault weapons ban.

       http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57484162/illinois-gov-proposes-state-assault-weapons-ban/    (1)

http://www.ilga.gov/commission/lru/Ilconstitution.pdf   (2)

http://voices.yahoo.com/illinois-con-con-issues-amendatory-veto-power-1996595.html?cat=75    (3)

       There.  Now you can do some light reading and not have to take my word for it.  I figured you wouldn't want to, so let me explain.  Governor Quinn, of Illinois, has proposed an assault weapons ban.  He intends to accomplish this by using his "amendatory veto power" to add language to another bill, should it pass.
       The bill in question, proposed by Republican state Sen. David Luechtefeld, would allow "Illinois residents to have ammunition purchased from in-state companies shipped to them. Currently, Illinois residents can only have ammunition shipped if it's bought out of state." (2).
       This amendment violates not only logic and sense, but also the state's constitution, and every ruling on the governor's veto authority by the state supreme court.  As in the following:

       "The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that an amendatory veto cannot create an entirely new bill, change the fundamental purpose of a bill, or make 'substantial or expansive changes' in a bill. However, the court has also ruled that a governor can make changes that go beyond technical corrections (typographical or drafting errors) or matters of form."  (3)
     
       So, were talking technical corrections, or minor tweaks.  Not changing the entire purpose of the bill.  Why is it important to limit this power?

       "An amendatory veto must be overridden by a three-fifths vote of both houses, or accepted by a simple majority vote. If the legislature takes no action on an AV, the entire bill dies."  (3)

       So either a super-majority must deny the changes, or a simple majority pass them, or the entire bill, which in this case had an entirely different point, will die.  It is being used as a way to subvert the public interest, rather than a way to make minor adjustments to a bill.
       Imagine if someone had added an "amendatory veto" to lower the age of consent to ten, to accommodate pedophiles, to the amendment allowing same-sex partnerships.  It sounds like I'm being ridiculous, but this would legally be the same thing.  Then the bill would have been allowed to die; its original purpose, and the will of the people, having been subverted by the whim of one person, the governor.
       This should infuriate every single citizen of Illinois.  Not because the moronic Chicago machine is over-riding the sense displayed elsewhere in the state, again; but because the governor feels he can make sweeping changes to law, with the capriciousness of an emperor.
       Again, this is not about guns.  My anger arises from the belief in Illinois, that the power of government is derived from the power seized from its citizens, and not from the consent of the governed.
       Two items from our state constitution, the first is from article one, section twenty two:

       "Subject only to the police power, the right of the individual citizen to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."  (1)

Furthermore, assuming you are the kind to deny an individual's right to keep and bear arms (the supreme court upholds it BTW); under article twelve, titled "Militia", section one.  Membership:

       "The State militia consists of all able-bodied persons residing in the State except those exempted by law."   (1)

       Those exempted by law are felons, by the way.  So on every count, Quinn has no respect for the will of the people, established law, or the constitution of the state of Illinois.  And don't get me started on the U.S. constitution...