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Title: Illinois municipal leaders seek emergency powers for gas, gun sales bans and curfews amid pandemic
Post by: mystery-ak on March 19, 2020, 10:51:36 pm
Illinois municipal leaders seek emergency powers for gas, gun sales bans and curfews amid pandemic
by Greg Bishop, The Center Square
 | March 19, 2020 06:00 PM

Municipal officials throughout the state are considering measures to grant local leaders emergency powers to ban the sale of things such as guns, gasoline and liquor as concerns over the spread of COVID-19 mount.

Last week, President Donald Trump wrote in a letter: “I have determined that the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant an emergency determination under … the ‘Stafford Act’.”

The move allows local and state governments to get assistance from the federal government. It also gives more powers to the federal government to manage declared emergencies.

“In order to meet the challenges caused by this emergency pandemic, I have encouraged all State and local governments to activate their Emergency Operations Centers and to review their emergency preparedness plans,” Trump said.

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Title: Re: Illinois municipal leaders seek emergency powers for gas, gun sales bans and curfews amid pandem
Post by: Elderberry on March 22, 2020, 01:54:57 am
How in the world are people going to be able to get groceries if they cannot get gasoline for their cars?
Title: Re: Illinois municipal leaders seek emergency powers for gas, gun sales bans and curfews amid pandem
Post by: PeteS in CA on March 22, 2020, 05:15:25 pm
Gas stations, gun stores, and liquor stores have large crowds? Who knew?

Tyrannous morons!
Title: Re: Illinois municipal leaders seek emergency powers for gas, gun sales bans and curfews amid pandem
Post by: sneakypete on March 22, 2020, 05:18:55 pm
Quote from: PeteS in CA on March 22, 2020, 05:15:25 pm
Gas stations, gun stores, and liquor stores have large crowds? Who knew?

Tyrannous morons!

@PeteS in CA

Ahm shocked!

SHOCKED,AH TELLS YA!
Title: Re: Illinois municipal leaders seek emergency powers for gas, gun sales bans and curfews amid pandem
Post by: catfish1957 on March 22, 2020, 05:33:02 pm
Quote from: sneakypete on March 22, 2020, 05:18:55 pm
@PeteS in CA

Ahm shocked!

SHOCKED,AH TELLS YA!

@sneakypete

Political opportunism at it's utter worst.  In my lifetime,  I have never seen an event with so many alliterative motives.  Pre-cursor to revolution?  Not so far fetched IMO.
Title: Re: Illinois municipal leaders seek emergency powers for gas, gun sales bans and curfews amid pandem
Post by: sneakypete on March 22, 2020, 05:41:33 pm
Quote from: catfish1957 on March 22, 2020, 05:33:02 pm
@sneakypete

Political opportunism at it's utter worst.  In my lifetime,  I have never seen an event with so many alliterative motives.  Pre-cursor to revolution?  Not so far fetched IMO.

@catfish1957

I would have said that was paranoia in action 30 days ago. Now I am not so certain.
Title: Re: Illinois municipal leaders seek emergency powers for gas, gun sales bans and curfews amid pandem
Post by: mountaineer on March 26, 2020, 01:36:17 pm
Glad to see that Chicago refuses to be cowed by the Wuhan flu. We're not changing our lifestyle for any stupid virus!
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12 shot Wednesday in Chicago
Three people were wounded in a drive-by in Englewood on the South Side.
By Sun-Times Wire Mar 26, 2020, 2:16am CDT

Twelve people were wounded Wednesday in shootings across Chicago.

The day’s latest shooting left a woman in critical condition in Little Village on the Southwest Side. ...
Sun-Times (https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/3/26/21195066/chicago-shootings-12-shot-wednesday-march-25-gun-violence)
Title: Re: Illinois municipal leaders seek emergency powers for gas, gun sales bans and curfews amid pandem
Post by: sneakypete on March 26, 2020, 03:18:51 pm
Quote from: mountaineer on March 26, 2020, 01:36:17 pm

The day’s latest shooting left a woman in critical condition in Little Village on the Southwest Side. ...


@mountaineer

Seems like the police or someone else would have taken her to a hospital,doesn't it?