While thousands of Illinois gun owners have chosen to register something Gov. Pritzker and his merry band of gun control jihadists deem “naughty,” millions have not registered a thing. For those who have been living under a rock, the deadline for registering your banned firearms, accessories and ammunition is today at midnight. That makes today (Sunday, December 31st) the last day for you to (legally) rehome your now-banned guns outside of Illinois if you chose not to register.
Now, keep in mind that a great majority of those who own these banned guns are doing nothing. They’re just keeping their guns put away at home while telling everyone that they moved everything out of Illinois for the time being.
In fact, if you just have a single banned firearm, you’re only risking a trivial misdemeanor charge if you opt not to register. If you keep that banned gun in the back of your closet or gun safe, you have little to nothing to worry about. In order for you to run afoul of the law, police would have to find the gun inside the home and the local state’s attorney would have to want to prosecute the case. Even if cops show up and knock on your door asking about it, unless you’re giving cops consent to search and answering questions about your guns, that’s just not likely to happen.
Even were you to get convicted of failure to register a single item, that misdemeanor conviction will not cause you to lose your FOID or your carry license.
DON’T TALK TO THE POLICE.
DON’T TALK TO THE POLICE.
DON’T TALK TO THE POLICE.
Make sure your spouse and kids are on the same page as well!
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