Springfield, IL (GSL) – Gun control hucksters have advanced two major pieces of legislation they wish to inflict upon Illinois residents. Both passed out of committee, moving closer to passage.
Both bills have major flaws. The Lethal Violence Order of Protection bill (HB 2354) would allow a judge to strip a gun owner of his or her guns without due process. The bill ignores federal court precedent set in the Heller, McDonald and Ezell decisions. Sponsors claim the bill’s “under penalty of perjury” provisions protect gun owners, but we all know that conventional orders of protection are abused everyday in divorce cases.
The dealer licensing scheme (SB 1657) contains gun rationing for Illinoisans. Under the bill, non-dealers are limited to no more than nine firearm transfers per year, period. It also contains expensive and onerous business-killing provisions designed to drive gun shops out of business.
While the bill’s proponents claim that a handful of Illinois dealers provide the bulk of guns recovered at crime scenes, ATF’s data presents an entirely different picture. Guns sold by Illinois dealers have a 13% greater “time to crime” on guns they sell when compared to gun dealers nationally. No dealer wants to risk twenty years in the federal slammer under existing law to make a few bucks selling guns to bad guys.
Gun control advocates across America need a gun control legislative victory to keep their funding – and their jobs. These national level groups have turned to the Prairie State to secure that much-needed win. They see Illinois as a deep blue state; an answer to their prayers.
It’s up to us to stop them to save our children and families from this criminal-friendly legislation. Get active and engaged. Help us protect your right to defend yourself!
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