Opinion
[New Jersey we are coming for you next.]
Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)- Grassroots Illinois-based Second Amendment organization Guns Save Life filed an important NRA-supported case challenging the very foundations of Illinois gun law.
Following an early adverse ruling the group filed an expedited appeal asking the Illinois Supreme Court to put aside the lower court’s ruling and suspend the state’s Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) Act. NRA has supported and been involved in this case as they are in cases all over the state. The FOID Act requires law-abiding Illinois citizens to obtain and pay for a license from the State before they are allowed to posses or purchase any firearms and ammunition.
“Law-abiding citizens should not be required to obtain government approval before exercising a constitutionally protected right,” said Chris W. Cox, executive director of NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action.
The case of one Guns Save Life member, mentioned in the organization’s complaint, shows how drastically the FOID Act infringes on that right. In compliance with the Act, the member recently sought to renew his FOID card. But the police denied his application and revoked his card, claiming to have “suddenly” found a battery conviction in his record. The problem is he has no such conviction, and the courts have no record of one. Nevertheless, because he no longer had a FOID card, he was forcibly disarmed.
Yesterday’s motion asks for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to put the Act on hold while litigation is underway.
“Illinois is one of only two states[New Jersey] to impose such extreme gun control restrictions upon law-abiding citizens,” continued Cox. “The men and women of the National Rifle Association are pleased to join Guns Save Life in this fight to protect the Second Amendment rights of Illinois gun owners.”
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Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the “lobbying” arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Visit: www.nra.org
The government is using passive force to gradually take away all our rights. The Constitution gave us the right to bear arms to protect us from a rogue government that desires to take complete control of our lives. What you see in Illinois is what is going to happen to everyone else unless something is done to stop it.
Think about this, I wear a t shirt that says it all. If guns kill people then forks make people fat , cars drive drunk , and pencil misspell words. Think about it anti gun people. THINK.
First, the FOID act has been law for 50 years. It’s been unconstitutional from day 1, and now that someone else has done the heavy lifting the NRA wants to share the spotlight…..FUCK THEM!!! To little to late. Second, I would like to see how quickly the FOID would disappear if it were for voting instead of firearms. So it’s ok to require a membership card and fees to exercise my 2A rights, but God forbid if we required a voter ID card to prove citizenship before voting there would be riots in the streets. It is The People’s Repbulic… Read more »
To say that when you comment a crime you can’t ever be a law abiding citizen again is wrong on many levels. Just another way to take our guns. If I’m not a law abiding citizen then why am I allowed to walk and work and pay taxes amongst. All you law abiding people. Kiss my butt law abiding citizens and the government. I should be able to carry right along side of you. History shows when you pay your debt and they let you out they give you back your horse and gun until the next time. Wouldn’t you… Read more »
Guam, a U.S. Territory, requires all gun owners to have a Firearms ID ($100+) and register each firearm at the Police Station ($40 registration fee + $9 inspection fee). All these collections are rolled into the General Fund…nothing to benefit gun owners at all. Concealed carry has been a “shall issue” for only a few years.
Law is nothing more than the opinion of a politician backed by the force of arms
The FOID card is such a law. We should have never had such a stupid law. Innocent people have been imprisoned had their lives destroyed by this stupid law.
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Got that right got the hell out that state a few years back best move I’ve made. Texas is home now!!!!
FOID, CCL and now I have to be vetted, take training and pay either $300 or $1500 per yearor the ability to use my Federal Firearms License that I have had since 1992. I hate the asshole Democrat mobsters running this state.
I grew up in Illinois and had to apply for one of these every few years. I always thought it was a waste of time and my money. Did I mention that you had to spend time and money on a passport sized picture to send in with the application too. Thank goodness I moved to Kansas 18 years ago where they don’t have these stupid requirements.