On Monday a new bill was passed by the Illinois legislature requiring background checks on all firearms purchases by the year 2024, meaning even purchasing a lowly .22 caliber rifle will now require the onerous procedure.
As Fox News reports:
On Monday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law landmark legislation expanding background checks on all gun sales in the state while also providing mental health funding for communities impacted by gun violence.
It builds upon the multimillion-dollar investment in violence prevention programs which were included in this year’s state budget, according to Pritzker.
“Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have come together to shape a law steeped in a commonsense commitment to safety,” said Pritzker.
In a Monday Twitter post, Pritzker, a first-term Democrat seeking reelection, called it “the most comprehensive reform to our state firearms laws in over a generation.”
The plan is part of a modernization effort of the Firearm Owners Identification card system, a draconian and totalitarian system by which owners of firearms can be tracked and monitored by the government and law enforcement.
GLAD I DON’T LIVE IN THAT S—HOLE STATE- I’LL STAY IN TEXAS AND BE FREE TO LIVE OUT LIVES TO THE BEST WE CAN NOW WITH ALL THE TURKEYS FLOODING THE BORDER.
Thought they were apes one 2 legs
My wife grew up in that s-hole state. And has no intention of going back.
chicago is leading the nation in getting shots!unfortunately it’s not the vaccine! great job lighthead!
Oh I’m sure that’ll stop the 100 plus shootings in the Chicago area every weekend. We’ve seen how the toughest anti gun laws of any state in the country continue to deter gun crimes huh. criminals 1…law abiding citizens 0. What a bunch of putzes. I’m with you, I’ll stay in Texas where my 2A rights are fully protected.
Oh great. No more murders
“Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have come together to shape a law steeped in a commonsense commitment to safety,” said Pritzker.
There is not even a small grain of common sense in this law. All this will do is further harass the law abiding gun owner and that is the only purpose for the law. The thug community will never obey it and they prefer larger handguns than the lowly 22 (And I have nothing against the 22 it is a fine caliber).
Where is the NRA? Where is the NAGR? Where is the lawsuit and court injunction to block this? I would care less if i read in the paper JB Pritzker (Heil Pritzker) got a good heart attack, stroke, drunk driver collision, etc.
Yes where are all those pro 2nd Amendment organizations.
The NRA is being harassed by the AG of NY over their bankruptcy filing.. they want to move to Texas too, and this NY administration won’t let them leave…
The ONLY people that will be impacted by this NEW SENSIBLE legislation are the law abiding Citizens of the State…WHO ARE NOT THE PROBLEM…..The Criminals, who are doing all the shootings and murders in Chicago will ignore this; and here’s the funniest part, when they are caught violating these laws that are already in place……THEY AREN’T CHARGED…the Judicial system in Chicago LET’S them all GO!, so they can keep committing crimes…..The Problem isn’t guns, it’s CRIMINALS..and this new “SENSIBLE” legislation DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DEAL WITH THAT…it’s a pat on the back for do nothing Politicians so they can pretend they are doing something
Now pass a Law, that the Criminal has to follow the Laws, They STEAL their Guns.
Alright all you gang-bangers, cartel drug dealers, hardened holdup men, etc., line up and go through the process when you get your next guns from whatever source including individual criminal to individual criminal transactions. I bet there won’t be many criminals buying their guns from shops or shows so only law-abiding citizens will be impacted by yet another toothless law.
Chicago, really..aren’t they already the violence center of the world, well chicago? ok maybe a bit of an exageration but they already have really strict, and in my option, illegal gun laws but they never learn. Kinda stupid and thier leaders are all paid off corrupt politicians but what do you expect.
They already have strictest unconstitutional gun laws in nation, YET THE HIGHEST RATE OF GUN CRIMES. SHOWS WHAT IGNORANT BRAINLESS SHITHEADS THEY ARE. ITS NOT THE GUNS MORONS!
There are only democrats in this shithole state. Have been for years. NOT ONE REPUBLICAN IN OFFICE.
Illinois hates gun owners & anybody who can think for themselves. Nobody is safer with this law. Just more money for this sinking state.
Crminals don’t go through this process when they buy guns. They haven’t taken one gun from a criminal,just screwing with the law abiding citizens that have guns.
Kelly needs to start doing his job & get caught up on the renewals of these useless foid cards & conceal carry permits. No excuse for this ineptness. There has been ZERO progress in this mess. This is political bs. If Kelly can’t do the job, FIRE HIM! Illinois does nothing for it’s people, just funnels money to the dems who apply it to their own agenda.
Registration is the last step before confiscation.
Democrats want you unarmed. Then they are free to do whatever they want
I was born in Illinois, couldn’t wait for 18 birthday so I could leave the state. Crooked democrats
“On Monday, Governor JB Pritzker signed landmark legislation expanding background checks on all gun sales in the state, except for cops and criminals.”
There. Fixed it.
The National Instant Background Check, or The ( NICS) OR THE BRADY HANDGUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT IS A JOINT ACTION BY THE ATF AND THE FBI. THIS STARTED IT LOOKS LIKE SEPTEMBER 1999, HENCE THE FORM 4473, IN THE ATTEMPTED ASSINATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND JAMES BRADY WAS WOUNDED. NOW, GOV. J.B PRITZKER D-IL WANTS A BACKGROUND CHECK BY 2024! WE THE CITIZENS WHO PURCHASE FIREARMS IN ILLINOIS OR ANY OTHER STATE ARE SUBJECT TO THIS WHEN WE PURCHASE A FIREARM. WHAT GOV. J.B. PRITZKER NEEDS TO DO IS READ THE LAW ON ATF BACKGROUND CHECKS, AND BE DEAFEATED IN THE NEXT ELECTION. HE AND THE INEPT MAYOR WHO CAN’T ENFORCE THE KILLINGS GOING ON IN THEIR STATE HAVE FAILED THE CITIZENS AND CAN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE KILLINGS.
IN MY COMMENT I USED FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, I SHOULD HAVE USED FORMER PRESIDENT REAGAN. SORRY ABOUT THE MISTAKE!
Very scary Boost for more crimes
Registration and licensing are preludes to confiscation. They should be resisted.
Just one more reason not to move to Illinois.
I’m confused by the comment on “lowly .22 rifles.” Federal law already requires background checks on all firearms unless they are purchased through private owner sales. So, I gather the new law is actually about a so-called “Universal Background Check.” Given that anyone wanting to purchase a gun, of any caliber, in IL must first get a FOID (which also requires a background check, doesn’t it?), the law seems stupid and redundant to me. Maybe I’m wrong about the FOID requirements. In any case, I fail to see any benefit in making self-defense harder for people who live in places like Chicago. Clearly criminals will continue to ignore the law, the new one just as much as the old. So law-abiding citizens are the only ones it will disarm. Typical socialist state persecution of citizens.
All rifles, even lowly .22, already require a background check. So, this bill is NOTHING
Have you ever noticed that “commonsense” is always used to describe the most onerous, freedom-restrictive, left-wing liberal rules/laws/goals/ideas etc? And they are virtually always proposed by Democrats. Wake up, vote ’em OUT.
Gun laws are NOT Constitutional!
——Citizen:A person with ALL rights… Blacks law dictionary —
Afroyim v Rusk 18LED 2D (757) SCOTUS decision.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States … are citizens of the United States….” There is no indication in these words of a fleeting citizenship, good at the moment it is acquired but subject to destruction by the Government at any time. Rather the Amendment can most reasonably be read as defining a citizenship which a citizen keeps unless he voluntarily relinquishes it. Once acquired, this Fourteenth Amendment citizenship was not to be shifted, canceled, or diluted at the will of the Federal Government, the States, or any other governmental unit.[62][63]
Afroyim was a reversal of a previous decision. The SCOTUS has never negated nor reversed any reversed decision. Therefore Afroyim is the law of the land!
——Citizen:A person with ALL rights… Blacks law dictionary. ————-
If you do not have the RIGHT to own a firearm, you are not a citizen…
In other words, the government against SCOTUS ruling has removed your citizenship RIGHTS.