The ISRA is a hot mess...
this is the alert we sent out 3 days ago:
Urgent Notice:
The anti-gun groups are calling for a “digital day of action” on Thursday, May 27th, to try to get the FIX the FOID bill passed before end of legislative session. This outrageous bill, HB1091, demands fingerprints for gun owners, bans private transfer of firearms among law-abiding citizens, cuts the 10 yr license to 5 years, all which could raise the cost of a FOID card to $50 or more.
Call your State Representative immediately and demand they vote NO on HB1091.
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There is a renewed push for HB1092 which has passed out of the House and is now up in the Senate. This bill removes hard fought Constitutional protections negotiated in the Firearm Restraining Order Act and weaponizes firearm restraining orders against Illinois gun owners by expanding the definition of who can request these orders.
Call your State Senator immediately and demand they vote NO on HB1092 and SB1165.
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Not getting the negative attention it deserves, SB1165 “FOID Modernization” is poised to rear its ugly head again.
Promoted as a way to bring the FOID Act into the 21st Century this bill, in its current form, is simply a more modern version of the delays and fees that have turned the FOID Card into gun control piracy.
No one, NO ONE, claiming to support the Second Amendment in Illinois should support this bill.
> Creates a politically slanted review board (appointed by Gov. Pritzker) who will have the ultimate say in FOID card appeals, no clear and convincing evidence necessary.
> Introduces fingerprints for obtaining a FOID card – although voluntary at this time, we know the high probability of that becoming required later on.
> Fees for the “automatic renewal” FOID card and its renewals under this act are not defined. The agency receiving the fees will be in control of determining the amounts.
Please call you State Senator AND co-sponsors Sen. Terri Bryant and Sen. Don DeWitte immediately to inform them of your opposition to this legislation. Explain to them, and to your own State Senator, the glaring problems with this bill.
Find your State Senator here:
Senator Terri Bryant
217-782-8137
Senator Don DeWitte
217-782-1977
IllinoisCarry.com