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Proposal To Eliminate IL. F.O.I.D. Cards!!!

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Woods Walker:
Constitutional freedom on the way at last?   

Contact your legislator and tell them to sponsor and support SB 3340 FIREARM OWNERS ID ACT-REPEAL


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Illinois: Eliminate FOID cards?
02/16/2012, 10:35 am
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The program that issues mandatory ID cards to gun owners in Illinois would be discontinued under legislation proposed by state Sen. Sam McCann, R-Carlinville.



Senate Bill 3340 would repeal the Firearm Owner's Identification Act. McCann said the act prevents law-abiding citizens from exercising their rights under the Second Amendment.



Residents must pay a $10 processing fee when they submit their FOID card application to the Illinois State Police. A FOID card lasts for 10 years.



"It just punishes the law-abiding public," McCann said, adding that the law doesn't stop criminals from getting their hands on guns.



McCann said his bill would not eliminate the background checks that gun buyers undergo when they purchase weapons at stores.



"This would not mean selling to convicted felons or the mentally disturbed or anything like that. It doesn't take away the waiting period," McCann said.



Brian Malte, director of state legislation for the Brady Campaign to End Gun Violence, said repealing the FOID Act would be a step backward in efforts to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.



Malte said criminals do buy guns from licensed owners and at gun shows, and the background checks that state and federal law require prevent them from doing so.



"The FOID card is a good way to weed out dangerous people, but more needs to be done," Malte said.



"We need to go forward, not backwards."



 
 

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