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Court Orders Hancock County Sheriff To Hand Over Names Of Gun Purchasers


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Last month, the Hancock County Circuit Court Ordered the Hancock County Sheriff to provide the names of people who purchased guns at the Sheriff's gun sale. We asked for the records so we could determine if any Sheriff's Department employees purchased any guns from the department (55 ILCS 5/3-6026), and because any sales by a local Sheriff or City Police Department of confiscated firearms violates state law.

This FOIA lawsuit was filed in 2019 after their refusal to provide the information pursuant to a FOIA request.

The Sheriff argued that Illinois state law prohibited him from releasing names of FOID card holders, and Iowa residents should be afforded the same protections as Illinois residents.

 

We argued that we did not request the names of FOID card holders, we requested the names of the people who purchased guns sold by the Sheriff's Department.

 

Illinois law permits, possession of firearms by non-FOID card holders in certain circumstances; 430 ILCS 65/2© - which means that of the names provided, does not necessarily mean they all have FOID cards.

 

https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/10/court-orders-hancock-county-sheriff-to-hand-over-names-of-gun-purchasers/

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Last month, the Hancock County Circuit Court Ordered the Hancock County Sheriff to provide the names of people who purchased guns at the Sheriff's gun sale. We asked for the records so we could determine if any Sheriff's Department employees purchased any guns from the department (55 ILCS 5/3-6026), and because any sales by a local Sheriff or City Police Department of confiscated firearms violates state law.

 

This FOIA lawsuit was filed in 2019 after their refusal to provide the information pursuant to a FOIA request.

 

The Sheriff argued that Illinois state law prohibited him from releasing names of FOID card holders, and Iowa residents should be afforded the same protections as Illinois residents.

 

We argued that we did not request the names of FOID card holders, we requested the names of the people who purchased guns sold by the Sheriff's Department.

 

Illinois law permits, possession of firearms by non-FOID card holders in certain circumstances; 430 ILCS 65/2© - which means that of the names provided, does not necessarily mean they all have FOID cards.

 

https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/10/court-orders-hancock-county-sheriff-to-hand-over-names-of-gun-purchasers/

 

 

The people who bought guns from an Illinois Sheriff's gun sale didn't need some sort of ID?

If that ID said they were from Illinois they didn't need a FOID card?

There is something seriously wrong with this situation.

 

More than one thing.

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The people who bought guns from an Illinois Sheriff's gun sale didn't need some sort of ID?

If that ID said they were from Illinois they didn't need a FOID card?

There is something seriously wrong with this situation.

 

 

How did you come to that conclusion.

 

 

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“ The Sheriff argued that Illinois state law prohibited him from releasing names of FOID card holders, and Iowa residents should be afforded the same protections as Illinois residents “

 

Unless you are associated with the Hancock county sherifs department and have first hand knowledge of how the sale was conducted you should not be making assumptions.

 

 

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So what gives this so-called watchdog group the need to know the name of every single person who bought a gun at the sale?

As long as the sheriff can show that money was collected from the sale of each firearm, what difference does it make?

 

Maybe some deputy knew that a "SuperBlaster 77" was available before the general public knew. If they paid the price, the sheriff's department still got the money.

 

At least the guns were not melted down, as would happen in a lot of municipalities.

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