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  1. I have an NFA regulated "rocket launcher", and a pretty little tax stamp to go with it. As I have told certain powerful people, there is no law against same in Illinois.
  2. this case is briefed in the IL Supreme Court, following literally six months of extensions sought by the State to file their opening brief. Would expect an oral argument date in the next 60 to 90 days.
  3. The upper on my registered full auto is a stock cheap PSA. Its got 5K+ rounds on it, most on full auto, as I generally use the semis for semi auto use. But then, I am careful no not dump more than 60 rounds in a 10 minute period, to avoid melting things
  4. for purposes of federal law, a crime you were convicted of that the judge could have sentenced you to more than a year in jail is generally a felony, even if you got no jail time. There are some exceptions, but like alll things, it depends on the exact facts.
  5. to the extent it is useful to anyone, last week, in Piasa v. Kwame Raoul, court in Madison County declared this new venue statute that says you can only sue for constitutional violations in Springfield and Chicago unconstitutional. We'll see what the IL supreme court says shortly I imagine.
  6. This is actually the kind of judge we want, one that, despite their own pesonal beliefs, will enforce the law, as it exists, no matter how much it pisses them off to do so. Cudos to Judge Reeves, though I very much doubt we would personally agree on much or anything.
  7. they appealed it end of last week. Its in the IL Supreme Court now. Off to the races
  8. IIRC they are confidential unless and until the JIB acts on them, which almost never happens. There is roughly a 100% chance the JIB will not act on these. Its also meaningless. To OVERTURN the SC of IL needs 4 judges votes. That true whether its a panel of 7 or a panel of 3. Knocking off 1 or 2 unfriendly judges tecnically does not increase your chances of winning, if you actually think about it
  9. if you get six or more people together for it, I will do the 16 hour course for $120 per person.
  10. .50 ammo has been common in civilian possession for years. heck, we used to play with the stuff as a kid, I remember going to gun shows, and seing live .50BMG rounds used in trigger guards to hold long guns at an angle on the table. 50 BMG has been in sporting use since the 1930s, Hatcher, in his famous notebook, commented on the practice of rebarreling WWI Mauser I Gewehr's with .50 BMG barrels. I've been shooting .50 BMG since college, and have been to several long range target shoots with them. I can also say they are LESS DANGEROUS than a run on the mill 9mm pistol. My uncle was shot 7 times with one by the Chinese in Korea, and basically died of old age 50 years later. Hardly a magic death ray. The gun is also usefull for committing street crime, as it weighs so much. A .50 bMG is basically a modern rampart gun. rampart guns, to my knowledge, were never regulated in the past. The only real danger from one, is shooting it without hearing protection.
  11. For those interested, first bit of data on the cases, the contracts signed by the State with purported experts. Looks like the state is paying $30,000 an expert to reinivent history. contract spitzer.pdf contract.pdf
  12. what this means as far as representation goes, kind of depends on what the judge does and wants to handle it. When I sued Quinn, in the state pension case a few years back, which is kind of the closest thing I can think of to this, the judge let each attorney have their argument. Sometimes, we would agree who would start the argument, and the rest of us would just say "join". Other times there were disagreements on what was the best point to focus on, or, the fact that, in that case, it felt like one of the lawyers was trying to sell out the rest of the Plaintiffs, to we had to watch what they actually said. In the TRIAL COURT, which is where this case is right now, and knowing Judge McGlyn, having appeared in front of him numerous times, in both state and federal court, I would expect he will let one lawyer from each case have their say at any given argument. Forcing another parties lawyer onto a given Plaintiff is neither desirable, nor practical, as each lawyer has a duty to their own clients, not the other lawyers clients. For instance, and read nothing into this. ISRA's lawyer's first duty is to the ISRA. The ISRA is a political organization, whose goals are not ipso facto completely in line with GOA, a different political orgainization, or ether of them with a given individual defendant. Now, in the appellate courts, I would expect time between attorneys to be much more rationed, but then, the arguments by that time will be much more refined.
  13. my reading of the AW ban is that SBRs are exempt, not that this was intended, or even contemplated, but the statute is so poorly written it appears to be that if the gun is a SBR, and you have a C&R or a reenactor card, it makes the AW ban provision, at least as to guns, a nullity. Again, not intended, but I think that is the result
  14. Well, I spend a lot of time WRITING court documents, which of course is much harder than just reading them. If you have a substantive criticism that you can articulate, perhaps you can articulate it
  15. its hardly premature. For the most part, you cannot buy an AR15 spring in this state, wholesalers won't sell an AR bolt to IL, and subject to those with still open FTIPs, you cannot legally acquire an Ar rifle in this state. Its timely. What I want to know, is why this is the first. With all the money some people are collecting to file a lawsuit of this type, why is this the first?
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