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+3% is within the margin of cheat.

The corporate media and their willing little pollsters know it is good business to keep calling it too close to call and then billing for even more polls. Trump is doing campaign stops in New York and California. Do you think his internal polling, the more expensive kind, is telling him he is tied or behind? Trump already engages with liberal media, all the time. Kamala agrees to go on Fox for 25 minutes, then shows up 15 minutes late. Her handlers stand off camera tapping their watches and making circles with their fingers to the producers, meaning "wrap it up". Harris leads in most of the spam polling, and yet they are discussed by the media in worried tones while wringing their hands. If 9 of 11 national polls had Trump up by +3 they would be calling the fight now. His campaign knows, the non partisan insiders know, and Vegas knows.

If Illinois currently had gun rights similar to free states, the anti gun zealots would be pointing to Chicago and screaming about all of the shootings and homicides. But since gun rights are very restrictive, the leadership in Chicago prefers a "nothing to see here so move along and if there is something wrong it is someone else's fault " mentality.

A quote from the article- "Cabello is now hoping that House Speaker Michael Madigan will assign this bill to a committee for discussion, but admits that it's a long shot at this point."

The mantra is that they are understaffed, under budgeted and overwhelmed. The truth is that the majority of our tax dollars designated for this program have been arm swept off the table for other projects, the understaffing might have been alleviated a bit if the boss wasn't having blatant affairs during office time and long lunch hours with staff. 4 months isn't uncommon.

DC/East Coast elites have been landing in Virginia for a while now; long enough that they gained control of the legislature, so, someone voted them in. These anti gunners don't like being called out so strongly, as they don't like having to come out of the shadows when they have done so well subtly boiling the frog, so to speak. I expect they will try to keep this silent asap because they do not want a very public litmus test of such a large scale civil disobedience pushback. The media of course, well....

Same with me in Tennessee. They don’t care. My oldest son got his Illinois dL suspended for getting two speeding tickets in a year. Applied in Tennessee and they said they didn’t care and issued a new one. Might be a yankee thing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Went to the Tennessee DMV for a new driver's license last week. They hand out gun permit apps while you wait.

From the list above, Fishman's was a mom and pop who in recent years only kept hours several days per week. During the ammo famine of the previous administration, they were one of the only stores I was able to track down and purchase decent amounts of .22 caliber. I completely understand why they have seen it easier to pull the plug than continue to pay overhead for likely less than minimum wage. The Birds N Brooks is also a long, long time business that I recall going in as a boy as begging for goodies from the military surplus section. Sad to see and just another sign of the Illinois times. Nobody is congress give two hoots about either of those places.

Il state legislature just appropriated another $17,500 to the ISP FOID division for computers, software, telephones, coffee machine, mini fridge and hotplate, a golfcart, as well as a new position for answering phones and diagnosing IT issues. They believe this should resolve all current ISP processing matter. An additional position is being lobbied for fiscal year 2020 that would include responding to phone calls after the initial "Hello ISP FOID Division" as well as someone who can repair software glitches after the diagnosis. Purple on for those who aren't sure.

yes

Probably should ban alcoholics from driving, marrying and having children too, oh and access to marijuana.

How did they know you had guns? How did they gain interior access to your home?

The FOID division of ISP has limited personal and resources, and I'm being kind in my description. Basically one office with a phone/voice mail and a smattering of cubicles. If firearm ownership were an entitlement program, (it is a right, just to be clear) our state politicians would be shoveling money at it like coal into a boiler. And fwiw, gun ownership restrictions are just a feather in the bird of reasons why Illinois is losing citizens. Taxes, politics, laws, regulations, deteriorating infrastructure, do this don't do that can't you read the signs?..............

I just have to repeat the previous statement- "Illinois statutes won't govern you in Texas. Once you become a Texas resident, only Texas law and federal law will apply while you are in the state." It wasn't for anyone else's benefit, I just wanted to type it.