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  1. On 8/11/2024 at 12:43 PM, JTHunter said:

     

    Caveat - I am NOT a member of ISRA but the "trite" answer is ZIP, Zilch, NADA.  ISRA does not seem to have the manpower (or stamina) to give the state a "good fight".

    I wonder if they have the desire or energy to do anything. It appears to some shooters that the top administration views their positions as retirement jobs. 

  2. I’ve now managed to speak with several dealers who have reported that the delay we receive is the usual response from ISP when a person is buying a gun. Most valid FOID card holders get delayed in the dealer’s experience. None of them know why, but they all speculated providing various reasons. None can be confirmed. Regardless the reason, the effect is more gatekeeping by a police authority. 
     

    So I question, why do I draw a delay when I buy a gun, but not when I buy ammunition at Walmart? Also, since ISP runs every FOID card holder every day on NICS what takes days to clear? How did the ISP spend the tax money it received to “fix” the FOID system? Why is ISP slower now than before they “fixed” it? These are rhetorical questions for discussion and thought. Just like the dealers I spoke with I have my speculations as well. Just like them none of my suspicions can be confirmed either.

  3. On 7/24/2024 at 6:56 PM, ealcala31 said:

    Not to be a d*ck, but are you a new gun owner? The delays in 2020 & 2021 were insane. Two to three weeks were the norm, I even had quite a few that cleared past the 30 day period. Had to run those backgrounds again. IL FFLs couldn't even get through to the FTIP Hotline to speak to a FSB analyst. Waiting 36-72hrs for a cleared background check happens to 80% of my customers. If you plan on filling a safe as your #goal, get used to it as an IL Gun Owner. There are worse, like becoming a Wisconsin or Indiana resident. Something like; walking into a gun store, buying a gun, filling out paperwork, passing a NICS background check (pistols go through WI State Police), walking out with said gun all in approximately 1hr. Aren't you glad you are an IL resident 🤣

    For clarity, I received my first FOID in 1968. My experience is that I’ve never ran into this before. I haven’t bought a gun from a dealer for four years. But, my question stands. Has this practice by the state drawn the attention of the ISRA or any other organization? Has anyone considered that a civil right delayed is a right denied. 

  4. Have people been running into abnormal delays for FOID clearances lately? Yesterday I bought a gun from my local dealer and was confronted with a delay from ISP. I’ve never had this happen before. Today I went back to store and learned that I still have not cleared and also that eight people who bought guns yesterday at that store all received delays. Because this involves the State of Illinois I can reasonably assume someone’s brother-in-law or the politically connected IT wizard screwed it up or just forgot to go to work so I’m not jumping to a conspiracy theory. But, I have to ask if has it happened to anyone else? Anyone else experience this?  Thanks. 

  5. If it were anything other than a Biden Justice Department one might expect conversations, while awaiting sentencing, that might include relating past indiscretions with others suspected of having conspired with the alderman to commit this or other crimes. Never seeing the grandchildren again can be a great motivator as can the penitentiary one goes to. But, with President Roomba’s DOJ, they’re most likely going to isolate Ann and make sure he goes to Club Fed. I wouldn’t look for a Trump pardon, but the potato might grant one on his last day. We must always remember that Barry Obama got his start in politics on Chicago’s south side. 

  6. My presumption is that the hearings will really serve as an attempt to portray the state as concerned and listening to the public. It will make them seem fair in the eyes of the progressive left in the cities. On its face, the time will be waisted on political theater for the benefit of JaBa the Putz and his fellow travelers. It’s also another fund raising opportunity for ISRA who will never let a crisis go to waste when there is a potential to make a buck 

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