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for 99% of people, for non-NFA items, a "gun trust" makes no sense at all. I have been approached probably a dozen times by persons who thought they needed a gun trust. Couple of them needed estate planning, for which I referred them to an appropriate lawyer, but none of them needed a gun trust. In my experience, most people want their gun collection, if it is to stay in the family, to have as few paper trails as possible, and if the guns are going to be sold, they are just another asset. The whole gun trust thing was a basically now closed NFA loophole to avoid needing a CLEO signoff and fingerprints. The new rules actually are better for NFA stuff. Unless your going to do dealing with a large multigenerational NFA collection, gun trusts make little sense today, except for bona fide estate purposes, and that would be a LOT of guns.
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Davis v Yenchko (FOID revocations)
Benbow replied to steveTA84's topic in Judicial Second Amendment Case Discussion
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. -
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
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Denied foid card
Benbow replied to nqmicro220's topic in Illinois FOID Application, Renewal & Appeal Process
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. -
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.
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Davis v Yenchko (FOID revocations)
Benbow replied to steveTA84's topic in Judicial Second Amendment Case Discussion
they appealed it end of last week. Its in the IL Supreme Court now. Off to the races -
Caulkins v Prizker Recusal Thread
Benbow replied to mauserme's topic in Judicial Second Amendment Case Discussion
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 -
List of good CCW instructors in the Metro East?
Benbow replied to Mike Cornwall's topic in Concealed Carry License Training
if you get six or more people together for it, I will do the 16 hour course for $120 per person. -
.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.
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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.
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SBR’s and C&R licenses
Benbow replied to BeardswithoutOperators's topic in Illinois Right to Keep and Carry
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