mauserme Posted February 12, 2015 at 09:53 PM Posted February 12, 2015 at 09:53 PM . Call to Action Witness Slips Needed Witness Slip Instructions In our first Call to Action of the 99th General Assembly, we ask our members to voice their opposition to two bills scheduled to be heard in the House Judiciary - Criminal Committee 2/18/2015. To those who have already participated in filing witness slips, these bills will be familiar. We have opposed the intent behind both in prior General Assemblies and continue our opposition for many of the same reasons. Instructions for completing witness slips can be found here. Please take a moment to make your feelings known on the following bills today. Log on to the ILGA Dashboard or Create a New Account HB148 Lost & Stolen Firearms - OPPONENT Illinois law has required FOID Card holders, but not persons illegally in possession of firearms, to report lost or stolen firearms since the Gun Safety and Responsibility Act became law effective 8/9/2013. HB148 seeks to deny otherwise law abiding citizens their right to own firearms via FOID revocation and felony conviction. HB265 Firearm Protect Order - OPPONENT There are many forms of protection order available to the courts in Illinois, from granting occupancy of the family home to giving custody of the family pet to one spouse or another. Of the tools available to a judge a firearm protection order, as it currently exists in law, is one of the most important when determined necessary by a court of competent jurisdiction. HB265 proposes to subvert the judicial discretion so necessary to our system of governance by prohibiting the subject of an order of protection from purchasing or transporting a firearm, even when that order is simply in regard to animals, property, and a number of other orders unrelated to a physical threat against the petitioner. While enough to oppose on its own merits, HB265 also creates a frightening potential synergy when taken in context with HB399 Protection Order Issuance. Though not the subject of the current call to action HB399 proposes to empower the States Attorney, and courts on their own motion, to impose an order of protection on behalf of a petitioner even against the petitioner's wishes. This combination of ill conceived legislation, both bad in their own right, establishes an untenable system of potential rights denial under the most unusual of circumstances. Edited to add a reminder that we ask our members to indicate they represent only themselves when completing witness slips. Our feeling is that your voice as an individual resident of the state is much stronger than as an unofficial representative of a group.
armadroid Posted February 12, 2015 at 10:29 PM Posted February 12, 2015 at 10:29 PM done x2. Let's kick butt!
Xwing Posted February 12, 2015 at 10:38 PM Posted February 12, 2015 at 10:38 PM filed. Two terrible bills. The anti's are just getting started though.
GTX63 Posted February 12, 2015 at 10:52 PM Posted February 12, 2015 at 10:52 PM The deed has been completed.
Chief Illiniwek Posted February 12, 2015 at 11:24 PM Posted February 12, 2015 at 11:24 PM Got'em both.
j2dawson Posted February 12, 2015 at 11:32 PM Posted February 12, 2015 at 11:32 PM Done. I forget how to see how many witness slips have been filed - any help?
wmjlar15 Posted February 12, 2015 at 11:49 PM Posted February 12, 2015 at 11:49 PM Nevermind got both witness slips done.
ChicagoRonin70 Posted February 12, 2015 at 11:51 PM Posted February 12, 2015 at 11:51 PM Done for both of them. I assume that "Record of Appearance Only" is the standard response, but what if someone does want to write something in support (or opposition) of a bill. What's the benefit or detriment to that, assuming that it's a well-reasoned and supported position? For that matter, what should be included in a written statement for a Witness Statement to make it have whatever possible validity and weight over just the Record of Appearance witness statement? I'd really like to know this, because I happen to have written for a living, and persuasive communication is right in my wheelhouse. I've had some excellent success in dealing with Federal agencies and legislators over the years, getting them to see things my way, so if I can put that to use here, I'd be glad to.
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