Molly B. Posted November 17, 2022 at 05:01 PM Share Posted November 17, 2022 at 05:01 PM Snedeker v. Will County State's Attorney's Office IL Third District Appellate Court rules against restoration of firearm rights for non-residents who live out-of-state and need to restore their firearm civil rights in Illinois. Even though there is an ISP rule directing non-residents to appeal in the county in which the conviction took place, this opinion says no relief can be granted to non-residents, which means that anyone with an IL domestic conviction or other prohibitor that requires a court petition for restoration is locked out, and cannot restore their rights unless they move back to IL, do the appeal, win, and THEN move back to their current state. An appeal will be filed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Q Public Posted November 17, 2022 at 05:12 PM Share Posted November 17, 2022 at 05:12 PM Ya, that's crazy, there has to be a process that does not include moving back to this state to resolve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith44 Posted November 17, 2022 at 05:33 PM Share Posted November 17, 2022 at 05:33 PM This ruling should fail against the equal protection clause in the Constitution… -Keith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euler Posted November 17, 2022 at 07:45 PM Share Posted November 17, 2022 at 07:45 PM On 11/17/2022 at 12:33 PM, Keith44 said: This ruling should fail against the equal protection clause in the Constitution… The problem isn't the ruling. The problem is IL law. IL law requires people who have lost their firearm rights due to a domestic violence conviction petition the court in their county of residence for relief so that they can apply for a FOID. Not only do non-residents not live in IL (by definition), they also cannot apply for a FOID even if they get relief. Therefore no court in IL has jurisdiction. Appealing to the IL Supreme Court could fail because Snedeker hasn't exhausted all his options yet. He hasn't asked JB for a pardon. Meanwhile IL law is obviously borken. Federal law requires that people restore their rights through the state court that suspended them in the first place, yet IL courts are saying that they do not have jurisdiction based on IL law. I think that's the argument to make to the supreme court. Snedeker is being denied redress of his grievance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobPistol Posted November 17, 2022 at 09:53 PM Share Posted November 17, 2022 at 09:53 PM On 11/17/2022 at 12:45 PM, Euler said: He hasn't asked JB for a pardon. Thank you for the campaign contribution. Will that be Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, PayPal, or unmarked bills in an envelope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plinkermostly Posted November 18, 2022 at 02:51 PM Share Posted November 18, 2022 at 02:51 PM If using credit card, a transaction fee will be added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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