Molly B. Posted June 15, 2021 at 10:07 PM Share Posted June 15, 2021 at 10:07 PM Emergency Call to Action Call your state representative - Find Legislator Here Call HB562 sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman (217) 782-0104 Call Speaker of the House Chris Welch (217) 782-5350 Call the Illinois State Rifle Association (815) 635-3198 Urge them to OPPOSE HB562 “FOID Modernization Act” House Sponsor of HB562 plans to call the bill for concurrence vote in the House – if passed it will be sent to the Gov’s desk and become law. That means: 1. All private firearm sales must be submitted to an IL FFL and accessible to Illinois State Police – this begins the registration of private firearm transfers in Illinois. 2. Submitting the firearm registration form to an FFL adds another burdensome fee to private firearm transactions. 3. FOID appeals will be subject to approval of a Pritzker appointed review board. 4. The Illinois State Rifle Association announced they are neutral on this bill – but actively worked the bill, giving republican and supposedly pro-Second Amendment democrat legislators the green light to vote yes on this atrocity. The ISRA IS WRONG! From the ISRA Thursday Bulletin - June 3, 2021 - Executive Directors Message, Richard Pearson: ISRA: HB562 would allow for people who want a FOID card, or already have a FOID card, to supply fingerprints on a VOLUNTARY basis to the Illinois State Police and if they did so, would not have to renew their FOID cards ever. IllinoisCarry: This is a way for anti-gunners to get their foot in the door for mandatory fingerprints. ISRA: HB562 would change the FOID Act by establishing a Board to handle appeals for the FOID card issues. Right now, the law reads that the Director of the Illinois State Police is to do appeals. The Director of the ISP does not have the time or the budget for that, nor the resources. The establishment of an appeals board with a specific time is a much better way to do the appeal process. On that board would be a Public Defender to represent law-abiding citizens which seems fairer. IllinoisCarry: This is an absolute disingenuous argument. To begin with, the board will be appointed by Gov. Pritzker! Required time lines have been ignored by ISP for decades, the same disregard for time lines has been shown by the CCL Review Board …why would we expect this new time line to be treated any differently? The current process of appealing to the director is a more equitable process. If you have met and submitted the standards required to receive your FOID, you get it. If ISP doesn’t have enough staff to process these appeals, give them the resources to do so instead of hiring Pritzker’s friends to do it. There is no standard for approval of an appeal …It must require clear and convincing evidence to deny a FOID appeal - instead of how Pritzker appointees FEEL about your worthiness! ISRA: The private sale and purchase of firearms is a part of the Second Amendment in my view. HB562 does not require anyone to go through a dealer. Instead, they can access a portal that does not require registration of the make, model or serial number of the firearm. IllinoisCarry: This is another disingenuous statement. While you don’t have to include type of gun and serial number in contacting the ISP for a private transfer, you have to include that information in the reporting form to the FFL and the ISP will have full access to those records for 20 years. This is a registration! Also, this puts a burden on folks in parts of the state without readily accessible FFL’s like in Chicago. Plus, FFL’s don’t have to do this, they can refuse to accept the responsibility of record keeping and rightfully so. Should you violate this part of the law twice, you are facing a class 4 felony! The $25 fee to submit the transfer is another burdensome fee for firearm owners. Why would any group purporting to protect 2nd amendment rights support a bill featuring fee-based, state-registration of private firearm transactions? We want and need the Illinois State Rifle Association to be a stronghold for IL gun owners and trusted protector of our rights. Urge them to oppose this bill or find leadership that will. Join us in showing your opposition by filing witness slips against this bill before close of the committee hearing on Wed., June 16, 2021. If You Did Not File Witness Slips Today, File Them Before Close of Committee Hearing Wed., June 16, 2021! Detailed Witness Slip Instructions Log On to the ILGA Dashboard In order to avoid completing each field manually, at the top right Log on to your ILGA Dashboard or Create a New Account if you haven't already created one, then return to this email and click on the links for each witness slip. HB562 SFA1 OPPONENT! Read More About This Bill File an OPPONENT Witness Slip Track the Witness Slip HB562 SFA2 OPPONENT! Read More About This Bill File an OPPONENT Witness Slip Track the Witness Slip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveTA84 Posted June 15, 2021 at 10:30 PM Share Posted June 15, 2021 at 10:30 PM Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglebob Posted June 16, 2021 at 06:24 PM Share Posted June 16, 2021 at 06:24 PM The witness slip application asks for agency or business etc. I put in "self" and "mister" for title. It doesn't want to take that or allow me to leave that section blank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauserme Posted June 16, 2021 at 06:27 PM Share Posted June 16, 2021 at 06:27 PM The witness slip application asks for agency or business etc. I put in "self" and "mister" for title. It doesn't want to take that or allow me to leave that section blank. I use "NA" without any problems (and without quotes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmarkla Posted June 16, 2021 at 06:37 PM Share Posted June 16, 2021 at 06:37 PM I spoke on the phone with Mr. Pearson this morning and He is convinced that this is the lesser of two evils. I don't think my call had any influence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdDinIL Posted June 16, 2021 at 06:51 PM Share Posted June 16, 2021 at 06:51 PM Fine, it's the lesser of two evils, but it's still an evil that should be opposed. How do they not understand that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Posted June 16, 2021 at 06:53 PM Share Posted June 16, 2021 at 06:53 PM I spoke on the phone with Mr. Pearson this morning and He is convinced that this is the lesser of two evils. I don't think my call had any influence. The lesser of two evils is still evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauserme Posted June 16, 2021 at 06:53 PM Share Posted June 16, 2021 at 06:53 PM How do you compare mandatory fingerprints to loss of private sales + registration, and call either one better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cls74 Posted June 16, 2021 at 06:59 PM Share Posted June 16, 2021 at 06:59 PM They didn't have the votes for the evilest evil, so this one is just evil. ISRA just needs to come out and state they support the FOID Card system. They sold gun owners out and have repeatedly told their members they stand behind it when asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveTA84 Posted June 16, 2021 at 07:02 PM Share Posted June 16, 2021 at 07:02 PM They didn't have the votes for the evilest evil, so this one is just evil. ISRA just needs to come out and state they support the FOID Card system. They sold gun owners out and have repeatedly told their members they stand behind it when asked.They’ve supported it since it was enacted in 1967 and the former president back then (who was one of their lobbyists until recently) is on record as saying as such Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmarkla Posted June 16, 2021 at 07:35 PM Share Posted June 16, 2021 at 07:35 PM True that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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