Illinois gun owner under attack.

[kmw1954]

Paul B. the 72hr wait and the bill requiring video recording of all gun transactions are the 2 Bill that I questioned the owner on. Which he stated as of that time they were still sitting on the Governors desk.

The 2 he brought up were the 2 gun per year limit and the ban on reloaded ammunition and the requiring of a tax stamp on all purchased ammunition.

As I cannot provide the source as asked I cannot say if this is something that is just being bantered about or is actually on someone's wish list. But coming from the State of Illinois I wouldn't put it past one of them.

 

[thallub]

Illinois Democrats on Capitol Hill are backing a plan that would outlaw unlicensed gun ownership in the nation.

They are pandering to their anti-gun constituents back home.

Every year congressman Bobby Rush proposes draconian gun control. This bill stands no chance of becoming law.

 

[Mike38]

Revenue?

Seeing as he knows that I am not a resident of the state of Illinois please explain how this knowledge would change my spending habits other than if the bullet tax went into effect why I would continue to go to Illinois to shoot? That certainly isn't going to increase his revenue!

Yea, revenue. Makes no difference if you're from Illinois or not, you'll spread the word. Look what happened here, you just told every member of the firing line his story. Then if every member here tells a person, then they tell a person, before long we have those $100 boxes of .22LR again.

 

[kmw1954]

I didn't realize that I was so powerful that I could change a whole industry by one forum post!. Maybe I should run for elected office.

 

[Prof Young]

Right information . . .

The NRA keeps it's Illinois members well informed of all pending legislation. None of those things mentioned in the OP have come to my e-mail via the NRA. We are facing some changes and there is a constant flow of new attempts by liberal legislators to restrict guns and gun use in many ways. But over all it's better in Illinois now then it was ten years ago. I have an IL CCW permit and I can carry anywhere that not restricted and that includes in Chicago. Our current governor is vetoing stuff as it gets to his desk. I'm not too worried but we have to stay vigilant.

 

[Double Naught Spy]

Nice tirade but I will make 2 points.

1: Him and I were the only 2 people there, he was responding to the question I asked him about the laws currently on the governors desk so no one else was there to hear his so called agenda to enrich himself.

2: Again he knows that I am NOT A STATE RESIDENT so those laws if passed would have no effect on me what so ever other then I would quit using his range facilities. He loses money not gaining a thing.

You seem to place a lot of credibility into circumstance that you perceive as credible instead of into actual facts. Here I will make the first of 3 points.
1. It does not matter how many people were in the shop and how the information came about. No credibility added there. You bit hook line and sinker. You were fed some sort of unsubstantiated rumor and are now spreading it as fact when you can't support it and nobody here can find any validation of your claims.
2. That you are not a resident is immaterial - adds no credibility to the claims.
3. It would seem that you are vehemently sticking to your guns on this to save face instead coming to the realization that no such proposed legislation has come about.

No I cannot confirm what was talked about or provide sources because I did not ask for sources. But then I suppose the sources you provided are the ONLY legitimate sources available to anyone.

Why are you passing on unsubstantiated gun store rumors as fact without any sort of verification?

I will say this, I grew up and spent 30years in northern Illinois, I still have family in Illinois, I still live close enough that I still receive all the Chicago TV New channels and still see many of the local newspapers. I still listen to many Chicago radio stations.

Which is pretty meaningless to any sort of credibility of your particular claims.

So verified or not I will suggest that whether published now or not many NEW GUN LAWS are coming to Illinois. Why? They have the power and they have the votes! Just watch.

Now we are to the backpeddling Chicken Little part of the substantiation. The proverbial sky is falling...that even if what you said isn't real, that something will happen in the future. This does nothing to support anything you have passed on here and isn't any sort of new information. Illinois has been a problem for a long time, we all know that, but just because it has been a problem doesn't mean that the claims you are passing off as fact are any more substantiated. This new vague warning of yours is no actual warning.

 

[CLYA]

As a long time business owner, I really doubt the "revenue" part of the equation. Is someone really going to get rich here, considering it's easy just to go elsewhere?

 

[Evan Thomas]

This entire thread is nothing but speculation about unsubstantiated rumors; this is not the purpose of this forum. When there is actual proposed legislation to discuss, we can do that, but this one is closed.