Because Illinois doesn’t have enough gun laws…

Last night, our buddy, Dan P. Eldridge who owns Maxon Shooter’s Supplies & Indoor Range in Des Plaines, Illinois sent us a link to an opinion piece he wrote for the Chicago Tribune. Dan was the fellow who prevented Sun Times journalist Neil Steinberg from buying an evil scary black rifle last year. It seems that the Illinois Senate thinks that there aren’t enough gun regulations to prevent legal gun owners from buying guns, and they passed SB 1657 which burdens the few gun dealers left in Illinois with more regulations under the guise of making Illinois safer from criminals. From Dan’s pen;

Federal firearms licensees, or gun dealers, are already licensed and supervised by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. ATF agents conduct extensive background checks and periodically audit every licensee. Most gun shops are staffed like mine: Every employee has a firearm owner’s identification card and most possess a concealed carry permit. Both credentials require comprehensive background checks. Adding another level of state background checks simply wastes scarce law enforcement resources.

Bill sponsor Sen. Don Harmon’s obfuscation of “trace” data has been truly appalling. Harmon, D-Oak Park, waited for the TV cameras to announce that 17 percent of crime guns are traced to just three gun shops in Cook County. Harmon’s implication is that these shops sell guns to criminals, but that’s not what a trace identifies, and he should know it. Law enforcement may trace a gun because it was lost, stolen, recovered by police in a benign setting or recovered at a crime scene. The only thing a trace tells investigators is where a gun was first legally purchased. He also doesn’t explain that the average time from first sale to trace is nine years, or that the overwhelming majority of Chicago’s crime guns are either stolen or bought on the black market. That’s because those revelations won’t support his campaign to drive Illinois gun stores out of business.

Among the restrictions, permission from the State to operate a business, is review by a 5-member board. The membership includes one “public safety advocate” – you know an anti-gun fascist. How many licenses do you think Michael Bloomberg would approve? Also, according to the text of the bill is this useful requirement;

A licensee shall post in a conspicuous position on the premises where the licensee conducts business a sign that contains the following warning in block letters not less than one inch in height:
“With few exceptions, it is unlawful for you to:
(1) store or leave an unsecured firearm in a place
where a child can obtain access to it,
(2) sell or transfer your firearm to someone else
without receiving approval for the transfer from the
Department of State Police, or
(3) fail to report the loss or theft of your
firearm to local law enforcement within 72 hours.”

Because signs stop criminals dead in their tracks. I wonder if the legislature will require back-alley gun dealers to display that sign in the trunk of their cars or the parking lot lamp pole.

Basically, the bill just an attempt by the legislature to do what they do best – write laws that burden the law abiding and do nothing to solve the problems they’re supposed to solve.

There is absolutely nothing in the bill that will end the gun violence in Illinois, but that doesn’t stop the legislature from pummeling lawful consumers and dealers with more useless regulation. Because gun control is mostly about control.

The Illinois House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on SB 1657 next week Tuesday, so spread Dan’s opinion piece far-and-wide.

Category: Gun Grabbing Fascists