It is not my
intention to comment on each of the 200-plus new laws in Illinois starting this
week-----but----a few have caught my eye.
Illinois is
already not friendly to the second amendment. Our Firearm Owners ID card is
just a way to collect more money from gun owners. Even with some of the most
restrictive gun laws in the nation, there is a consistent body count in
Chicago.
The latest
attempt at potentially threatening our right to bear arms is the “Red Flag”
law. The red flag allows family members or police to ask a judge to take guns
from a person if they think they’re
dangerous. Mind you, this strips the gun owner in question of his/her guns….without
being convicted of a crime.
Truly, a
slippery slope….and I have to think it will be challenged on a constitutional
basis.
One of the
reasons given in support of the new law is it will stop suicides. That’s lame.
Someone bent on suicide will do so without a gun. This law leaves it up to a
judge to determine if a person is too dangerous to hold onto weapons. I have to
tell you----this opens a whole can of worms. We can strip someone’s
constitutional rights merely based on our belief that they are a threat to
themselves and others.
Laws are
already in place to revoke a person’s FOID card, which would effectively make
their ownership of guns illegal.
I’m not
trying to be cavalier about this. I understand we don’t need unstable people
toting AK-47s through downtown. But we are putting a great deal of power in the
hands of our authorities to determine who is dangerous….and then allowing the
state to take away a constitutionally guaranteed right---without a trial.
I think it
crosses a line.
It is a direct violation of the 2nd and 14th amendments. Furthermore, we've all noticed how those arrested in Chicago's war zone always produce an IL FOID card as their means of identification and right (in this state) to own a firearm. IL legislators are the poster children for social engineering silliness. Who needs freedom anyway...when you now have 72 hours to 'cool off'
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