The Illinois House Wednesday passed a bill to require the submission of fingerprints, along with higher fees in order to own, shoot or even handle a firearm or ammunition. Kathleen Willis’ Amendments to SB-1966 would also end private firearm transfers and even require immediate family members gifted a firearm to report themselves to the Illinois State Police under penalty of a felony.
The bill passed solely with Democrat votes, Democrats who claim to fight for poor, inner-city minorities. At least at election time. SB-1966, with its increased fees, has a guaranteed disparate impact upon poor people of color within the Land of Lincoln.
But just like Black Codes and Jim Crow laws a hundred years ago, this bill effectively prices the exercise of fundamental constitutional rights out of the reach of poor folks in general, and disadvantaged inner city African-Americans and Latinos in particular.
It goes from $1 a year to $4 a year. If you can’t pay $4 a year how do you afford ammunition?
ReplyDeletewhy should you pay for a right anyway?????
DeleteSo the FOID card goes from $1 a year to $4 a year. If you can’t afford $4 a year how can you afford ammunition?
ReplyDeleteOtis McDonald II coming soon.....
ReplyDeleteFOID has been found to be unconstitutional. No other states require one. Relax. It will soon be a thing of the past. Some group or other is gonna get rich when this is overturned and they are awarded millions in legal fees
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