Here it comes...

As expected, the liberal idiots waste no time getting their blood-dancing shoes on:

Feinstein calls for new gun control laws again after Navy Yard shooting

California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein is renewing her call for new gun-control laws because of Monday’s deadly Navy Yard shooting.

“When will enough be enough?” Feinstein said in a statement Monday evening.

 Yes, I agree. When will enough be enough?

So, DiFi, how do you fix this?

NBC Washington: Navy Yard Shooting suspect took assault rifle, pistol from cops he ambushed

"Gun control" cannot work until every gun, everywhere, is destroyed - every military weapon, every police weapon, everything - is melted down - and every round of ammunition is destroyed. 

That's just the beginning. You also need to erase the knowledge of firearms from the collective memory of mankind - every book, picture, blueprint must be erased, as well as the memories of billions of humans. No trace of the concept of "gun" must remain. Of course, this means abandoning all aspects of a modern industrial society, but we know people were happier before the Industrial Revolution!

Now we get to the fun part. Guns require metallurgy and machine tools, so all knowledge of them must go. Ditto for chemistry - you can't make ammunition without some sort of propellant and primers, so all chemistry knowledge must go. This will case some slight disruptions as food supplies and medical supplies will dry up - but then, the Earth IS overpopulated. We must all make some sacrifices for the greater good!

So, now mankind has been purged of the knowledge required to make firearms and ammunition. Probably less than ten percent of humanity has survived the process, most having died of starvation or disease - those who survived the riots and carnage as desperate people stooped to cannibalism to survive now have the Earth to themselves. To live on as did our distant ancestors who first learned to make caves into shelters from predators. Innocent and free from the curse of guns.

DiFi, I ask you - are you going to be in their number?

Or will your scrawny carcass be a meager dinner for some savage?

I'm betting some troglodyte will be picking your gristle out of his sharpened teeth.

Traitor

I of course refer to our "President", Jugears Osama:

12 years after 9/11, Obama sends guns to al-Qaeda

WASHINGTON , September 12, 2013 — Today the United States is waking up to news that the first publicly acknowledged shipment of lethal aid has made its way to Syria. It comes as part of President Obama’s efforts to support the Syrian Opposition, and punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the alleged use of chemical weapons, which violates a 1925 International Proclamation.

Source: United States Constitution:

Article III

a3.Section 3.

1 Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open Court.

I figure we've got a few million witnesses to this overt act.

When does the trial start? Will the execution be performed on the Capitol steps?

News you didn't see

Remember that "non-event" - motorcycle riders heading to DC on 9/11?

The 55-mile long LA contingent setting out.

Estimated 800,000 actually rode through DC - and no coverage, as it doesn't fit the script.

9/11/2013

That's all until Thursday.

Per Karl Denninger

Truth

Trayvon Martin got shot and killed by a "white" man, in self defense. Jugears and his crew of race-baiters jumped all over the case, as did the MSM.

Why? It was an election year, and Jugears could make his "if I had a son" speech to the benefit of  liberal Demonrats running for election.

But times change. There's no advantage to be gained this year.

http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/09/merritt-landry-shot-a-14-year-old-boy-and-liberals-dont-care/

Liberals only care about the people when they can use them to their advantage. Otherwise, they ignore them.

Every minority killed by drug or gang related violence is one less potential problem solved from their point of view - unless there is political hay to be reaped from jumping all over the issue.

Hypocrites.

Merritt Landry Shot A 14-Year-Old Boy And Liberals Don't Care? Read more: http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/09/merritt-landry-shot-a-14-year-old-boy-and-liberals-dont-care/#ixzz2eTw40EbZ
Read more at http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/09/merritt-landry-shot-a-14-year-old-boy-and-liberals-dont-care/#1jddFcbZs3UbLhsq.99

Merritt Landry Shot A 14-Year-Old Boy And Liberals Don't Care? Read more: http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/09/merritt-landry-shot-a-14-year-old-boy-and-liberals-dont-care/#ixzz2eTw40EbZ
Read more at http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/09/merritt-landry-shot-a-14-year-old-boy-and-liberals-dont-care/#1jddFcbZs3UbLhsq.99

Sheer idiocy

You can't get much dumber than this:

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Facility to Be Powered by the Largest Federal Wind Farm

The Energy Department today broke ground on the nation’s largest federally-owned wind project at the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas. Once completed, this five-turbine 11.5 megawatt project will power more than 60 percent of the plant with wind energy and reduce CO₂ emissions by over 35,000 metric tons per year—equivalent to taking 7,200 cars off the road. The Pantex Plant is the primary site for the assembly, disassembly, and maintenance of the United States’ nuclear weapons stockpile.

Under the Obama Administration, federal agencies have reduced greenhouse gas emissions by more than 15 percent—equivalent to permanently taking 1.5 million cars off the road. To build on this accomplishment, the Administration has established a new goal: the federal government will consume 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020—more than double the current goal of 7.5 percent.

The picture at the link says it all - the turbines are from Siemens of Germany, and no American jobs were created in their production.

Europe needs all the help it can get, after all - they are suffering under a socialist/greenie dictatorship...

 

Sworn enemies of the US, OK, Americans, no way!

The "2 Million Bikers to DC" on 9/11 has been denied a permit to "march" by the DC diktat.

There was no problem with a permit for Muslims to use that day to tell us that they are all peaceful and would NEVER stoop to terrorism in an attempt to force their "religion" and way of life on the United States.

Well, the bikes will go on - unless DC is willing to abridge the rights of thousands and possibly millions of people riding through the one place in America that absolutely is "public property".

RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OF WASHINGTON DC: On behalf of the National "2 Million Bikers to DC" Team, please accept our sincere apologies. We did the right thing and went through the proper channels to secure a no-stop permit to ride through your great city. We wanted to ride an established route, which would have taken us past the Viet Nam Memorial to the Lincoln Memorial, across the bridge into Virginia, and that's it! We would have been completely out of Washington DC, and your city would have been back to normal.

The National Team fully expected our permit to be rejected, and have already drafted a Plan-B. That Plan-B will be posted a little later today once the final details have been bolted down.

We know that California and Texas riders had kicks stands up yesterday. Many other western states have kickstand up today and throughout the weekend.

RIDERS: You are true, blue Patriots and we salute you for your participation in this event! Many of you have taken time off of work to be here. You have freely given of your time, your funds, and your bikes to ride shoulder to shoulder in this event. You have have left your families and your jobs to be here. Those of us who ride come from different clubs, chapters, and organizations. Some of us ride with family and friends and some ride alone. But on September 11th, we ride as one!! We ride to pay tribute and offer respect to those that lost their lives on that day 12 years ago, and to salute our troops engaged in the War on Terror. Riders!...we are the best of the best in America!! Our love for these people and this country is staggering, and we will make a display of Patriotism and solidarity America won't soon forget!!

Riders!...we lift you up to the Lord and pray that His hand and divine protection will ride with you all.

Rubber side down, brothers! See you Wednesday morning!!

Scary stuff

A couple of videos.

Jesse Ventura on FEMA camps:



"Classified" FEMA videos.

They were right!

I hate to say it, but for once the anti-gunner leftie-liberals were right.

Illinois finally passed concealed carry, and blood is running in the streets of that gun-free paradise Chicago.

Eight Killed, More than 25 Shot in Chicago Holiday Weekend Bloodbath

At least eight people are dead and more than 25 others were wounded in shootings over Labor Day weekend in Rahm Emanuel's Chicago. The shootings were widespread, from the far south and west sides of the city and spanning north into neighborhoods that see far fewer shooting incidents normally. 

At lease one shooting occurred in one of the city’s newly created “Safe Passage” routes, designated to provide a gun-free zone for Chicago students to get to school.


In the midst of Chicago’s bloody holiday, Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy continued to tout the city’s overall decline in murders from 2012 and push for “stronger gun laws.”

Oh, wait - Ill-Annoys has yet to even allow APPLICATION for a CCW, and Chicago's streets have been running in blood for decades under liberal Demonrat control...

Escalation

Obama's latest executive orders highlight need for serious push on H.R. 2247

As I previously posted, Jugears has taken it upon himself to bar re-importation of US-made weapons or lent to foreign governments - like the millions of Garands and Springields shipped to England and other allies during WWII.

His ventriloquist puppet Joe Biden tells us this is because modern military weapons have no place in American citizen's hands. As if "modern" (select fire" weapons could be sold to us under any circumstances since 1986:

Last Thursday, the Obama administration announced two new executive orders--two new infringements on that which shall not be infringed, without even bothering with the effort of hiding its dirty work behind the thin facade of Constitutional legitimacy that Congressional approval would have lent it. One of the orders, today's topic, will ban the re-importation of decades-old rifles, once provided to our allies, for whom they provided honorable service, but long ago replaced by far more modern firearms in every military on Earth, for sale on the domestic civilian market. From Fox News:

One new policy will end a government practice that lets military weapons, sold or donated by the U.S. to allies, be reimported into the U.S. by private entities. The White House said the U.S. has approved 250,000 of those guns to be reimported since 2005; under the new policy, only museums and a few other entities like the government will be eligible to reimport military-grade firearms.

He is also investigating "trusts" used by collectors of NFA weapons - and this one seems to be friendly fire:

NFA firearms collectors group initiated ATF gun trust rule change

The Obama administration’s proposed regulatory amendment regarding background checks for principal officers of gun trusts will still require a chief law enforcement officer sign-off, and the rule change itself was initiated by a petition from a group representing National Firearms Act gun collectors. That information comes from a draft Department of Justice notice made public this morning by firearms industry consulting attorney Joshua Prince.

 One of the biggest problems facing us who want to return America to the rule of Constitutional law is that so many people who should by all logic be foursquare with us are willing to sell out other groups for some illusory and usually very temporary exemption from tyranny.

Massive paranoia

"Smart guns taken to a ridiculous extreme:



This guy misses the whole point that any tech like this can be hacked to REMOVE the smart functionality quite easily.

Barring some magical ammunition that cannot be fired without an encrypted data packet, all a smart gun is is a gun with a "magazine disconnect" controlled by a computer. Bypass that, and it goes bang every time you pull the trigger.

If "they" really want to take our guns, "they" will likely just pack the Supreme Court and find the Second Amendment "unconstitutional" or something.

And then the revolution starts, or we find that America is indeed a country of sheeple.

Sunny update

Haven't watched her in a while - this is good:

Found while surfing

Tripped over this:

Su Xuecheng of the Robot Engineering Technology Research Center of East China’s Shandong University of Science and Technology announced that he and his colleagues implanted micro electrodes in the brain of a pigeon, allowing the researchers to direct the bird to fly left, right, up or down.

“It’s the first such successful experiment on a pigeon in the world,” Xuecheng said.
Animal rights groups, however, want this and the other experiments to end.

PETA issued this response: “Pigeons are not inanimate remote-controlled toys. Manipulating the brains of animals is cruel.”

What about the mind control liberals apply to our schoolkids? What about the MSM?

Cruelty is cruelty, seems to me.

More legislation by Jugears

Obama issues new executive orders against guns

President Obama ordered two more executive actions Thursday to restrict guns, banning the re-importation of military surplus firearms to private entities and proposing a regulation that would close a loophole in background checks.

On the day B. Todd Jones is being sworn in as the new director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the White House said the ATF is proposing to conduct background checks on firearms registered to a trust or corporation. The administration said felons and others prohibited from having firearms currently are able to avoid background checks by choosing this route.

Those trusts are an attempt to allow Americans to own Class III weapons without a lot of bullshit. Nothing more. They follow the letter of the laws as written.

Banning re-importation of American made weapons will only affect semiautomatic guns such as the M1 Garand, since any normal battle rifle these days is select-fire, and has been illegal for us peons to buy since the 1986 Firearm Owner's Protection law.

The article does not clarify the "loophole". There is a video - with irritating ads - of Biden parroting something he was told to, that ties the "trust" idea to wife-beaters. I guess that's the "loophole".

More bullshit from a master bullshitter.

 

A living wage for fast-food workers

Let's repeal all the minimum wage laws and let the market decide what a fry cook at McSlimey's is worth.

These idiots on TV screaming for $15.00 per hour for fast-food workers remind me of a famous statement by a California solon: "We won't rest until everyone has an above-average income!". That person was an early adopter of JugearsMath.

Interstate speed limits

Ill-Annoys recently raised their interstate speed limit outside urban areas to 70 MPH. Of course, this being Ill-Annoys, they also screwed with the fines and made getting a speeding ticket even more costly.

Almost immediately, some Wisconsin lawmakers proposed we do the same up here as far as the speed limits go. Within nanoseconds came the PSH squawkings about how horrible an idea this would be - the streets will run with blood, and people will be driving 79 or 80. Unacceptable!

Except for these facts:

First, drivers on Wisconsin interstates regularly drive 80 or or faster right now. Try driving at the 65 limit and see how fast you either get passed or grow a trail of angry drivers.

Second, the interstate system was originally designed back in the 1950's for the cars of the future that would easily and safely cruise at 80 MPH.

Third, and most important, the speed limits on most interstates outside urban areas back in the 1960's was 70 MPH. This was long before anti-lock brakes, traction control, air bags, and even seat belts, in cars that were not designed to survive collisions, and had handling characteristics the rivaled some farm tractors.

Let's put things back to where they were before 1968 - 70 MPH freeways, R&P limits in states like Nevada, and make safety equipment on cars an option for those willing to spend the extra money.

While we are at it, let's repeal the 1968 federal Gun Control Act...

New job

My current contract job runs out tomorrow. It originally was "temp to possibly hire", but the company put a "no new hires" policy in a couple months after I started, and they have an arbitrary 18-month limit on contracts, so out I go. I could be called back in six months under that policy.

Last week, out of the blue, the temp agency called me with a possibility. I had a phone interview, and last Monday, a face-to-face. Went well.

Yesterday, I got a call - they want me to start Tuesday, and I get a nominal raise. Got to go in Friday for the piss test and to fill out paperwork. It will be about ten miles further to drive - there's a pretty good shortcut so I won't have to drive through downtown Rockford every day.

And here I was thinking I would have to suck off the UI tit for a month or two before finding a new job...

Syria, other stuff

OK. My two cent's worth.

The Syrian government evidently has used chemical weapons - possibly the same ones President Bush was so soundly ridiculed for believing existed in Iraq - on Syrian civilians, killing thousands.

Our jug-eared President has drawn a "red line" - the use of chemical weapons, and has threatened dire consequences if that line was overstepped.

Our jug-eared President has also crippled our military with PC edicts and refusal to pass a budget.

So, now Jugears is sending the remnants of our once-powerful forces over there to "do something". Without a declaration of war and the approval of CONgress, as is his wont. Probably without enough support to do the job properly, and almost certainly hamstrung by PC rules of engagement designed to kill our troops while protecting the enemy.

So far, no American has been harmed,or American property damaged, but Jugears is desperate for anything that might distract the sheeple from looking at his record and his many outrageous crimes against America, such as the NSA and IRS scandals, and how his policies have destroyed any possibility of our economy recovering any time soon. Let's not mention the trainwreck that is OsamaCare ...

Meanwhile, the Hasan case at Fort Hood still does not define the crime as terrorism, despite testimony by the perpetrator that he was acting in the best interest of foreign terrorists. None of the victims get their justice even if this Muslim murderer is drawn and quartered slowly.

Gangs of black teenagers attack and kill elderly veterans and foreign tourists out of boredom - not a word from the White House.

America dies while he fiddles. And most of us go right on watching "So You Think You Can Dance"...

People. Get up and do something!

Karl Denninger has an idea - a general strike.

That might just work.

A good first step!

'1st draft of Articles of Impeachment' arrives

Obamacare not only is unconstitutional, it illegally bypasses Congress, infringes on states’ rights and marks an unprecedented and unauthorized expansion of Internal Revenue Service power, according to a brand-new book released today.

In “Impeachable Offenses: The Case to Remove Barack Obama from Office,” New York Times bestselling authors Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott quote scholars and legal organizations contending Obamacare constitutes a clear case of “taxation without representation.”

“Impeachable Offenses” shows Obamacare may violate multiple sections of the Constitution.

While the Obama administration may argue the healthcare legislation was upheld by the Supreme Court, “Impeachable Offenses” reports the White House has been hard at work changing the implementation of key sections of Obamacare without congressional oversight.

Now, if only the House would act...

The List!

252 Examples of Obama’s Lies, Lawbreaking & Corruption

 The following is a contribution from Dan from Squirrel Hill. The original title of the article is “Obama supporters will go hysterical over this well sourced list of 252 examples of his lying, lawbreaking, corruption, cronyism, etc.” it’s lengthy, but is a ‘one-stop shop’ for all the dirty details on the Obama presidency.

It's not complete, I'm sure. There are likely a bunch of secrets yet to have the stones lifted off them.

Dad

My Father would have been 107 today.

I wonder what he would make of our country today.

Federal Judge Establishes Islam as Official and Protected Religion of America

A federal judge in Oklahoma, Chief District Judge Vicki Miles LaGrange, has struck down an amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution forbidding the use of sharia law in Oklahoman legal proceedings.

To no one's surprise, she was appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994.

 

What about all of the laws that have been passed and upheld by the US Supreme Court banning the Bible, prayer and any depiction of Christianity from public schools, government offices and property? Haven’t all of these laws targeted a specific religion – Christianity? When the anti-Bible, anti-prayer and anti-Christian laws were passed, the majority of voters were against those laws but they were passed anyway. Now, the majority of voters want to do the very same thing against Islam and one liberal judge says you can’t do it, it’s wrong. I heard that at least one Oklahoma state legislator is asking Congress to impeach her or remove her from the bench. I agree that it needs to be done but the problem is that we have an administration, even more liberal and pro-Islamic in place to appoint a replacement, than the one that put her on the bench to begin with.
Read more at http://godfatherpolitics.com/12238/federal-judge-establishes-islam-as-official-and-protected-religion-of-america/#p8yDfBHfU0qZEykk.99

Federal Judge Establishes Islam As Official and Protected Religion of America
Read more at http://godfatherpolitics.com/12238/federal-judge-establishes-islam-as-official-and-protected-religion-of-america/#p8yDfBHfU0qZEykk.99Feder

The economy is getting better!

Except, it's getting worse. Depends on who you listen to.

Yesterday in the Beloit Daily News, headline - AP story about home sales increasing.

Internet story on Drudge or Hot Air today - home sales dropping so many years after the "recovery".

Take your pick...

Al Quaeda torching America?

Very likely:

Found a great price on EBay?

It might be too good to be true:

http://thecounterfeitreport.com/product_results.php?category_id=112&search_category=Sports+Equipment

Caveat Emptor!

Muslim wolrd takeover?

Sure looks like it's inevitable:



Some Americans have other ideas:

 

2 Million Bikers to DC 911 Remembrance

How come we aren't hearing about this 24/7?

The liberal-controlled mainstream media has a virtual blackout on the recent murder of an Australian.

Why? The justifiable shooting of a young punk by a Hispanic man was dragged out as "white on black" violence, and every effort was made to hide the truth while beating the "racist" drum. For months.

Three young black men were "bored", and decided to shoot someone for the fun of it.

Where's the outrage?

The biggest story I have found in the MSM is that some Australian ex-official is blaming "the NRA" for the crime.

The three black teens who killed the Aussie baseball player because “they were bored” are awaiting the paternity test results.
Read more at http://theblacksphere.net/2013/08/breaking-obama-has-3-more-sons/#esk6ZP1yemgelUJd.99

Adventures in Motorcycling

Came out of work today to find the back tire flat on the Yamaha.

Pulled this out of the center of the tread:

A 1 1/4" plain box nail. No idea where I picked it up, or how long I rode on it.

Limped to the closest gas station - there is an auto parts store a block North. Got a small bottle of Slime and a tire gauge.

$.50 of gas station air later, I was back on the road.

WTF of the day

This is disturbing.

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=38d3a1d5cc5a2de1c00cdc5b4836dde5&tab=core&tabmode=list&=

The U. S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, in support of the U.S. Army Research Development Engineering Command Armament Research Development and Engineering Center (RDECOM-ARDEC) and Several Program Offices, intends to issue a solicitation to all Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) holders to procure the following:

1. 592,825 (approx) AK Rifle Magazines: 7.62x39mm Caliber, New Production, Steel, 30 Round Capacity

OK. WHY does the Army want over half a million new production AK-47 magazines?

I can understand why they don't just get them from Eastern Europe - that would save money and avoid enriching some Congresscritter's relative or big campaign contributor who happens to own a factory here - besides, it would make sense to get AK mags from plants originally tooled to make them. Can't have common sense getting in the way of a little pork, after all.

Originally brought to my attention by this

Possible Emergency Alert For FEMA Region III: DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV

Below is a pretty big list of past events and current ones which are pretty much listed in order, and these events point to something big happening in FEMA Region Three which has DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV. Many different things are happening but they seem to be geared towards a monthly disaster that will collapse society and leave a shortage of food and possibly water. Read them below and remember this speculation on current purchases and political movement:

Economical transportation

Filled the bike on the way home. 1978 Yamaha XS650 Special, dead stock except for a newly installed electronic ignition.

Last three tankfuls:

120 miles / 2.22 gallons = 54.05 MPG

123 miles / 2.1 gallons = 58.6 MPG.

103 miles / 1.08 gallons = 57.2 MPG.

Before the ignition,  I was getting 50 - 52 MPG.

I don't baby the machine, either. I bet I could get upwards on 65 MPG if I did.

The People's Republik of Ill-Annoys takes another step into the dark

Back when concealed carry got past the Illinois legislature, everyone with a functioning brain cheered the end of the last holdout in the U. S. A.

But, as usual, in the dark, behind the shadows, out of sight of the people, THIS was passed:

HB1189 Enrolled LRB098 02638 RLC 32643 b
dealer and who desires to transfer or sell a firearm or
firearms to any person who is not a federally licensed firearm
dealer shall, before selling or transferring the firearms,
contact the Department of State Police with the transferee's or
purchaser's Firearm Owner's Identification Card number to
determine the validity of the transferee's or purchaser's
Firearm Owner's Identification Card. This subsection shall not
be effective until January 1, 2014. The Department of State
Police may adopt rules concerning the implementation of this
subsection. The Department of State Police shall provide the
seller or transferor an approval number if the purchaser's
Firearm Owner's Identification Card is valid. Approvals issued
by the Department for the purchase of a firearm pursuant to
this subsection are valid for 30 days from the date of issue.
(a-15) The provisions of subsection (a-10) of this Section
do not apply to:
(1) transfers that occur at the place of business of a
federally licensed firearm dealer, if the federally
licensed firearm dealer conducts a background check on the
prospective recipient of the firearm in accordance with
Section 3.1 of this Act and follows all other applicable
federal, State, and local laws as if he or she were the
seller or transferor of the firearm, although the dealer is
not required to accept the firearm into his or her
inventory. The purchaser or transferee may be required by
the federally licensed firearm dealer to pay a fee not to
exceed $10 per firearm, which the dealer may retain as
compensation for performing the functions required under
this paragraph, plus the applicable fees authorized by
Section 3.1;
(2) transfers as a bona fide gift to the transferor's
husband, wife, son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter,
father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, brother, sister,
nephew, niece, uncle, aunt, grandfather, grandmother,
grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law,
son-in-law, or daughter-in-law;
(3) transfers by persons acting pursuant to operation
of law or a court order;
(4) transfers on the grounds of a gun show under
subsection (a-5) of this Section;
(5) the delivery of a firearm by its owner to a
gunsmith for service or repair, the return of the firearm
to its owner by the gunsmith, or the delivery of a firearm
by a gunsmith to a federally licensed firearms dealer for
service or repair and the return of the firearm to the
gunsmith;
(6) temporary transfers that occur while in the home of
the unlicensed transferee, if the unlicensed transferee is
not otherwise prohibited from possessing firearms and the
unlicensed transferee reasonably believes that possession
of the firearm is necessary to prevent imminent death or
great bodily harm to the unlicensed transferee;
(7) transfers to a law enforcement or corrections
agency or a law enforcement or corrections officer acting
within the course and scope of his or her official duties;
(8) transfers of firearms that have been rendered
permanently inoperable to a nonprofit historical society,
museum, or institutional collection; and
(9) transfers to a person who is exempt from the
requirement of possessing a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card under Section 2 of this Act.
(a-20) The Department of State Police shall develop an
Internet-based system for individuals to determine the
validity of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card prior to the
sale or transfer of a firearm. The Department shall have the
Internet-based system completed and available for use by July
1, 2015. The Department shall adopt rules not inconsistent with
this Section to implement this system.
(b) Any person within this State who transfers or causes to
be transferred any firearm, stun gun, or taser shall keep a
record of such transfer for a period of 10 years from the date
of transfer. Such record shall contain the date of the
transfer; the description, serial number or other information
identifying the firearm, stun gun, or taser if no serial number
is available; and, if the transfer was completed within this
State, the transferee's Firearm Owner's Identification Card
number and any approval number or documentation provided by the
Department of State Police pursuant to subsection (a-10) of
this Section. On or after January 1, 2006, the record shall
contain the date of application for transfer of the firearm. On
demand of a peace officer such transferor shall produce for
inspection such record of transfer. If the transfer or sale
took place at a gun show, the record shall include the unique
identification number. Failure to record the unique
identification number or approval number is a petty offense.
(b-5) Any resident may purchase ammunition from a person
within or outside of Illinois if shipment is by United States
mail or by a private express carrier authorized by federal law
to ship ammunition. Any resident purchasing ammunition within
or outside the State of Illinois must provide the seller with a
copy of his or her valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card
and either his or her Illinois driver's license or Illinois
State Identification Card prior to the shipment of the
ammunition. The ammunition may be shipped only to an address on
either of those 2 documents.
(c) The provisions of this Section regarding the transfer
of firearm ammunition shall not apply to those persons
specified in paragraph (b) of Section 2 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 97-1135, eff. 12-4-12.)
(430 ILCS 65/3.3)
Sec. 3.3. Report to the local law enforcement agency. The
Department of State Police must report the name and address of
a person to the local law enforcement agency where the person
resides if the person attempting to purchase a firearm is
disqualified from purchasing a firearm because of information
obtained under subsection (a-10) of Section 3 or Section 3.1
that would disqualify the person from obtaining a Firearm
Owner's Identification Card under any of subsections (c)
through (n) of Section 8 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-125, eff. 1-1-06.)
(430 ILCS 65/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 97-1167)
Sec. 8. Grounds for denial and revocation.
The Department of State Police has authority to deny an
application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card previously issued under this Act only if
the Department finds that the applicant or the person to whom
such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance:
(a) A person under 21 years of age who has been
convicted of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or
adjudged delinquent;
(b) A person under 21 years of age who does not have
the written consent of his parent or guardian to acquire
and possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose
parent or guardian has revoked such written consent, or
where such parent or guardian does not qualify to have a
Firearm Owner's Identification Card;
(c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of
this or any other jurisdiction;
(d) A person addicted to narcotics;
(e) A person who has been a patient of a mental
institution within the past 5 years. An active law
enforcement officer employed by a unit of government who is
denied, revoked, or has his or her Firearm Owner's
Identification Card seized under this subsection (e) may
obtain relief as described in subsection (c-5) of Section
10 of this Act if the officer did not act in a manner
threatening to the officer, another person, or the public
as determined by the treating clinical psychologist or
physician, and the officer seeks mental health treatment or
has been adjudicated as a mental defective;
(f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature
that it poses a clear and present danger to the applicant,
any other person or persons or the community;
For the purposes of this Section, "mental condition"
means a state of mind manifested by violent, suicidal,
threatening or assaultive behavior.
(g) A person who is intellectually disabled;
(h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement
in the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application;
(i) An alien who is unlawfully present in the United
States under the laws of the United States;
(i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United
States under a non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined
in Section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26))), except that this subsection
(i-5) does not apply to any alien who has been lawfully
admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant visa if
that alien is:
(1) admitted to the United States for lawful hunting or
sporting purposes;
(2) an official representative of a foreign government
who is:
(A) accredited to the United States Government or
the Government's mission to an international
organization having its headquarters in the United
States; or
(B) en route to or from another country to which
that alien is accredited;
(3) an official of a foreign government or
distinguished foreign visitor who has been so
designated by the Department of State;
(4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly
foreign government entering the United States on
official business; or
(5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney
General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
922(y)(3);
(j) (Blank);
(k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5
years of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation
of an order of protection, or a substantially similar
offense in another jurisdiction, in which a firearm was
used or possessed;
(l) A person who has been convicted of domestic
battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a substantially
similar offense in another jurisdiction committed before,
on or after January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public
Act 97-158). If the applicant or person who has been
previously issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
under this Act knowingly and intelligently waives the right
to have an offense described in this paragraph (l) tried by
a jury, and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a
conviction for an offense in which a domestic relationship
is not a required element of the offense but in which a
determination of the applicability of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9)
is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure of 1963, an entry by the court of a judgment of
conviction for that offense shall be grounds for denying an
application for and for revoking and seizing a Firearm
Owner's Identification Card previously issued to the
person under this Act;
(m) (Blank);
(n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or
possessing firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois
State statute or by federal law;
(o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section
5-520 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the
minor is a delinquent minor for the commission of an
offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony;
(p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent
minor under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the
commission of an offense that if committed by an adult
would be a felony; or
(q) A person who is not a resident of the State of
Illinois, except as provided in subsection (a-10) of
Section 4.
(Source: P.A. 96-701, eff. 1-1-10; 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-227,
eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-1131, eff. 1-1-13.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 97-1167)
Sec. 8. Grounds for denial and revocation.
The Department of State Police has authority to deny an
application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card previously issued under this Act only if
the Department finds that the applicant or the person to whom
such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance:
(a) A person under 21 years of age who has been
convicted of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or
adjudged delinquent;
(b) A person under 21 years of age who does not have
the written consent of his parent or guardian to acquire
and possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose
parent or guardian has revoked such written consent, or
where such parent or guardian does not qualify to have a
Firearm Owner's Identification Card;
(c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of
this or any other jurisdiction;
(d) A person addicted to narcotics;
(e) A person who has been a patient of a mental
institution within the past 5 years. An active law
enforcement officer employed by a unit of government who is
denied, revoked, or has his or her Firearm Owner's
Identification Card seized under this subsection (e) may
obtain relief as described in subsection (c-5) of Section
10 of this Act if the officer did not act in a manner
threatening to the officer, another person, or the public
as determined by the treating clinical psychologist or
physician, and the officer seeks mental health treatment;
(f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature
that it poses a clear and present danger to the applicant,
any other person or persons or the community;
For the purposes of this Section, "mental condition"
means a state of mind manifested by violent, suicidal,
threatening or assaultive behavior.
(g) A person who is intellectually disabled;
(h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement
in the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application;
(i) An alien who is unlawfully present in the United
States under the laws of the United States;
(i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United
States under a non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined
in Section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26))), except that this subsection
(i-5) does not apply to any alien who has been lawfully
admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant visa if
that alien is:
(1) admitted to the United States for lawful hunting or
sporting purposes;
(2) an official representative of a foreign government
who is:
(A) accredited to the United States Government or
the Government's mission to an international
organization having its headquarters in the United
States; or
(B) en route to or from another country to which
that alien is accredited;
(3) an official of a foreign government or
distinguished foreign visitor who has been so
designated by the Department of State;
(4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly
foreign government entering the United States on
official business; or
(5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney
General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
922(y)(3);
(j) (Blank);
(k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5
years of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation
of an order of protection, or a substantially similar
offense in another jurisdiction, in which a firearm was
used or possessed;
(l) A person who has been convicted of domestic
battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a substantially
similar offense in another jurisdiction committed before,
on or after January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public
Act 97-158). If the applicant or person who has been
previously issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
under this Act knowingly and intelligently waives the right
to have an offense described in this paragraph (l) tried by
a jury, and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a
conviction for an offense in which a domestic relationship
is not a required element of the offense but in which a
determination of the applicability of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9)
is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure of 1963, an entry by the court of a judgment of
conviction for that offense shall be grounds for denying an
application for and for revoking and seizing a Firearm
Owner's Identification Card previously issued to the
person under this Act;
(m) (Blank);
(n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or
possessing firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois
State statute or by federal law;
(o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section
5-520 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the
minor is a delinquent minor for the commission of an
offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony;
(p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent
minor under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the
commission of an offense that if committed by an adult
would be a felony;
(q) A person who is not a resident of the State of
Illinois, except as provided in subsection (a-10) of
Section 4; or
(r) A person who has been adjudicated as a mental
defective.
(Source: P.A. 96-701, eff. 1-1-10; 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-227,
eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-1131, eff. 1-1-13;
97-1167, eff. 6-1-13.)
Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
changing Section 24-3 and adding Section 24-4.1 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/24-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 97-1167)
Sec. 24-3. Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms.
(A) A person commits the offense of unlawful sale or
delivery of firearms when he or she knowingly does any of the
following:
(a) Sells or gives any firearm of a size which may be
concealed upon the person to any person under 18 years of
age.
(b) Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21
years of age who has been convicted of a misdemeanor other
than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent.
(c) Sells or gives any firearm to any narcotic addict.
(d) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
been convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any
other jurisdiction.
(e) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
been a patient in a mental hospital within the past 5
years.
(f) Sells or gives any firearms to any person who is
intellectually disabled.
(g) Delivers any firearm of a size which may be
concealed upon the person, incidental to a sale, without
withholding delivery of such firearm for at least 72 hours
after application for its purchase has been made, or
delivers any rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a stun
gun or taser, incidental to a sale, without withholding
delivery of such rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a
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stun gun or taser for at least 24 hours after application
for its purchase has been made. However, this paragraph (g)
does not apply to: (1) the sale of a firearm to a law
enforcement officer if the seller of the firearm knows that
the person to whom he or she is selling the firearm is a
law enforcement officer or the sale of a firearm to a
person who desires to purchase a firearm for use in
promoting the public interest incident to his or her
employment as a bank guard, armed truck guard, or other
similar employment; (2) a mail order sale of a firearm to a
nonresident of Illinois under which the firearm is mailed
to a point outside the boundaries of Illinois; (3) the sale
of a firearm to a nonresident of Illinois while at a
firearm showing or display recognized by the Illinois
Department of State Police; or (4) the sale of a firearm to
a dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer under
Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18
U.S.C. 923). For purposes of this paragraph (g),
"application" means when the buyer and seller reach an
agreement to purchase a firearm.
(h) While holding any license as a dealer, importer,
manufacturer or pawnbroker under the federal Gun Control
Act of 1968, manufactures, sells or delivers to any
unlicensed person a handgun having a barrel, slide, frame
or receiver which is a die casting of zinc alloy or any
other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a
temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For
purposes of this paragraph, (1) "firearm" is defined as in
the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and (2)
"handgun" is defined as a firearm designed to be held and
fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a
combination of parts from which such a firearm can be
assembled.
(i) Sells or gives a firearm of any size to any person
under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid Firearm
Owner's Identification Card.
(j) Sells or gives a firearm while engaged in the
business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail without
being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section
923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
In this paragraph (j):
A person "engaged in the business" means a person who
devotes time, attention, and labor to engaging in the
activity as a regular course of trade or business with the
principal objective of livelihood and profit, but does not
include a person who makes occasional repairs of firearms
or who occasionally fits special barrels, stocks, or
trigger mechanisms to firearms.
"With the principal objective of livelihood and
profit" means that the intent underlying the sale or
disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining
livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents,
such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms
collection; however, proof of profit shall not be required
as to a person who engages in the regular and repetitive
purchase and disposition of firearms for criminal purposes
or terrorism.
(k) Sells or transfers ownership of a firearm to a
person who does not display to the seller or transferor of
the firearm a currently valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card that has previously been issued in the
transferee's name by the Department of State Police under
the provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card
Act. This paragraph (k) does not apply to the transfer of a
firearm to a person who is exempt from the requirement of
possessing a Firearm Owner's Identification Card under
Section 2 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
For the purposes of this Section, a currently valid Firearm
Owner's Identification Card means (i) a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card that has not expired or (ii) if the
transferor is licensed as a federal firearms dealer under
Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18
U.S.C. 923), an approval number issued in accordance with
subsection (a-10) of Section 3 or Section 3.1 of the
Firearm Owners Identification Card Act shall be proof that
the Firearm Owner's Identification Card was valid.
(1) In addition to the other requirements of this
paragraph (k), all persons who are not federally
licensed firearms dealers must also have complied with
subsection (a-10) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act by determining the validity of
a purchaser's Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
(2) All sellers or transferors who have complied
with the requirements of subparagraph (1) of this
paragraph (k) shall not be liable for damages in any
civil action arising from the use or misuse by the
transferee of the firearm transferred, except for
willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the seller
or transferor.
(l) Not being entitled to the possession of a firearm,
delivers the firearm, knowing it to have been stolen or
converted. It may be inferred that a person who possesses a
firearm with knowledge that its serial number has been
removed or altered has knowledge that the firearm is stolen
or converted.
(B) Paragraph (h) of subsection (A) does not include
firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of Public Act
78-355 (approved August 21, 1973, effective October 1, 1973),
nor is any firearm legally owned or possessed by any citizen or
purchased by any citizen within 6 months after the enactment of
Public Act 78-355 subject to confiscation or seizure under the
provisions of that Public Act. Nothing in Public Act 78-355
shall be construed to prohibit the gift or trade of any firearm
if that firearm was legally held or acquired within 6 months
after the enactment of that Public Act.
(C) Sentence.
(1) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (c), (e), (f), (g),
or (h) of subsection (A) commits a Class 4 felony.
(2) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (b) or (i) of
subsection (A) commits a Class 3 felony.
(3) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection (A)
commits a Class 2 felony.
(4) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of
subsection (A) in any school, on the real property
comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real property
comprising a school, at a school related activity, or on or
within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased, or
contracted by a school or school district to transport
students to or from school or a school related activity,
regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony. Any person
convicted of a second or subsequent violation of unlawful
sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (a),
(b), or (i) of subsection (A) in any school, on the real
property comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real
property comprising a school, at a school related activity,
or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased,
or contracted by a school or school district to transport
students to or from school or a school related activity,
regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony for which
the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less
than 5 years and no more than 15 years.
(5) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) or (i) of
subsection (A) in residential property owned, operated, or
managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on
residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
the real property comprising any public park, on the real
property comprising any courthouse, or on any public way
within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any
public park, courthouse, or residential property owned,
operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased
by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony.
(6) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (j) of subsection (A)
commits a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
violation is a Class 4 felony.
(7) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (k) of subsection (A)
commits a Class 4 felony, except that a violation of
subparagraph (1) of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) shall
not be punishable as a crime or petty offense. A third or
subsequent conviction for a violation of paragraph (k) of
subsection (A) is a Class 1 felony.
(8) A person 18 years of age or older convicted of
unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
paragraph (a) or (i) of subsection (A), when the firearm
that was sold or given to another person under 18 years of
age was used in the commission of or attempt to commit a
forcible felony, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, not
to exceed the maximum provided for the most serious
forcible felony so committed or attempted by the person
under 18 years of age who was sold or given the firearm.
(9) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (d) of subsection (A)
commits a Class 3 felony.
(10) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
commits a Class 2 felony if the delivery is of one firearm.
Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of
firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
commits a Class 1 felony if the delivery is of not less than 2 and not more than 5 firearms at the same time or
within a one year period. Any person convicted of unlawful
sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l)
of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or
she shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
less than 6 years and not more than 30 years if the
delivery is of not less than 6 and not more than 10
firearms at the same time or within a 2 year period. Any
person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms
in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a
Class X felony for which he or she shall be sentenced to a
term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more
than 40 years if the delivery is of not less than 11 and
not more than 20 firearms at the same time or within a 3
year period. Any person convicted of unlawful sale or
delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of
subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or she
shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less
than 6 years and not more than 50 years if the delivery is
of not less than 21 and not more than 30 firearms at the
same time or within a 4 year period. Any person convicted
of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony
for which he or she shall be sentenced to a term of
imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 60
years if the delivery is of 31 or more firearms at the same time or within a 5 year period.
(D) For purposes of this Section:
"School" means a public or private elementary or secondary
school, community college, college, or university.
"School related activity" means any sporting, social,
academic, or other activity for which students' attendance or
participation is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or in
part by a school or school district.
(E) A prosecution for a violation of paragraph (k) of
subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 6 years
after the commission of the offense. A prosecution for a
violation of this Section other than paragraph (g) of
subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 5 years
after the commission of the offense defined in the particular
paragraph.
(Source: P.A. 96-190, eff. 1-1-10; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-347,
eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 97-1167)
Sec. 24-3. Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms.
(A) A person commits the offense of unlawful sale or
delivery of firearms when he or she knowingly does any of the
following:
(a) Sells or gives any firearm of a size which may be
concealed upon the person to any person under 18 years of
age.
(b) Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21
years of age who has been convicted of a misdemeanor other
than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent.
(c) Sells or gives any firearm to any narcotic addict.
(d) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
been convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any
other jurisdiction.
(e) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
been a patient in a mental institution within the past 5
years. In this subsection (e):
"Mental institution" means any hospital,
institution, clinic, evaluation facility, mental
health center, or part thereof, which is used primarily
for the care or treatment of persons with mental
illness.
"Patient in a mental institution" means the person
was admitted, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to
a mental institution for mental health treatment,
unless the treatment was voluntary and solely for an
alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary
substance abuse disorder or mental illness.
(f) Sells or gives any firearms to any person who is
intellectually disabled.
(g) Delivers any firearm of a size which may be
concealed upon the person, incidental to a sale, without
withholding delivery of such firearm for at least 72 hours after application for its purchase has been made, or
delivers any rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a stun
gun or taser, incidental to a sale, without withholding
delivery of such rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a
stun gun or taser for at least 24 hours after application
for its purchase has been made. However, this paragraph (g)
does not apply to: (1) the sale of a firearm to a law
enforcement officer if the seller of the firearm knows that
the person to whom he or she is selling the firearm is a
law enforcement officer or the sale of a firearm to a
person who desires to purchase a firearm for use in
promoting the public interest incident to his or her
employment as a bank guard, armed truck guard, or other
similar employment; (2) a mail order sale of a firearm to a
nonresident of Illinois under which the firearm is mailed
to a point outside the boundaries of Illinois; (3) the sale
of a firearm to a nonresident of Illinois while at a
firearm showing or display recognized by the Illinois
Department of State Police; or (4) the sale of a firearm to
a dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer under
Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18
U.S.C. 923). For purposes of this paragraph (g),
"application" means when the buyer and seller reach an
agreement to purchase a firearm.
(h) While holding any license as a dealer, importer,
manufacturer or pawnbroker under the federal Gun Control
Act of 1968, manufactures, sells or delivers to any
unlicensed person a handgun having a barrel, slide, frame
or receiver which is a die casting of zinc alloy or any
other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a
temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For
purposes of this paragraph, (1) "firearm" is defined as in
the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and (2)
"handgun" is defined as a firearm designed to be held and
fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a
combination of parts from which such a firearm can be
assembled.
(i) Sells or gives a firearm of any size to any person
under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid Firearm
Owner's Identification Card.
(j) Sells or gives a firearm while engaged in the
business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail without
being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section
923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
In this paragraph (j):
A person "engaged in the business" means a person who
devotes time, attention, and labor to engaging in the
activity as a regular course of trade or business with the
principal objective of livelihood and profit, but does not
include a person who makes occasional repairs of firearms
or who occasionally fits special barrels, stocks, or
trigger mechanisms to firearms.
"With the principal objective of livelihood and
profit" means that the intent underlying the sale or
disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining
livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents,
such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms
collection; however, proof of profit shall not be required
as to a person who engages in the regular and repetitive
purchase and disposition of firearms for criminal purposes
or terrorism.
(k) Sells or transfers ownership of a firearm to a
person who does not display to the seller or transferor of
the firearm a currently valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card that has previously been issued in the
transferee's name by the Department of State Police under
the provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card
Act. This paragraph (k) does not apply to the transfer of a
firearm to a person who is exempt from the requirement of
possessing a Firearm Owner's Identification Card under
Section 2 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
For the purposes of this Section, a currently valid Firearm
Owner's Identification Card means (i) a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card that has not expired or (ii) if the
transferor is licensed as a federal firearms dealer under
Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18
U.S.C. 923), an approval number issued in accordance with
subsection (a-10) of subsection 3 or Section 3.1 of the
Firearm Owners Identification Card Act shall be proof that
the Firearm Owner's Identification Card was valid.
(1) In addition to the other requirements of this
paragraph (k), all persons who are not federally
licensed firearms dealers must also have complied with
subsection (a-10) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act by determining the validity of
a purchaser's Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
(2) All sellers or transferors who have complied
with the requirements of subparagraph (1) of this
paragraph (k) shall not be liable for damages in any
civil action arising from the use or misuse by the
transferee of the firearm transferred, except for
willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the seller
or transferor.
(l) Not being entitled to the possession of a firearm,
delivers the firearm, knowing it to have been stolen or
converted. It may be inferred that a person who possesses a
firearm with knowledge that its serial number has been
removed or altered has knowledge that the firearm is stolen
or converted.
(B) Paragraph (h) of subsection (A) does not include
firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of Public Act
78-355 (approved August 21, 1973, effective October 1, 1973),
nor is any firearm legally owned or possessed by any citizen or
purchased by any citizen within 6 months after the enactment of
Public Act 78-355 subject to confiscation or seizure under the
provisions of that Public Act. Nothing in Public Act 78-355
shall be construed to prohibit the gift or trade of any firearm
if that firearm was legally held or acquired within 6 months
after the enactment of that Public Act.
(C) Sentence.
(1) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (c), (e), (f), (g),
or (h) of subsection (A) commits a Class 4 felony.
(2) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (b) or (i) of
subsection (A) commits a Class 3 felony.
(3) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection (A)
commits a Class 2 felony.
(4) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of
subsection (A) in any school, on the real property
comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real property
comprising a school, at a school related activity, or on or
within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased, or
contracted by a school or school district to transport
students to or from school or a school related activity,
regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony. Any person
convicted of a second or subsequent violation of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (a),
(b), or (i) of subsection (A) in any school, on the real
property comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real
property comprising a school, at a school related activity,
or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased,
or contracted by a school or school district to transport
students to or from school or a school related activity,
regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony for which
the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less
than 5 years and no more than 15 years.
(5) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) or (i) of
subsection (A) in residential property owned, operated, or
managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on
residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
the real property comprising any public park, on the real
property comprising any courthouse, or on any public way
within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any
public park, courthouse, or residential property owned,
operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased
by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony.
(6) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (j) of subsection (A)
commits a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
violation is a Class 4 felony.
(7) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (k) of subsection (A)
commits a Class 4 felony, except that a violation of
subparagraph (1) of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) shall
not be punishable as a crime or petty offense. A third or
subsequent conviction for a violation of paragraph (k) of
subsection (A) is a Class 1 felony.
(8) A person 18 years of age or older convicted of
unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
paragraph (a) or (i) of subsection (A), when the firearm
that was sold or given to another person under 18 years of
age was used in the commission of or attempt to commit a
forcible felony, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, not
to exceed the maximum provided for the most serious
forcible felony so committed or attempted by the person
under 18 years of age who was sold or given the firearm.
(9) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (d) of subsection (A)
commits a Class 3 felony.
(10) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a Class 2 felony if the delivery is of one firearm.
Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of
firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
commits a Class 1 felony if the delivery is of not less
than 2 and not more than 5 firearms at the same time or
within a one year period. Any person convicted of unlawful
sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l)
of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or
she shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
less than 6 years and not more than 30 years if the
delivery is of not less than 6 and not more than 10
firearms at the same time or within a 2 year period. Any
person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms
in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a
Class X felony for which he or she shall be sentenced to a
term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more
than 40 years if the delivery is of not less than 11 and
not more than 20 firearms at the same time or within a 3
year period. Any person convicted of unlawful sale or
delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of
subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or she
shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less
than 6 years and not more than 50 years if the delivery is
of not less than 21 and not more than 30 firearms at the
same time or within a 4 year period. Any person convicted
of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony
for which he or she shall be sentenced to a term of
imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 60
years if the delivery is of 31 or more firearms at the same
time or within a 5 year period.
(D) For purposes of this Section:
"School" means a public or private elementary or secondary
school, community college, college, or university.
"School related activity" means any sporting, social,
academic, or other activity for which students' attendance or
participation is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or in
part by a school or school district.
(E) A prosecution for a violation of paragraph (k) of
subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 6 years
after the commission of the offense. A prosecution for a
violation of this Section other than paragraph (g) of
subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 5 years
after the commission of the offense defined in the particular
paragraph.
(Source: P.A. 96-190, eff. 1-1-10; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-347,
eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-1167, eff. 6-1-13.)
(720 ILCS 5/24-4.1 new)
Sec. 24-4.1. Report of lost or stolen firearms.
(a) If a person who possesses a valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card and who possesses or acquires a firearm
thereafter loses the firearm, or if the firearm is stolen from
the person, the person must report the loss or theft to the
local law enforcement agency within 72 hours after obtaining
knowledge of the loss or theft.
(b) A law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall take
a written report and shall, as soon as practical, enter the
firearm's serial number as stolen into the Law Enforcement
Agencies Data System (LEADS).
(c) A person shall not be in violation of this Section if:
(1) the failure to report is due to an act of God, act
of war, or inability of a law enforcement agency to receive
the report;
(2) the person is hospitalized, in a coma, or is
otherwise seriously physically or mentally impaired as to
prevent the person from reporting; or
(3) the person's designee makes a report if the person
is unable to make the report.
(d) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty
of a petty offense for a first violation. A second or
subsequent violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
Public Act.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

This part is particularly sneaky:

Any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of subsection (A) in any school, on the real property comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising a school, at a school related activity, or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school or school district to transport students to or from school or a school related activity, regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony for which the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less than 5 years and no more than 15 years.

 So, simply park "school vehicles" 999.9 feet apart in an area, and anyone giving their heirloom shotguns to their son without bowing to this illegal law goes away for 15 years.

Grandfather clause - if you own or buy within six months of the enactment of this law - what's that date? - you can "gift" your guns:

(B) Paragraph (h) of subsection (A) does not include
firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of Public Act
78-355 (approved August 21, 1973, effective October 1, 1973),
nor is any firearm legally owned or possessed by any citizen or
purchased by any citizen within 6 months after the enactment of
Public Act 78-355 subject to confiscation or seizure under the
provisions of that Public Act. Nothing in Public Act 78-355
shall be construed to prohibit the gift or trade of any firearm
if that firearm was legally held or acquired within 6 months
after the enactment of that Public Act.

It also appears they cover "printed" handguns:

(h) While holding any license as a dealer, importer, manufacturer or pawnbroker under the federal Gun Control Act of 1968, manufactures, sells or delivers to any unlicensed person a handgun having a barrel, slide, frame or receiver which is a die casting of zinc alloy or any other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For purposes of this paragraph, (1) "firearm" is defined as in the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and (2) "handgun" is defined as a firearm designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a
combination of parts from which such a firearm can be assembled.

Well, if you are an FFL or a pawnbroker, anyway. Don't any pawnbrokers who want to deal with guns need an FFL under federal law anyway?

Redefining who is elegible to own a weapon:

(f) Sells or gives any firearms to any person who is
intellectually disabled.

I would suppose that "voting non-Demonrat" is a intellectual disability, since they are the only people qualified to have valid opinions on anything...

This will kill private sales all by itself:

(g) Delivers any firearm of a size which may be
concealed upon the person, incidental to a sale, without
withholding delivery of such firearm for at least 72 hours after application for its purchase has been made, or
delivers any rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a stun
gun or taser, incidental to a sale, without withholding
delivery of such rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a
stun gun or taser for at least 24 hours after application
for its purchase has been made. However, this paragraph (g)
does not apply to: (1) the sale of a firearm to a law
enforcement officer if the seller of the firearm knows that
the person to whom he or she is selling the firearm is a
law enforcement officer or the sale of a firearm to a
person who desires to purchase a firearm for use in
promoting the public interest incident to his or her
employment as a bank guard, armed truck guard, or other
similar employment; (2) a mail order sale of a firearm to a
nonresident of Illinois under which the firearm is mailed
to a point outside the boundaries of Illinois; (3) the sale
of a firearm to a nonresident of Illinois while at a
firearm showing or display recognized by the Illinois
Department of State Police; or (4) the sale of a firearm to
a dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer under
Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18
U.S.C. 923). For purposes of this paragraph (g),
"application" means when the buyer and seller reach an
agreement to purchase a firearm.

Keep those records! Sgt. Schultz may be by at any time!

(b) Any person within this State who transfers or causes to
be transferred any firearm, stun gun, or taser shall keep a
record of such transfer for a period of 10 years from the date
of transfer. Such record shall contain the date of the
transfer; the description, serial number or other information
identifying the firearm, stun gun, or taser if no serial number
is available; and, if the transfer was completed within this
State, the transferee's Firearm Owner's Identification Card
number and any approval number or documentation provided by the
Department of State Police pursuant to subsection (a-10) of
this Section. On or after January 1, 2006, the record shall
contain the date of application for transfer of the firearm. On
demand of a peace officer such transferor shall produce for
inspection such record of transfer. If the transfer or sale
took place at a gun show, the record shall include the unique
identification number. Failure to record the unique
identification number or approval number is a petty offense.

Waiting on the lawsuit from GOA or Illinois Carry - I'll bet the NRA can't be bothered here.

Always carry!

You never know when you will have your life depend on it:

Sword vs. Handgun

One step forward...

ten miles back:

Illinois expands background checks to all gun purchases

(Reuters) - Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed a gun-control measure into law on Sunday that expands background checks to cover all firearms purchases in the state, closing what he said was a loophole that exempted gun sales between private parties.

The new law also requires all gun owners to report any lost or stolen firearms to local police within 72 hours. 

"Guns are a plague on too many of our communities," Quinn, a Democrat, said in a statement. "Making sure guns do not fall into the wrong hands is critical to keeping the people of Illinois safe. This commonsense law will help our law enforcement crack down on crime and make our streets safer." 

The expanded background checks go into effect on January 1, 2014.

Of course, none of these neat laws will have the slightest effect on criminals.