We just defeated HB 1263 and HB 815 in Illinois for the lame duck 97th general assembly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0bDJW97xBAE

The 98th is being seated today. We expect more to follow.

House Bill 815 would have:

- Prohibit anyone without a FOID card from using a commercial shooting range, which in many cases would make it impossible to introduce new shooters to the safe and responsible use of firearms.

- Grant the State Police broad discretion to impose design, construction and operation standards that could shut down most commercial shooting ranges.

- Ban possession of magazines and other feeding devices that hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. A "grandfather clause" would require registration by owners of such devices and give the State Police discretion to impose and charge fees. Registration would require "proof of ownership" that could be impossible for most people to provide, and even registered owners could not transfer magazines within Illinois, except to an heir or a licensed dealer. Transfers of "grandfathered magazines" would have to be reported to the ISP.

- Violations of this magazine ban would be a felony. Failure to report theft or loss of a magazine would be a misdemeanor until the third violation, which would be a felony.

House Bill 1263 would have:

- Ban, at a minimum, all detachable-magazine semi-automatic rifles and pistols. Remington 7400 deer rifles, Ruger 10/22 squirrel guns, Glocks, 1911s, etc. This ban would include about 80% of handguns now sold in the U.S.

- Possibly ban all semi-automatic rifles and even revolvers or single-shot pistols with the capacity to accept muzzle brakes or compensators.

- Ban "assault weapon attachments," so possession of a thumbhole stock, a pistol grip,or a fore-end (a "shroud" that "partially or completely encircles the barrel") would be a crime even if you didn't possess a firearm.

- Ban all .50 BMG rifles.

Those I have contacted...

Durbin
Kirk
Bobby Rush
Daniel Lipinski
Luis Gutierrez


Illinois General Assembly
Don Harmon
Ira Silverstein
James F. Clayborne
Maggie Crotty
John J. Cullerton
Kimberly A. Lightford
Antonio Munoz
Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
Donne E. Trotter
Dale A. Righter
William E. Brady
John O. Jones
David S. Luechtefeld
Matt Murphy
Christine Radogno

Pete

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