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Illinois gun groups report confusion, 'civil disobedience' after deadline passes to register 'assault' weapons
Fox News via MSN ^ | 1/06/24 | Houston Keene

Posted on 01/06/2024 5:27:08 PM PST by Libloather

Illinois gun groups are reporting confusion from gun owners as the state pushes for them to register "assault" weapons under the state's new ban.

Jan. 1 marked the deadline for Illinoisans to register their assault weapons with the state before the ban signed by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker takes effect on Jan. 10.

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Eldridge said "the confusion is that nobody can tell you what's covered by this act." For example, one county prosecutor posted a notice that by Jan. 1, everyone must register their assault weapon and high capacity magazines — but Eldridge noted that magazines "aren't required to be registered."

"Nor could they be," Eldridge said. "They have no serial number."

"Then more recently, you had this governor stating on camera that automatic and semi-automatic firearms and high capacity magazines must be registered," he said. "Well, automatic is not mentioned once in the act, and as we talked about just a second ago, magazines aren't covered, so, well, one out of three is pretty good for this governor on anything gun related."

Eldridge also said "civil disobedience" is another factor at play with the low registration numbers.

"Almost every sheriff and most of the county state's attorneys have stated they will not enforce this act," he said. "So residents of those counties had very little incentive to register."

A spokesperson for the Illinois State Police (ISP) told Fox News Digital that "not every FOID cardholder owns a gun," which Eldridge disputed.

"The state police don't know how many FOID cardholders are firearms owners, but I think it's safe to say that most individuals are not going to go through the time, expense and invasive background check to get a FOID card if they don't intend to purchase a firearm," he said.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: assault; banglist; civildisobedience; illinois; lol; register; weapons
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Very confusing.
1 posted on 01/06/2024 5:27:08 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

perhaps some of them have learned the lessons of gov’t registration followed by confiscation followed by kristallnacht. i hope so.


2 posted on 01/06/2024 5:38:45 PM PST by dadfly
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To: Libloather

Jan. 1 marked the deadline for Illinoisans to register their assault weapons with the state before the ban signed by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker takes effect on Jan. 10.
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So, if I was a gun owner, am I supposed to access the ‘news’ 24/7, to find out what they are after me for?

What if I am just eating and sleeping and doing my chores and maintenance?

Not tuning in to the various MSMs.

A little shopping and some trips to the gas station.

OH? What is the ass-ault weapon of which you speak?

You must mean a pitchfork, or the ‘roo bar’ on the front of my pickup truck.


3 posted on 01/06/2024 5:39:31 PM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: Libloather

It was tried in Ontario Canada, nobody complied and it cost the province 2 billion dollars. It was quietly dropped.

CC


4 posted on 01/06/2024 5:41:06 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Libloather

It’s a shame. They were all lost when the canoe capsized


5 posted on 01/06/2024 5:49:13 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: Libloather

I have read ISP is still accepting registration after Jan. 1 with no penalty.


6 posted on 01/06/2024 5:57:50 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Vaquero

If I was a wrong doer who was shot by a homeowner, I would almost rather be shot twice by a .557/.223 AR-15 “Assault Style Rifle” than once by a .357 carbine. Then357 is just way more deadly I think. I am trying to convince the wife to let me buy a Rossi carbine in addition to my Mini-14.

https://gngsports.com/product/rossi-r92-carbine-357-mag-2/


7 posted on 01/06/2024 6:01:07 PM PST by Fai Mao (Strarve the Beast and steal its food.)
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To: Libloather

Your honor, I bought mine for hunting, target practice and home defense, not for any assault whatsoever.


8 posted on 01/06/2024 6:06:52 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Libloather

Who’s in my bed or what’s in my gun safe is none of any government’s business, your honor.


9 posted on 01/06/2024 6:08:47 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Libloather

good luck...

in New York, by 2015, 23,847 people applied to register assault weapons passed in 2013, so


10 posted on 01/06/2024 6:11:09 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Libloather

Just an aside: Gov Pritzker is a dangerous man and a great threat to our freedoms and liberty.


11 posted on 01/06/2024 6:12:04 PM PST by Robwin ( )
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To: Fai Mao

“Then357 is just way more deadly I think.”

.223 has a higher energy than a .357


12 posted on 01/06/2024 6:12:39 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: Fai Mao

Just remember that a 17 year old dropped a child rapist, an abuser of women, and disabled a third man’s arm with a what I believe was 55 grain .223.


13 posted on 01/06/2024 6:20:01 PM PST by Antihero101607
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To: TexasGator

.223 has a higher energy than a .357 That may punch a hole in you clean through and you live or the .357 may expand into a gaping hole your fist would go through and you’d bleed out in seconds.


14 posted on 01/06/2024 6:21:31 PM PST by BipolarBob (My investment choice for 2024 is pre-ban menthol cigarettes. )
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To: Libloather

Handguns do way more of the killing than AR style platforms.


15 posted on 01/06/2024 6:23:22 PM PST by lurk (u)
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To: Libloather

FU JB.

L


16 posted on 01/06/2024 6:25:12 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Libloather

There is no confusion....

Just like in NY after the SAFE act...it’s outright refusal to comply.

Years later, no one has complied. So time passing does not improve the situation for the gun grabbers


17 posted on 01/06/2024 6:35:08 PM PST by Ouderkirk (The modern world demands that we approve what it should not even dare ask us to tolerate.)
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To: BipolarBob

“That may punch a hole in you clean through and you live or the .357 may expand into a gaping hole your fist would go through and you’d bleed out in seconds.”

LOL!


18 posted on 01/06/2024 6:46:23 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: Libloather

Add let my FOID card expire years ago. I don’t need it because I lost my gun and a boating accident.


19 posted on 01/06/2024 7:08:39 PM PST by roving (Deplorable Listless Vessel Trumpist With Trumpitis and a Rainbow Bully)
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To: Antihero101607

I know. I am also trying to simplify ammunition. I carry a .357 revolver as a carry gun.


20 posted on 01/06/2024 7:31:01 PM PST by Fai Mao (Strarve the Beast and steal its food.)
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