Posted on 05/16/2004 2:09:18 PM PDT by neverdem
Just under four months from today, Americans will be able to walk out of a gun store with an AK-47 rifle, an Uzi or other weapon of mass murder under their arm.
Unless Congress acts and Republican leaders show no inclination to do so the 10-year-old federal assault gun ban will expire Sept. 13. A word from President Bush would get a renewal before lawmakers, a majority of whom would probably approve it. But the president is silent.
Most people, including most gun owners, are properly alarmed. A survey released last month by the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center found that 71% of those surveyed and 64% of gun owners wanted Congress to extend the ban.
But congressional leaders, too accustomed to taking marching orders from the National Rifle Assn., have stymied the reauthorization bill that Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), John W. Warner (R-Va.) and Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced last year.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Here are the the Yes - No questions1 on the IL FOID Application:
2. Have you ever been convicted of a felony?
3. In the past 5 years, have you been a patient in any medical facility or part of any medical facility used primarily for the care or treatment of persons for mental illness?
4. Are you addicted to narcotics?
5. Are you mentally retarded?2
6. Are you subject to an existing order of protection which prohibits you from possessing a firearm?
7. Within the past 5 years, have you been convicted of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation of an order of protection, or a substantially similar offense in which a firearm was used or possessed?
8. Have you ever been convicted of domestic battery or substantially similar offense (misdemeanor or felony)?
9. Have you ever been adjudicated a delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony?
10 Are you an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States?
As you can see there's nothing specific about a DUI. However as I've previously posted, I did read about a person who was an inpatient in a 28 day Alki program. They tried (or did) pull his card under the 'metal illness', Five Year hospitalization clause mentioned in question #3. but I also recall he was appealing. Also, I just read the IL State Police website gun FAQS and again, nothing about a DUI.
#1 - Question #1 is the reason for the application, i.e.; new, renewal, name change
#2 - Question #5 should preclude any democRAT from owning a gun (sarcasm)
Guess I won't be listening to him anymore now.
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