Posted on 05/02/2021 6:47:43 AM PDT by marktwain
Judge T. Scott Webb, of White County, Illinois, Found the requirement to obtain a (FOID) before owning a firearm in Illinois, to be unconstitutional. From the decision, Case 17-CM-60, 26 April 2021:
“A citizen in the State of Illinois is not born with a Second Amendment right. Nor does that right insure when a citizen turns 18 or 21 years of age. It is a façade. They only gain that right if they pay a $10 fee, complete the proper application, and submit a photograph. If the right to bear arms and self-defense are truly core rights, there should be no burden on the citizenry to enjoy those rights, especially within the confines and privacy of their own homes. Accordingly, if a person does something themselves from being able to exercise being able to exercise that right, like being convicted of a felony or demonstrating mental illness, then and only then may the right be stripped from them.”
The theory of Constitutional rights is they belong to people by the existence of the person. They are not granted by the state. They are to be protected by the state. In the case of Illinois, the process is reversed.
Judge Webb found, in the state of Illinois, the right to own arms and defend oneself in one’s own home was not assumed by the existence of the person. Instead, the state required the person to jump through hoops and apply to the state to receive permission to exercise their rights. This is precisely the opposite of Constitutional principles.
The rights are presumed to be there. They may only be taken away in certain strictly defined circumstances. In Illinois, they are taken away from everyone, and individuals may then petition the government to get their rights back.
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...or so that is the ‘strategy’ of SOME IDIOTS on this site.
Generalizing your personal attack is still a personal attack and against the rules on this site. Please be respectful of those you disagree with.
Wow. Our side including the Constitution got a win?! Nice change of pace!!!
Bkmk
Thank you. I had no idea what that was.
I figured others would benefit from that. Otherwise, I was prepared to be the only dummy on the board who required enlightenment. 8>)
It’s a fair question. Answer serves to correctly undermine the argument that gun control is somehow necessary - when gun control causes more problems than it allegedly solves.
Chances are the criminal will receive a pat on the hand and released, after using said firearm in the execution of a crime. So why would they waste their time obtaining an FOID card? 8>p
Duh! The 2nd amendment, as was the entire constitution, written in plain language that farmers could understand.
I think we both know this is going to the USSC no matter which side wins at the appellate or district court level. So this will be finally resolved in what, 3-5 years when the USSC finally take it up?
I hate Hellinois Democrats. Republicans too as they’re no better.
Excellent and truthful meme.
I assure you that somewhere the left has a 'study' which has results supporting their policies in spite of the painful, omnipresent reality of urban disasters such as Chicago, D.C. et al.
Fair comment...just trying to understand how we take on The Man, after letting The Man take our guns, which he will do, at least to 99% of us, including most of the ‘come and get them’ crowd, once they see what tools the government has at its disposal, most of them not even requiring ATF/FBI types to do anything more than type in a few keystrokes, while at their nice, air conditioned, offices in DC.
Do people REALLY THINK that they can fight The Man, once he’s given the green light? Good luck there!!!
“Apparently if you are a criminal you don’t need one to buy a gun...only the law abiding.”
Well phrased.
Blinded, shackled, covered. Being led to their death by gunfire.
They are probably being sold as sex slaves.
Doesn’t matter - Down State GOP judges are always over ruled by the Illinois Supreme Court Democrats
The ruling is meaningless
If they are rights that belong to people simply by existence then they are not constitutional rights, but natural rights. Constitutional rights implies that the rights flow from the Constitution. It's an important distinction even though our enemies couldn't care less. They just want us disarmed and defenseless.
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