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Posted on 04/27/2007 7:25:59 AM PDT by bad company
The Chicago Police Department and the Illinois State Police have teamed up to make good on Mayor Daley's pledge that, if it were up to him, nobody would have a gun. Daley and his elite "CAGE" unit are apparently taking advantage of gun privacy loopholes to pinpoint certain individuals for inclusion in the confiscation program.
The ISRA is following up on leads in one case that has disturbing implications. An elderly first-generation Chicago resident was recently paid a visit by an Illinois State Police trooper. After asking to come inside the man's home, the trooper asked if the man owned a gun - to which he replied yes. The trooper then directed the individual to surrender the firearm. The man complied with the officer's demand and the trooper left with the gun. And the story gets better...
The gun in question was purchased legally by the man in the 1970s shortly after he became a U.S. citizen. When Chicago's infamous gun registration scheme went into effect in the early 1980s, the man registered the firearm as per the requirement. However, over the years, the fellow apparently forgot to re-register the firearm, and forgot to renew his Illinois FOID Card.
So...what does this all mean?
In the last edition of The Illinois Shooter, we reported on the activities of a shady taskforce known as the Chicago Anti Gun Enforcement (CAGE) unit. This elite squad, operated jointly by the Illinois State Police, the Chicago Police Department, and the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, supposedly exists to identify illegal gunrunners. However, information gained by the ISRA makes it clear that the CAGE unit is targeting law-abiding citizens, not criminal gunrunners.
Thanks to a ruling by a liberal federal judge, the CAGE unit now has the name of every single person in the United States who, since 1992, lawfully purchased more than one handgun in the period of a week. The CAGE unit also has all the makes, models and serial numbers of those guns. In essence, the Chicago Police Department is now registering guns and gun owners nationwide.
The ISRA has also learned that the CAGE unit has compiled a list of families where more than one person in that family holds a FOID card. Acting on that information, the CAGE unit is now contacting gun shops where those families have shopped, and is illegally registering all guns purchased by those families.
Now, it appears that the CAGE unit is scrubbing Chicago's gun registration list against the list of FOID card holders. Indications are that folks who have let their registrations and FOIDs lapse will have their guns confiscated. We have to wonder how long it will be until state troopers show up at the doors to confiscate the guns of non-Chicago residents who have let their FOIDs expire.
More later as this story develops.
Next thing you know we will be hearing Heil Daley in Chicago and Seig Heil elsewhere in America if this thing isn’t stopped.
Outrageous.
I repeat - never ever never ever let ANY LEO into your home without a warrant. The “if you have nothing to hide†crew just doesn’t get.
This is a violation of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Amendments. There was no warrant and without a warrant, the intruding officer may be killed for home invasion. Chicago and Illinois are playing with fire. This will not go to the courts in time to save the lives that will be needlessly lost.
Chicagoans deserve every bit of abuse those jack booted fascists heap upon them because they have voted Democratic party line.
Ya ask fer it, Ya get it!
Yup you are correct - I am paranoid - not.
Lest one think that mere private arms mean nothing in an era of modern armies, consider that Russia has declaired “victory” in Chechnya at least five times.
Armed individuals DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE! ! !
Oh you are right again - NOT!
Well, if its ok to break immigration laws, I guess its ok to break gun registration laws, too.
NO?
I’m confused./s
Most police forces operate just like gangs these days. For reference see the CHP.
Yeah, I turn 22 in October.
Then do what you feel you need to do. Get training! Google gunsite (Col. Cooper’s place). A great place to learn if you can afford it.
As I have experienced, there is no one above them who can tell them what to do, only a long drawn out court case can stop them, and chances are they will appeal if they lose as the stress from a long battle takes its toll on you.
You make a good point of law. Knowing one's rights and how to exercise them is if utmost importance. Of course in my personal case the only guns they might have any paper on have been sold so if they are specific I can honestly say I don't own them. The bottom line with the law comes down to what they can prove but honesty is always the best policy and silence is often the best defense.
I don't know about the ATF but Denver LE arrested 150 crips from two gangs just yesterday. It hasn't exactly been the norm though as they are characterizing it as "the biggest gang bust in Denver history."
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In Illinois it is illegal to possess or purchase any firearm, ammunition, powder, or primers without having a valid one in your possession.
Illinois and Cuba have a lot in common.
L
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