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Illinois to Put Gun Owners on Sex Offender List?

Sort of but not really: Members of the House Judiciary Committee on civil law voted 5-5 to halt a bill from advancing that would prohibit state police from making public the names of the 1.3 million holders of Firearm Owners identification cards. The measure?s sponsor, Republican Rep. Ron Stephens of Greenville, says he will keep trying to get the ban approved. In Illinois, to lawfully own a gun, you need a FOID card. Thus, if you have a FOID card, chances are you're a gun owner. By making FOID card records public, Illinois would publicly identify all gun owners. Many of my friends in Illinois are bitching, but I think the law is great. Fuck people who don't own guns, and fuck beta males who don't own guns because their wives won't let them...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on March 03, 2011 (boomark / email).