Posted on 03/06/2007 6:30:39 AM PST by BobinIL
What you're looking at is the "short title". The full bill is at the link.
Illinois requires a Firearm Owner ID card to handle or purchase guns. So far, it is not an onerous process to get oneKeep in mind, Governer Blagojevich, back in his state representative days (D-Chicago, of course), came up with the bright idea to raise the FOID fee from five bucks for five years to five hundred bucks.
Blagojevich said the price was set high to make people think twice about buying a gun.Chicago Sun-Times February 15, 1993 John O'Brien"This is, in a small way, another part of the cooling-off period," he said. If the cost of owning a firearm is raised, he said, people will put more thought into the decision to buy one.
Blagojevich defended the increase, saying $ 100 per year is "not a significant burden. People interested in buying guns for the right reasons would certainly (pay) that."
It's not about guns, it's about control.
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