CALL NOW! Illinois Gun Dealer Scheme going directly to House for Vote

Here’s how bad it is:

Bad.

Here’s the run-down on Amendment 5.

The bill contains a gun ban for people who sell of liquidate all or parts of their collection. If you sell more than 10 guns in a year as trying to liquidate or improve your collections, or due to financial problems, you are then prohibited from buying more than one gun over the next 3 years

The bill sets up conflicting standards for defining dealers between the definitions section and Section 10 exceptions.

The bill tries to pick winners and losers. It exempts “big box” retailers of firearms yet put rules, regulations and fees on the smallest of dealers. If this is about regulating federal firearm licensees, then why not regulate ALL of them? Why should some FFLs not be regulated and others should? Either you’re a gun dealer or you’re not.

The structure of the bill requires up to 3 new licenses one for the owner, one for the corporation, one for the licensee in charge of records.  The state figures it’s going to cost about $1000 per license. If dealers decline, due to the regulation that price is only going to go up.

No Mailing customers. The bill prohibits releasing any “confidential” information that would identify individuals who buy firearms. This has the effect of prohibiting dealers from mailing their own customers since their lists are compiled from people who buy guns from them. They would not be able to do political or legislative mailers to tell their customers about legislation or issues effecting their rights.

The prohibition on sharing information also would have prevented the NRA from finding out about the database of transfers from FTIPs that State Police have built, because it would be illegal to share that information.

In addition to federal license requirements, and the new state requirements, the bill authorizes more local licenses and regulations on top of this monstrous regulatory nightmare.

Sheriffs can now object to the application of a gun dealer license. This is just another means of trying to give Cook County the ability to shut down gun dealers because they don’t like them.

Limiting locations. The bill seeks to limit locations of where gun shops may locate due to a 500′ prohibition from certain activities.

Limiting who can become a dealer by requiring work at a gun dealer previously stifles new business’ and entrepreneurship This is akin to an apprenticeship for which there are no standards.

The bill prohibits any person who doesn’t have a FOID card from getting a license. If a person lives across the border, but wants to operate a gun store in Illinois, since they can’t get a FOID card they are prohibited from opening a store.

The bill also repeals part of the preemption passed under the Concealed Carry Law in 2013.

Unlimited rules for fees, as the fees are NOT set by the bill.

They can still require surveillance equipment by rule.

They could require the registration of all firearm sales by rule

excuse any typos were doing this as fast as we can

UPDATE:  THIS JUST IN.

We are hearing they may go for amendment 6. . . stay tuned

Our take:  This reeks of desperation.  They are throwing everything they’ve got to getting his passed in the Illinois House.