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Re: Denied Illinois FOID card
Posted by Jacky on 6/28/08

    The Supreme Court in this ruling has said that persons in Washington DC have a
    right to keep a gun in there home for protection and home defense. The keeping
    firearms out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill is a desireable thing.

    What will be interesting to see is if the FOID registration system in IL and
    similar systems in other states is/are a barrier to lawful firearm posession by
    persons who can lawfully own a firearm. And if the FOID system or how it is
    implemented is a significant obstacle that conflicts with the Supreme Courts
    ruling.

    Best case scenario, if you really want guns and don't want the hassle of
    registering them, move to a state that does not require the registeration of fire
    arms.


    On 6/28/08, FOID SYSTEM IS UN-CONSTITUTIONAL wrote:
    > Sure if you have solid proof that a person has mental issues from a certified
    > mental health professional that a person is a threat to society, then that
    > person should not have firearms. I really suggest that you have proof and can
    > provide that proof from a certified mental health facility that someone has did
    > something wrong, or shows signs that they are a threat to society before you
    > take those guns from an American citizen home, or you are violating the
    > constitution, and no better then the crooks we put behind bars for breaking
    > constitutional law.
    >
    > On 6/27/08, -- wrote:
    >> On 6/27/08, FOID SYSTEM IS UN-CONSTITUTIONAL wrote:
    >>> The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a constitutional right
    >>> to keep guns in their homes for self-defense, the justices' first major
    >>> pronouncement on gun control in U.S. history. Prooves FOID Cards violate a
    >>> persons rights.
    >>
    >> There are going to be challenges to existing gun laws because of the Heller
    >> decision but don't expect that felons or those with a mental health history
    >> will be allowed to own firearms. If you have spent time in a "rubber room"
    > you
    >> will still be restricted to owning a rubber gun.
    >>
    >> Read the decision carefully. It is available at:
    >> http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-290.pdf
    >>
    >> Don't expect that unrestricted ownership is now the law of the land should
    > read
    >> carefully. Read below.
    >> **********
    >> DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ET AL. v. HELLER
    >>
    >> "Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited.
    >> It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any
    >> manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose: For example, concealed
    >> weapons prohibitions have been upheld under the Amendment
    >> or state analogues. The Court’s opinion should not be taken to cast
    >> doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by
    >> felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms
    >> in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or
    >> laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of
    >> arms."

     
     

 
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