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In Illinois, gun owners may soon be forced to carry $1 million dollar liability insurance policy in order to own a gun. If they didn’t comply, their firearm licenses would be forfeited, and they could face jail time. The proposed legislation is sponsored by Illinois State Rep. Kenneth Dunkin, a former social worker. (Full text of the bill at the link.) It was introduced on February 6th.

What would the premiums run?! If the firearm owner can’t afford the insurance, or decides that it is simply crazy AND unconstitutional and refuses to participate, “the Department of State Police shall revoke and seize a Firearm Owner’s Identification Card,” thus making the the firearm illegal and the owner a criminal.

If Dunkin’s bill makes it out of committee and is passed by the Illinois General Assembly, a whole lot of people, identified through licensing and registration schemes, will have their firearms confiscated by the State Police. This is a blueprint Barack Obama and the bots will surely use to eventually strip many gun owners of their arms, Second Amendment be damned. Hey, it’s the Illinois way!

Gun ownership won’t be illegal, it will just be unaffordable. Drip, drip, drip.

[rbernie]

There is no way to know what will happen in response to an event that is not yet here. I suggest that our IL members contact their representative and lett them know how you feel about this.

If anyone has a specific plan of Activism to counter this bill, I suggest starting an thread in the Activism Planning forum. If new information comes out with regard to the bill's status, I suggest an update posting in the General Gun Discussions forum.