I was made aware of tis in the ISRA's weekly update email yesterday. This bill is supposed to clean up the concealed carry law. This is what it says:
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ful...s=0&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=0114&GAID=12&Session=
So the way I read it, if you are unfortunate enough to have a disagreement with a school administrator or a law enforcement officer all that person has to do is pick up the phone, call the ISP and your FOID card is gone. The law makes sure that the person who declared you a danger to yourself or others remains anonymous. It also states that the person making the notification is indemnified from criminal, civil and professional liability.
The law says the ISP should make a determination on if the FOID card should be revoked. Given that there are only so many investigators and that avoiding civil liability is a primary concern for law enforcement agencies does anyone really believe that there will be an investigation?
This bill clarifies a similar provision in the original concealed carry bill.
The bill also eliminates the provision for credit to be awarded for training courses recognized by the laws of another state. It requires all training courses recognized by other states to be approved by the ISP.
The bill also eliminates the exemption for former law enforcement officers from the 16 hour course and now only gives them credit for 8 hours training.
The bill adds the requirement that during a traffic stop passengers in a vehicle who have a concealed carry license must comply with the disclosure requirements.
I'm not sure how this fits in with the Illinois supreme Court Decision that requires officers to be able to articulate reasonable suspicion before asking passengers in a vehicle for ID and checking them for warrants.
The "fixes" to the bill just make it worse.
Of course the ISRA views all this as positive:
Somebody buy my property here in Marion County so I can get out of this state!!
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ful...s=0&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=0114&GAID=12&Session=
So the way I read it, if you are unfortunate enough to have a disagreement with a school administrator or a law enforcement officer all that person has to do is pick up the phone, call the ISP and your FOID card is gone. The law makes sure that the person who declared you a danger to yourself or others remains anonymous. It also states that the person making the notification is indemnified from criminal, civil and professional liability.
The law says the ISP should make a determination on if the FOID card should be revoked. Given that there are only so many investigators and that avoiding civil liability is a primary concern for law enforcement agencies does anyone really believe that there will be an investigation?
This bill clarifies a similar provision in the original concealed carry bill.
The bill also eliminates the provision for credit to be awarded for training courses recognized by the laws of another state. It requires all training courses recognized by other states to be approved by the ISP.
The bill also eliminates the exemption for former law enforcement officers from the 16 hour course and now only gives them credit for 8 hours training.
The bill adds the requirement that during a traffic stop passengers in a vehicle who have a concealed carry license must comply with the disclosure requirements.
I'm not sure how this fits in with the Illinois supreme Court Decision that requires officers to be able to articulate reasonable suspicion before asking passengers in a vehicle for ID and checking them for warrants.
The "fixes" to the bill just make it worse.
Of course the ISRA views all this as positive:
Somebody buy my property here in Marion County so I can get out of this state!!
you know so we can call and write and make a difference.
), one must never tell the wrong people, "I'm feeling very down today.", or "Dang, I'm really P-Oed at so-and-so for ripping me off".
