Confiscation of Registered guns to begin in Chicago.

[PirateJoe]

The Chicago Police Department and the Illinois State Police have teamed up to make good on Mayor Daley's pledge that, if it were up to him, nobody would have a gun. Daley and his elite "CAGE" unit are apparently taking advantage of gun privacy loopholes to pinpoint certain individuals for inclusion in the confiscation program.

The ISRA is following up on leads in one case that has disturbing implications. An elderly first-generation Chicago resident was recently paid a visit by an Illinois State Police trooper. After asking to come inside the man's home, the trooper asked if the man owned a gun - to which he replied yes. The trooper then directed the individual to surrender the firearm. The man complied with the officer's demand and the trooper left with the gun. And the story gets better...

The gun in question was purchased legally by the man in the 1970s shortly after he became a U.S. citizen. When Chicago's infamous gun registration scheme went into effect in the early 1980s, the man registered the firearm as per the requirement. However, over the years, the fellow apparently forgot to re-register the firearm, and forgot to renew his Illinois FOID Card.

So...what does this all mean?

In the last edition of The Illinois Shooter, we reported on the activities of a shady taskforce known as the Chicago Anti Gun Enforcement (CAGE) unit. This elite squad, operated jointly by the Illinois State Police, the Chicago Police Department, and the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, supposedly exists to identify illegal gunrunners. However, information gained by the ISRA makes it clear that the CAGE unit is targeting law-abiding citizens, not criminal gunrunners.

Thanks to a ruling by a liberal federal judge, the CAGE unit now has the name of every single person in the United States who, since 1992, lawfully purchased more than one handgun in the period of a week. The CAGE unit also has all the makes, models and serial numbers of those guns. In essence, the Chicago Police Department is now registering guns and gun owners nationwide.

The ISRA has also learned that the CAGE unit has compiled a list of families where more than one person in that family holds a FOID card. Acting on that information, the CAGE unit is now contacting gun shops where those families have shopped, and is illegally registering all guns purchased by those families.

Now, it appears that the CAGE unit is scrubbing Chicago's gun registration list against the list of FOID card holders. Indications are that folks who have let their registrations and FOIDs lapse will have their guns confiscated. We have to wonder how long it will be until state troopers show up at the doors to confiscate the guns of non-Chicago residents who have let their FOIDs expire.

More later as this story develops.

http://www.kc3.com/news/chicago_confiscation.htm

 

[ArmedBear]

. After asking to come inside the man's home, the trooper asked if the man owned a gun - to which he replied yes. The trooper then directed the individual to surrender the firearm. The man complied with the officer's demand and the trooper left with the gun. And the story gets better...

Are you a cop on duty?
Want to come into my house?
Better have a warrant.

It's sad that this man trusted his adopted country's government.

 

[SoCalShooter]

darnit now my blood is boiling. I am with armedbear on this one. wanna come in. Get a warrant. I now feel very sad for that old man.

 

[illini52]

This article is from like 3 years ago.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=97365

 

[carpenter]

This article is from like 3 years ago.

What was the outcome? Did they confiscate all the guns of people who forgot to update paperwork?

 

[TonyStarks]

I dont think this will fly in florida. Also, it always seems like they punish the people who obey the law and reward the criminals by disarming good people.
Sad and scary....

 

[glummer]

Where?

The CAGE unit also has all the makes, models and serial numbers of those guns. In essence, the Chicago Police Department is now registering guns and gun owners nationwide.

Where did the data come from?? I thought that information was scattered around the country in the books of individual FFL's.

 

[Car Knocker]

PirateJoe,

What was your point in posting this 3-year old article? Are there new developments you want to bring up?

 

[DonP]

The CAGE units have been pretty low key after this article appeared a few years ago. I haven't heard much fromt hem except they are still ine xistence. Lately Chicago cops have been way too busy beating up 95 pound female bartenders on videotape.

The information on whoowns what comes from our Governor, who has repeatedly violated the law and had the Illinois State Police retain all records of firearms purchases far beyond the legal dates. His AG, Lisa Madigan another Cook County political hack, is aiding and abbeting him, claiming it is an effort to control illegal purchases and spot possible large handgun buys by gang members.

They are stalling in the courts on this and trying to get his all Democrat legislature to change the state laws to pre-empt the required destruction of the records.

Somebody explain to me again how an all Democrat govenrment won't really be a threat to us again?

 

[BrianB]

old

 

[carpenter]

Somebody explain to me again how an all Democrat govenrment won't really be a threat to us again?

Well, you see, in an all dim gov we all hold hands across America and sing "We are the world." Butterflies land on our heads and lions lie down with sheep. Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy sprinkle majic dust on us and we live happily ever after.

Then the explosion from the terrorist's bomb wakes us from our nap.

 

[NukemJim]

Where did the data come from?? I thought that information was scattered around the country in the books of individual FFL's.

My understanding, as always could be wrong, is that City of Chi sued BATFE and won so they get all (nationwide) the paperwork filled out when you buy more than one handgun at a time.

NukemJim

 

[Crunker1337]

And people DARE tell us that after this incident and Katrina, "No one wants to take your guns".

 

[ServiceSoon]

This proves that gun registrations leads to confiscation in AMERICA!

 

[Nanook]

This proves that gun registrations leads to confiscation in AMERICA!

No doubt about that one, but don't equate Chicago with America. There is no comparison.

 

[obxned]

See below:

 

[xd9fan]

its time to sue....and if the "system" no longer will support the Bill of Rights....

bullets need to fly....but then I assuming americans in that city dont want to be slaves..

 

[Jim K]

When politicians don't want to go after the crooks who pay them off, and corrupt yellow belly cops find it easier to confront old men than real criminals, the result is what you have here.

Jim

 

[BrianB]

Yep, Daley is a dictator...and nobody decent can mount a campaign against him. I think Saddam got fewer % votes in his last election. Hmmm

 

[Old Fuff]

I'll admit that in Chicago they vote the graveyards...

But the fact remains that time after time, Daley has been elected, and re-elected. Obviously the people who keep electing him deserve what they get.

And they are really getting it.

 

[Autolycus]

You all seem to forget that this article is a few years old.

 

[MechAg94]

They said specifically that they have the paperwork for purchases of 2 or more handguns in one week. The FFL has to report your purchase if you buy more than one handgun a week. At least that is what an FFL I used to use told me. It looks like they are getting that information. That rule doesn't apply to long guns.