Illinois: Cook County's Gun Confiscation Squad
Similar to what is going on in California with teams of law enforcement going to homes of people on a firearm prohibited list confiscating weapons. Cook County Illinois is doing the same thing. They are looking for people whose FOID (Firearms Owners ID) Card's have been revoked and the Sheriff thinks the people might still have firearms.
In Illinois a FOID card is required for purchasing firearms, purchasing ammo and also for also possession of firearms. In the article it was revealed that Chicago does this regularly but Cook County has just started its own confiscations in February.
http://www.suntimes.com/21526485-76...team-taking-guns-if-foid-card-is-revoked.html
"The Chicago Police Department conducts regular missions to recover revoked FOID cards and seize guns from the holders, but there wasn’t a concerted effort to do that in Cook County’s suburbs, Dart said."
The article went on to say that since its inception in February, 160 cards and more than 160 guns have been confiscated.
(Some of you may not know that the idea for a 'Firearms ID Card' came from New Jersey when it became the first state in the Nation in 1966 to require an ID card from the state to purchase firearms. Illinois started their Firearms ID Card scheme in 1968.)
The article brings home the point that permits and registration leads to confiscation, whether it was justified or not. In another thread on THR it was mentioned that in California's case, some of the information in the State's databases were wrong and potentially people who are not prohibited could have their firearms mistakenly confiscated.
Who is to say that maybe some of Illinois databases are incorrect too.
Similar to what is going on in California with teams of law enforcement going to homes of people on a firearm prohibited list confiscating weapons. Cook County Illinois is doing the same thing. They are looking for people whose FOID (Firearms Owners ID) Card's have been revoked and the Sheriff thinks the people might still have firearms.
In Illinois a FOID card is required for purchasing firearms, purchasing ammo and also for also possession of firearms. In the article it was revealed that Chicago does this regularly but Cook County has just started its own confiscations in February.
http://www.suntimes.com/21526485-76...team-taking-guns-if-foid-card-is-revoked.html
"The Chicago Police Department conducts regular missions to recover revoked FOID cards and seize guns from the holders, but there wasn’t a concerted effort to do that in Cook County’s suburbs, Dart said."
The article went on to say that since its inception in February, 160 cards and more than 160 guns have been confiscated.
(Some of you may not know that the idea for a 'Firearms ID Card' came from New Jersey when it became the first state in the Nation in 1966 to require an ID card from the state to purchase firearms. Illinois started their Firearms ID Card scheme in 1968.)
The article brings home the point that permits and registration leads to confiscation, whether it was justified or not. In another thread on THR it was mentioned that in California's case, some of the information in the State's databases were wrong and potentially people who are not prohibited could have their firearms mistakenly confiscated.
Who is to say that maybe some of Illinois databases are incorrect too.
