scout26
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Not that this is happening:
You work with a lady who is single. Her ex-husband or recent boyfreind is being a butthead. She's aready got the court order of protection against him. She's afraid and wants you to loan her a gun to defend herself at home. (No CCW in this state.) What would you do ???
Here are the caveats:
1. In order to posses, purchase, touch (or even look at) a firearm in this state you must have a FOID card. Takes 30 days (snicker, really closer to 90+) to get one, if you can (pretty much the same questions as on the 4473 and they do a background check).
2. She doesn't have a FOID card.
3. If you give her a gun you will have commited either a Class A misdemeanor or a Class 1 Felony depending on the DA. (I won't even ask if you would buy a gun for her. MAJOR NO-NO.)
4. Of course you teach her about The Four Rules. But, you can't take her to a range and have her try out guns (No FOID, No shooting at a public range or even your club.)
5. Kids may or may not be in the home.
Do you:
1. Give her the gun now and hope that she doesn't have to use. (if she does have to use it to defend herself, she has an affirmative defense. You however, are screwed once they trace the gun in question back to you. AND they will.)
2. Help her fill out the FOID form, have her get some OC and tell her that when she gets it you'll take her out to the range and then shopping.
Just a hypothetical.......
You work with a lady who is single. Her ex-husband or recent boyfreind is being a butthead. She's aready got the court order of protection against him. She's afraid and wants you to loan her a gun to defend herself at home. (No CCW in this state.) What would you do ???
Here are the caveats:
1. In order to posses, purchase, touch (or even look at) a firearm in this state you must have a FOID card. Takes 30 days (snicker, really closer to 90+) to get one, if you can (pretty much the same questions as on the 4473 and they do a background check).
2. She doesn't have a FOID card.
3. If you give her a gun you will have commited either a Class A misdemeanor or a Class 1 Felony depending on the DA. (I won't even ask if you would buy a gun for her. MAJOR NO-NO.)
4. Of course you teach her about The Four Rules. But, you can't take her to a range and have her try out guns (No FOID, No shooting at a public range or even your club.)
5. Kids may or may not be in the home.
Do you:
1. Give her the gun now and hope that she doesn't have to use. (if she does have to use it to defend herself, she has an affirmative defense. You however, are screwed once they trace the gun in question back to you. AND they will.)
2. Help her fill out the FOID form, have her get some OC and tell her that when she gets it you'll take her out to the range and then shopping.
Just a hypothetical.......