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Last Thursday the Illinois State Senate passed SB-1657
The bill is sponsored by Senator Donald Harmon who is best described as a wolf in sheep’s clothing when it comes to gun control. Despite his conciliatory comments, Harmon is a Democrat with a long history of being a rabid anti-gun fanatic who is more than chummy with the gun hating Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly.
SB-1657 would create a state-level gun dealer licensing scheme placing an additional, heavy and duplicative burden on federally approved and regulated gun dealers. Among many concerns, it establishes qualifications for obtaining dealership licenses beyond that of the federal FFL requirements and for being employed as a dealership agent. It would require enhanced security systems, provide penalties for violations, initiate a process for additional rulemaking, allow the State Police to walk into any FFL’s place of business to demand an audit, and establish the state may levy whatever fees it wishes without legislative oversight.
According to Senator Harmon’s comments during the third reading of the bill and immediately before it was passed, it exempts sellers of fewer than 10 firearms per year. Let that sink in a moment. There is an estimated 3,000 FFLs in Illinois and no estimate of how many sell fewer than 10 firearms a year. It’s a fair guess the increased regulations are going to hit a lot of small mom-and-pop businesses very hard but consider the other side of that number. Non-FFL holders, meaning John Q. Public, will not be able to sell more than nine firearms in a given year. To do so means having to become a licensed dealer with all the ramifications that surrounds it.
You Won't Believe What Springfield Armory and Rock River Arms Just Did to Illinois' FFLs
Springfield Army and Rock River Arms are pushing back hard against claims that they “sold out” the gun rights community by accepting a carve-out that exempts them from the proposed Gun Dealer Licensing Act in Illinois.
“At the time of my initial statement to the media, I was ill-informed of the ramifications of this bill and its detrimental effects to the Second Amendment, which I have personally fought to protect my entire life. I can tell you now, we at Springfield Armory are unequivocally 100 percent against this bill and will continue to work with the NRA and others to ensure that it is defeated,” said Dennis Reese, Chief Executive Officer, Springfield Armory.
Springfield Armory, like Rock River Arms, was not aware of the actions taken by our trade association, IFMA, until after the fact. We take this situation very seriously and are looking into how this very unfortunate lapse in communication occurred.
Put Away The Pitchforks: Springfield Armory & Rock River Arms Did NOT Sell Out Gun Owners
The bill is sponsored by Senator Donald Harmon who is best described as a wolf in sheep’s clothing when it comes to gun control. Despite his conciliatory comments, Harmon is a Democrat with a long history of being a rabid anti-gun fanatic who is more than chummy with the gun hating Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly.
SB-1657 would create a state-level gun dealer licensing scheme placing an additional, heavy and duplicative burden on federally approved and regulated gun dealers. Among many concerns, it establishes qualifications for obtaining dealership licenses beyond that of the federal FFL requirements and for being employed as a dealership agent. It would require enhanced security systems, provide penalties for violations, initiate a process for additional rulemaking, allow the State Police to walk into any FFL’s place of business to demand an audit, and establish the state may levy whatever fees it wishes without legislative oversight.
According to Senator Harmon’s comments during the third reading of the bill and immediately before it was passed, it exempts sellers of fewer than 10 firearms per year. Let that sink in a moment. There is an estimated 3,000 FFLs in Illinois and no estimate of how many sell fewer than 10 firearms a year. It’s a fair guess the increased regulations are going to hit a lot of small mom-and-pop businesses very hard but consider the other side of that number. Non-FFL holders, meaning John Q. Public, will not be able to sell more than nine firearms in a given year. To do so means having to become a licensed dealer with all the ramifications that surrounds it.
You Won't Believe What Springfield Armory and Rock River Arms Just Did to Illinois' FFLs
Springfield Army and Rock River Arms are pushing back hard against claims that they “sold out” the gun rights community by accepting a carve-out that exempts them from the proposed Gun Dealer Licensing Act in Illinois.
“At the time of my initial statement to the media, I was ill-informed of the ramifications of this bill and its detrimental effects to the Second Amendment, which I have personally fought to protect my entire life. I can tell you now, we at Springfield Armory are unequivocally 100 percent against this bill and will continue to work with the NRA and others to ensure that it is defeated,” said Dennis Reese, Chief Executive Officer, Springfield Armory.
Springfield Armory, like Rock River Arms, was not aware of the actions taken by our trade association, IFMA, until after the fact. We take this situation very seriously and are looking into how this very unfortunate lapse in communication occurred.
Put Away The Pitchforks: Springfield Armory & Rock River Arms Did NOT Sell Out Gun Owners
