Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Friday, August 30, 2013
Obama Action To End Civilian Marksmanship Program Sales Of Returned Military Firearms
For over a century, the government sanctioned CMP and its predecessor, The Department of Civilian Marksmanship, imported military firearms such as M-1 Garands, M1 Carbines, Springfield 30.06, 1917 Enfield rifes, training rifle .22's and similar rifles and sold them to members of gun clubs affiliated with the CMP. These rifles had been loaned to foreign governments and were returned by those governments to American taxpayers who footed the bill for their manufacture. The latest government to return such firearms was South Korea which returned M1 Carbines to the CMP. Hillary Clinton, with Obama's blessing, banned the return of some 200,000 M1 Garands from South Korea while still Secretary of State.
Now, Obama is ending importation of all private firearms importation of surplus military rifles that were provided to foreign governments by the United States. This ban affects all importers of these firearms.This apparently means the end of the CMP sales program.
There has been a conspicuous lack of drivebys and other wanton killings by people using surplus M1 Garands, M1 carbines, and bolt action rifles. However, Obama calls this a "Common Sense" gun regulation. Its purpose is to"reduce Gun Violence. However, the practical effect is to restrict gun sales to law abiding citizens.
CMP has some remaining M1 Garands available, starting at $625.00 + shipping and some M1D's starting at $900.00 + shipping. Ammunition sales by CMP is not specifically mentioned as being affected by the the White House.
CMP is a 501c 3 Organization.
With the same stroke of a pen, Obama also closed a "Loophole" that allowed corporations and trusts to gain access to machine guns or other "particularly dangerous weapons" by registering the weapon to a trust or corporation with a second new regulation.
Here's the Press Release
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
August 29, 2013
FACT SHEET: New Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence
Today, the Obama administration announced two new common-sense executive actions to keep the most dangerous firearms out of the wrong hands and ban almost all re-imports of military surplus firearms to private entities. These executive actions build on the 23 executive actions that the Vice President recommended as part of the comprehensive gun violence reduction plan and the President unveiled on January 16, 2013.
Even as Congress fails to act on common-sense proposals, like expanding criminal background checks and making gun trafficking a federal crime, the President and Vice President remain committed to using all the tools in their power to make progress toward reducing gun violence.
Building on the 23 Executive Actions the President and Vice President Unveiled Last January
- Last December, the President asked the Vice President to develop a series of recommendations to reduce gun violence. On January 16, 2013, they released these proposals, including 23 executive actions. With the first Senate confirmation of an ATF Director on July 31, 2013, the Administration has completed or made significant progress on 22 of the 23 executive actions. The new executive actions unveiled today build on this successful effort.
Closing a Loophole to Keep Some of the Most Dangerous Guns Out of the Wrong Hands
- Current law places special restrictions on many of the most dangerous weapons, such as machine guns and short-barreled shotguns. These weapons must be registered, and in order to lawfully possess them, a prospective buyer must undergo a fingerprint-based background check.
- However, felons, domestic abusers, and others prohibited from having guns can easily evade the required background check and gain access to machine guns or other particularly dangerous weapons by registering the weapon to a trust or corporation. At present, when the weapon is registered to a trust or corporation, no background check is run. ATF reports that last year alone, it received more than 39,000 requests for transfers of these restricted firearms to trusts or corporations.
- Today, ATF is issuing a new proposed regulation to close this loophole. The proposed rule requires individuals associated with trusts or corporations that acquire these types of weapons to undergo background checks, just as these individuals would if the weapons were registered to them individually. By closing this loophole, the regulation will ensure that machine guns and other particularly dangerous weapons do not end up in the wrong hands.
Keeping Surplus Military Weapons Off Our Streets
- When the United States provides military firearms to its allies, either as direct commercial sales or through the foreign military sales or military assistance programs, those firearms may not be imported back into the United States without U.S. government approval. Since 2005, the U.S. Government has authorized requests to reimport more than 250,000 of these firearms.
- Today, the Administration is announcing a new policy of denying requests to bring military-grade firearms back into the United States to private entities, with only a few exceptions such as for museums. This new policy will help keep military-grade firearms off our streets.
end of release
The CMP Mission must sound too much like the NRA for the government's liking.
"To Promote Firearm Safety and Marksmanship Training With an Emphasis on Youth
That Every Youth in America Has the Opportunity to Participate in
Firearm Safety and Marksmanship Programs"
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
New Congressional Attack on Guns…20% Federal Tax on Guns & 50% on Ammunition
HERE’S THE EXPLANATION BY THE CONGRESSMAN INTRODUCING THE BILL
“WASHINGTON, DC—Reps. Danny K. Davis (D-IL07) and Bill Pascrell, Jr., (D-NJ09) today introduced The Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act - legislation to prevent gun violence and increase community safety by increasing the federal taxes on guns and ammunition, including closing current loopholes that allow some of the most popular and deadly firearms to avoid taxation and regulation.
Rep. Davis stated, “Gun violence in America has reached epidemic proportions and we cannot, as a nation, any longer tolerate the on-going social and economic costs of inaction. Gun violence is a daily reality for America and, in particular, for urban cities like Chicago. The crisis should outrage us all. This legislation is a pro-active approach to reducing gun violence by using proven preventive programs which have been starved for funds until now. As part of a comprehensive, multidimensional strategy to reduce gun violence, this legislation closes major loopholes in tax law and lays out an equitable, long term, sustainable strategy to provide the requisite resources.”
The Bill also increases transfer fees on Class 3 purchases
HERE’S THE TEXT OF THE BILL:
H.R. 3018: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2013
113th Congress, 2013–2015. Text as of Aug 02, 2013 (Introduced).
HR 3018 IH
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3018
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the excise tax and special occupational tax in respect of firearms and to increase the transfer tax on any other weapon, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 2, 2013
Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself and Mr. PASCRELL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the excise tax and special occupational tax in respect of firearms and to increase the transfer tax on any other weapon, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2013’.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN EXCISE TAXES RELATING TO FIREARMS.
(a) In General- Section 4181 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
SEC. 4181. IMPOSITION OF TAX.
‘There is hereby imposed upon the sale by the manufacturer, producer, or importer of the following articles a tax equivalent to the specified percent of the price for which so sold:
‘(1) Articles taxable at 20 percent:
‘(A) Pistols.
‘(B) Revolvers.
‘(C) Firearms (other than pistols and revolvers).
‘(D) Any lower frame or receiver for a firearm, whether for a semiautomatic pistol, rifle, or shotgun that is designed to accommodate interchangeable upper receivers.
‘(2) Articles taxable at 50 percent: Shells and cartridges.’.
(b) Exemption for United States- Subsection (b) of section 4182 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
‘(b) Sales to United States- No firearms, pistols, revolvers, lower frame or receiver for a firearm, shells, and cartridges purchased with funds appropriated for any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States shall be subject to any tax imposed on the sale or transfer of such articles.’.
(c) Availability of Funds From Increased Taxes-
(1) ALLOCATION- Amounts in the general fund of the Treasury by reason of section 3(a) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (as amended by paragraph (2) of this subsection) are hereby appropriated and shall be available, as follows:
(A) 35 percent of such amounts shall be available for community-oriented policing services grants for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under section 1701(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)). States using funds for school resource officers shall include training, protections, and monitoring to ensure that school resource officers are used to improve school safety and climate, and promote positive reform in student suspensions, expulsions, and referrals to the juvenile or criminal justice systems.
(B) 35 percent of such amounts shall be available for the Project Safe Neighborhoods, as authorized by sections 101 through 104 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Public Law 110-5) and Public Law 109-108 (119 Stat. 2290, 2302).
(C) 10 percent of such amounts shall be available for the Centers for Disease Control National Center for Injury Prevention and Control for purposes of research on gun violence and its prevention.
(D) 5 percent of such amounts shall be available for the National Criminal History Improvement Program authorized under section 302(c) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3732(c)).
(E) 5 percent of such amounts shall be available for the NICS Act Record Improvement Program authorized under section 301 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007.
(F) 5 percent for the Community-Based Violence Prevention Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation Program of the Department of Justice.
(G) 5 percent of such amounts shall be available for the Secretary of Education to provide directed grants and technical assistance to schools eligible for or receiving grants under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to develop and implement comprehensive, evidence-based local or regional strategies (such as positive behavior interventions and supports, social and emotional learning, and restorative justice programs) to improve school climate, reduce the use of exclusionary school discipline, and decrease the number of youth entering the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Section 3(a) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669b(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘There shall not be covered into the fund the portion of the tax imposed by such section 4181 that is attributable to any increase in amounts received in the Treasury under such section by reason of the amendments made by section 2 of the Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2013, as estimated by the Secretary.’.
(d) Effective Date- The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to sales after December 31, 2013.
SEC. 3. SPECIAL TAX AND LICENSING RELATING TO FIREARMS.
(a) Increase in Tax-
(1) GENERAL RULE- Subsection (a) of section 5801 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986--
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘$1,000’ and inserting ‘$2,000’, and
(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘$500’ and inserting ‘50 percent of the dollar amount applicable under paragraph (1) for the taxable year’.
(2) SMALL IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS- Paragraph (1) of section 5801(b) of such Code is amended by striking ‘substituting ‘$500’ for ‘$1,000’ and inserting ‘substituting ‘50 percent of the dollar amount applicable under such paragraph for the taxable year’ for ‘$2,000’.
(3) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION- Section 5801 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘(c) Adjustment for Inflation- In the case of any taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 2014, the dollar amount in subsection (a)(1) shall be increased by an amount equal to--
‘(1) such dollar amount, multiplied by
‘(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting ‘calendar year 2013’ for ‘calendar year 1992’ in subparagraph (B) thereof.
If any increase under paragraph (1) is not a multiple of $10, such increase shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $10.’.
(b) Increase in Transfer Tax on Firearms-
(1) IN GENERAL- Subsection (a) of section 5811 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(A) by striking ‘$200’ and inserting ‘$500’, and
(B) by striking ‘$5’ and inserting ‘$100’.
(2) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION- Section 5811 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘(d) Adjustment for Inflation- In the case of any taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 2014, each dollar amount in subsection (a) shall be increased by an amount equal to--
‘(1) such dollar amount, multiplied by
‘(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting ‘calendar year 2013’ for ‘calendar year 1992’ in subparagraph (B) thereof.
If any increase under paragraph (1) is not a multiple of $5, such increase shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $5.’.
(c) Certain Semiautomatic Pistols Chambered for Cartridges Treated as Firearms- The first sentence of section 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) by striking ‘and’ before ‘(8)’,
(2) by striking ‘device.’ and inserting ‘device, and’, and
(3) by adding at the end the following: ‘(9) a semiautomatic pistol chambered for cartridges commonly considered rifle rounds, configured with receivers commonly associated with rifles and capable of accepting detachable magazines.’.
(d) Effective Dates-
(1) IN GENERAL- Except as provided by paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall take effect on July 1, 2014.
(2) TRANSFER TAX- The amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply to transfers after December 31, 2013.
(3) ALL TAXPAYERS TREATED AS COMMENCING IN BUSINESS ON JULY 1, 2014- Any person engaged on July 1, 2014, in any trade or business which is subject to an occupational tax by reason of the amendment made by subsection (b) shall be treated for purposes of such tax as having first engaged in a trade
Monday, August 12, 2013
California Representative Henry Waxman Introduces Bill to Ban "Assault Weapons" Parts Kits
As
California Congressman Henry Waxman promised, he has introduced a Bill to ban
the sale of “Parts kits” for “Assault Rifles, Assault Shotguns, and Assault Pistols. This also
includes a ban on Receiver blanks. The definition of each is in the Bill.
The
Bill defines an “assault weapons parts kit as:
“
any part or combination of parts not designed and
intended for repair or replacement but
designed and
intended to enable a consumer who possesses
all
such necessary parts to assemble a
semiautomatic
assault weapon…”
Which
raised the question of vagueness in the law as to which components of an “Assault
Weapons Parts Kits” could be sold legally to repair an existing gun. Would it
be a replacement bolt assembly consisting of a number of parts? Or, a stripped
bolt?
Or,
replacement front and rear sights? Or, a grip assembly for say, an HK 91? Or,
an upper for an AR15? How about an AR15 lower?Or, you fill in the blank?
This
new ban would be enforced by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The
Bill also contains new mental health Provisions and does not prohibit a
physician or
from
asking a patient about the ownership, possession, use, or storage of a firearm
or ammunition in the home of a patient, speaking to a patient about gun safety,
or
reporting
to the authorities a patient’s threat of violence.’
Health
care providers already have an obligation to report threats of violence by a
patient to authorities.
Here’s
the relevant provisions banning parts kits.
113TH
CONGRESS
1ST
SESSION H. R. ll
To
protect American children and their families from the epidemic of gun
violence
by banning access to certain weapons, strengthening the Nation’s
mental
health infrastructure, and improving the understanding of gun
violence.
IN
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr.
WAXMAN (for himself, Mr. PALLONE, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms.
MATSUI,
Mrs. NAPOLITANO, and Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on ___________________.
A
BILL
To
protect American children and their families from the
epidemic
of gun violence by banning access to certain
weapons,
strengthening the Nation’s mental health infrastructure, and improving the
understanding of gun violence.
1
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
4
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
5
‘‘Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Act of 2013’’.
1
TITLE I—BANNING ACCESS TO
2
DO-IT-YOURSELF ASSAULT
3
WEAPONS
4
SEC. 101. DO-IT-YOURSELF ASSAULT WEAPON BAN.
5
(a) BANNED HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS.—Notwith-
6
standing section 3(a)(5)(E) of the Consumer Product
7
Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(A)(5)(E)), a firearm receiver
8
casting or firearm receiver blank that—
9
(1) at the point of sale does not meet the defi-
10
nition of a firearm in section 921(a) of title 18,
11
United States Code, and
12
(2) after purchase by a consumer, can be com-
13
pleted by the consumer to the point at which such
14
casting or blank functions as a firearm frame or re-
15
ceiver for a semiautomatic assault weapon or ma-
16
chine gun,
17
shall be considered a banned hazardous product under sec-
18
tion 8 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2057).
(b)
PROHIBITED ACTS.—It shall be unlawful for any
20 person
to sell, offer for sale, manufacture for sale, or im-
21 port
into the United States for sale, to a consumer—
22 (1) an
assault weapon parts kit; or
23 (2) a
machinegun parts kit.
24 (c)
ENFORCEMENT.—
1 (1)
Subsection (a) shall be treated as a ban
2 under
section 19 of the Consumer Product Safety
3 Act (15
U.S.C. 2068).
4 (2)
Notwithstanding section 3(a)(5)(E) of the
5 Consumer
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C.
6
2052(A)(5)(E)), a violation of subsection (b) shall be
7 treated
as a violation of section 19 of such Act and
8 any
person who violates such subsection shall be
9 subject
to the penalties set forth in section 20 of
10 such
Act.
11 (d)
CONSULTATION.—In enforcing this section, the
12
Consumer Product Safety Commission shall periodically
13 consult
with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
14 and
Explosives regarding effective strategies for and
15 methods
of enforcement.
16 SEC.
102. PROHIBITION OF ADVERTISING DO-IT-YOURSELF
17 ASSAULT
WEAPONS.
18 (a) IN
GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful to market or
19
advertise, on any medium of electronic communications,
20
including over the Internet, for the sale of any of the fol-
21 lowing:
22 (1) A
firearm receiver casting or firearm re-
23 ceiver
blank that—
1 (A) at
the point of sale does not meet the
2
definition of a firearm in section 921(a) of title
3 18, United
States Code; and
4 (B)
after purchase by a consumer, can be
5
completed by the consumer to the point at
6 which it
functions as a firearm frame or re-
7 ceiver
for a semiautomatic assault weapon or
8
machinegun.
9 (2) An
assault weapon parts kit.
10 (3) A
machinegun parts kit.
11 (b)
ENFORCEMENT BY THE FEDERAL TRADE COM-
12
MISSION.—A violation of subsection (a) shall be treated
13 as a
violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive
14 act or
practice described under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the
15 Federal
Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)).
16 The
Federal Trade Commission shall enforce this section
17 in the
same manner, by the same means, and with the
18 same
jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all appli-
19 cable
terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commis-
20 sion
Act were incorporated into and made a part of this
21 Act.
22 (c)
RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing contained in
23 this
title shall be construed to limit the authority of the
24 Federal
Trade Commission under any other provision of
25 law.
SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS.
2 (a)
TERMS.—For purposes of this title—
3 (1) the
term ‘‘assault weapon parts kit’’ means
4 any part
or combination of parts not designed and
5 intended
for repair or replacement but designed and
6 intended
to enable a consumer who possesses all
7 such
necessary parts to assemble a semiautomatic
8 assault
weapon;
9 (2) the
term ‘‘machinegun parts kit’’ means any
10 part or
combination of parts designed and intended
11 to
enable a consumer who possesses all such nec-
12 essary
parts to assemble a machinegun or convert a
13 firearm
into a machinegun;
14 (3) the
term ‘‘semiautomatic assault weapon’’
15 means—
16 (A) a
semiautomatic rifle or semiautomatic
17 shotgun
that has the capacity to accept a de-
18
tachable ammunition magazine; or
19 (B) a
semiautomatic pistol that has—
20 (i) the
capacity to accept a detachable
21
ammunition magazine; and
22 (ii)
any one of the features described
23 in
subsection (b);
24 (4) the
term ‘‘machinegun’’ has the meaning
25 given
such term in section 5845(b) of title 26,
26 United
States Code.
1 (5) the
term ‘‘semiautomatic pistol’’ means any
2
repeating pistol that utilizes a portion of the energy
3 of a
firing cartridge to extract the fixed cartridge
4 case and
chamber the next round and requires a
5 separate
pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge;
6 (6) the
term ‘‘semiautomatic rifle’’ has the
7 meaning
given such term in section 921(a)(28) of
8 title
18, United States Code; and
9 (7) the
term ‘‘semiautomatic shotgun’’ means
10 any
repeating shotgun that utilizes a portion of the
11 energy
of a firing cartridge to extract the fixed car-
12 tridge
case and chamber the next round and requires
13 a
separate pull of a trigger to fire each cartridge.
14 (b)
SPECIAL FEATURES OF A SEMIAUTOMATIC PIS-
15
TOL.—The special features described in paragraph
16
(3)(B)(ii) are—
17 (1) an
ammunition magazine that attaches to
18 the
pistol outside of the pistol grip;
19 (2) a
threaded barrel capable of accepting a
20 barrel
extender, flash suppressor, forward handgrip,
21 or
silencer;
22 (3) a
shroud that is attached to, or partially or
23
completely encircles, the barrel and that permits the
24 shooter
to hold the firearm with the nontrigger hand
25 without
being burned;
1 (4) a
manufactured weight of 50 ounces or
2 more
when the pistol is unloaded; and
3 (5) a
semiautomatic version of an automatic
4 firearm.
5 SEC.
104. CONSTRUCTION.
6 Nothing
in this title shall be construed as limiting
7 the
ability of a State to enact more restrictive gun-related
8 laws, or
bans on firearm receiver casts, firearm receiver
9 blanks,
assault weapon parts kits, or machinegun parts
10 kits.
11 TITL
You will find the entire bill here
http://democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Bill-Text-HR-2910-Gun-Violence-Prevention-and-Reduction-Act-2013-8-1.pdf
You will find the entire bill here
http://democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Bill-Text-HR-2910-Gun-Violence-Prevention-and-Reduction-Act-2013-8-1.pdf
Harsh California Gun Control Bills On The Fast Track.
Here
is the status of new California gun control bills
A
number of gun control Bills are working their way through the California
Legislature with action on several expected this week. If passed, the Governor
there is sure to sign them into law.
Senate
Bill 53 would require background checks for all purchases of ammunition and
would license ammunition sellers. This Bill has passed the Senate and is
pending in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Senate
Bill 374 would ban ALL semiautomatic rifles with detachable magazines. It would
also require records of ownership of all firearms. The ban does not exempt any
rifle with a detachable magazine of ten rounds or less and would ensnare all
semiautomatic hunting rifles with detachable magazines. This bill will be the
subject of a legislative hearing in the Assembly on August 13th.
Senate Bill 396 would
outlaw all magazines that hold more than ten rounds. This would also include
magazines that are currently owned and “grandfathered” by the California
Assault Weapons ban. It will also be looked at by the Assembly on August 13th.
Senate Bill 47
prohibits use of “Bullet Buttons.” The Bullet Button is a product that allows the shooter to
drop a magazine from the receiver with the use of a tool such as a bullet tip
or the push of the end of an Allen wrench, and creates a condition allowable
under current individual
interpretations of California law.
This will be the subject of an Assembly public safety committee on
August 13th.
Assembly Bill 48 would make it illegal to
build your own high capacity magazines and would also create a state database
of all ammunition purchases. This Bill would also effectively end internet
magazine sales. This is up for consideration in the Assembly on August 12th.
Bills that would out outlaw
lead bullets and put a 10% tax on ammunition sales appear to be stalled.
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Saturday, August 10, 2013
Questions Answered About Illinois Concealed Carry Licenses
Illinois will begin taking Concealed Carry Licenses on January 5, 2014. Over 350,000 initial applications are expected. Here are the FAQ's about the licenses as posted by the Illinois State Police.
On July 9, 2013, Public Act 98-63, the Firearm
Concealed Carry Act, became state law
You may view the full text of the law at
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 | How will Illinois State Police (ISP) officers and local law enforcement respond to citizens who are carrying weapons? The ISP will continue to enforce the law in effect. Citizens cannot lawfully carry concealed weapons without a valid Illinois Concealed Carry License. Citizens who carry firearms without a Concealed Carry License issued by the ISP are subject to arrest. All Illinois residents seeking to obtain a Concealed Carry License must have a valid Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card. Out-of-state residents are exempt from the FOID card requirement. |
| Who needs an Illinois Concealed Carry License? Everyone who wants to carry a concealed firearm on his/her person in Illinois is required to have an IllinoisConcealed Carry License except current peace officers and retired police officers eligible under the Illinois Retired Officer Concealed Carry (IROCC) Program. Retired officers may be eligible to carry under either the IROCC Program or the Firearm Concealed Carry Act (430 ILCS 66). |
| Are out-of-state Concealed Carry permit holde granted reciprocity in Illinois? No. Out-of-state residents who want to carry a concealed firearm on his/her person must obtain an Illinois Concealed Carry License to lawfully carry a concealed firearm in Illinois. In order for out-of-state residents to be eligible for an Illinois license, their state’s concealed carry license laws must be substantially similar to those of Illinois. The Illinois State Police will establish rules to identify the elements necessary to meet the substantially similar requirement. However, out of state residents are granted a limited exception to lawfully carry a concealed firearm within a vehicle if they are eligible to carry a firearm in public under the laws of his or her state or territory of residence and are not prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm under federal law. This rule becomes effective immediately. If the non-resident leaves his/her vehicle unattended, he or she shall store the firearm within a locked vehicle or locked container within the vehicle in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 65 of the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. |
| What is the cost for an Illinois Concealed Carry License? $150 for 5 years for Illinois residents $300 for 5 years for out-of-state residents |
| How does a citizen apply for an Illinois Concealed Carry License? The ISP will make applications available to the public by January 5, 2014. The ISP intends to have applications available via the ISP webpage. |
| How long will it take a citizen to obtain an Illinois Concealed Carry License? Upon receipt of a qualified application, the ISP shall issue or deny the applicant an Illinois Concealed Carry License within 90 days, provided the applicant submits a full set of fingerprints in lectronic format. If fingerprints are not submitted in electronic format, the ISP is granted an additional 30 days to complete a manual background check. In all cases, law enforcement agencies will have 30 days to file an objection once an application is received. |
| What are the qualifications for an Illinois Concealed Carry License? The applicant must:
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| Where can citizens obtain firearms training? On September 7, 2013, the ISP will begin approval of certified firearms instructors and firearm training courses. A registry of approved instructors and courses will be available on the ISP webpage. PLEASE NOTE: On-duty ISP officers will NOT provide training to citizens, nor will ISP ranges be used. |
| What does the firearms training course consist of? The required 16-hour firearms training course will include range qualification time and shall cover the following:
exercise with a concealable firearm consisting of:
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| What are the qualifications to become a Concealed Carry Firearms Instructor? A person seeking to become a certified Illinois Concealed Carry Firearms Instructor shall:
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| What type of a firearm will I be allowed to carry concealed? "Concealed firearm" means a loaded or unloaded handgun carried on or about a person completely or mostly concealed from view of the public or on or about a person within a vehicle. "Handgun" means any device which is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosion, expansion of gas, or escape of gas that is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand. "Handgun" does not include:
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| Will persons be allowed to open carry? No. “Concealed firearm” means a loaded or unloaded handgun carried on or about a person completely or mostly concealed from view of the public or on or about a person within a vehicle. |
| How can I register as a Concealed Carry Firearms Instructor? The ISP will establish administrative rules consistent with the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Updates will be posted to the ISP webpage as information about the rule making process becomes available. Visit our other Blog |
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