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In reply to the discussion: Illinois judge rules FOID card 'unconstitutional' [View all]Irish_Dem
(58,385 posts)47. Thank you for the info.
Had no idea what it was and what they were talking about.
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"In my opinion, FOID is not a strong enough deterrent to possession."
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2021
#8
"Think of the children" is a longtime tactic of crooks, demagogues, and moral panic-mongers
friendly_iconoclast
May 2021
#62
The Illitucky circuit, one of 2 dozen IL circuits, and he's one of a dozen judges in it.
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 2021
#2
"Good"? Did you mean "Good God!" Or should we just remove ALL common sense statutes that
Atticus
Apr 2021
#4
I don"t think anything I could say could be more revealing of how extreme your views are than
Atticus
Apr 2021
#14
Obviously, there is little to be gained by further back-and-forth with you and your choir but,
Atticus
Apr 2021
#28
Such declaratory. Many emphatic. And not only wrong, but wrong-headed
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2021
#29
Peeved because your self-righteous sermonizing didn't get a receptive audience?
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2021
#35
Sounds to me *very* much to me like the RW attempts to gut Roe v Wade, Obergfell v Hughes, etc
friendly_iconoclast
May 2021
#43
I would hardly call making someone watih months to exercise a constitutional "common sense".
Dial H For Hero
Apr 2021
#15
Yeah, let's just sell AR-15s out of vending machines. Anyone with the cash can buy one NOW! nt
Atticus
Apr 2021
#16
That's essentially the way it has *always* been when it comes to private sales between individuals.
Dial H For Hero
Apr 2021
#17
My agenda is simply supporting present federal gun laws, with one exception.
Dial H For Hero
Apr 2021
#21
"(diminuative of 'James') (species of corvid)" laws were *also* held to be "common sense"...
friendly_iconoclast
May 2021
#44
Extraordinaily unlikely. More plausibly, they may mandate that every state be at least
Dial H For Hero
Apr 2021
#38
Friends in IL that have gotten FOID cards report the system as fair, albeit...
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2021
#10