Tag: illinois
NRA-ILA | Illinois: General Assembly Passes “Ghost Gun” Ban
On Friday, the House Judiciary Committee held a subject matter hearing on House Bill 4383...
NRA-ILA | Illinois: Committee Hearing Microstamping Bill
Tomorrow, the House Police & Fire Committee will hear House Bill 2769 House Floor Amendment...
NRA-ILA | Illinois: House Committee Hearing Anti-Gun Bills
Tomorrow, the House Judiciary-Criminal Committee will hear a number of anti-gun bills. Please file witness...
NRA-ILA | Illinois: Session Starts, Anti-Gun Bills Carried Over
Today, the Illinois General Assembly began its 2022 legislative session. Anti-gun bills from 2021 have...
Illinois: Anti-Gun Bills Moving Quickly
House Bill 562, to make it harder to obtain a FOID, and to place onerous restrictions on private transfers, has been assigned to...
Illinois 17-year-old arrested after fatal shooting during Kenosha protests
A 17-year-old police admirer was arrested Wednesday in the killing of two people gunned down during a third night of protests in Kenosha over...
Illinois: General Assembly Adjourns
Yesterday, the General Assembly adjourned from its 2021 legislative session. Thanks to NRA members and other Second Amendment supporters contacting their lawmakers, this...
Illinois: Vote Scheduled for Gun Seizure Bill
Today, the last day of session, the Senate has scheduled a vote for House Bill 1092, to expand Illinois’ program of suspending Second...
Illinois: House Passes Private Transfer Ban & FOID Fee Increase Bill
Yesterday, the House voted 60-50 to pass House Bill 1091. It now goes to the Senate for further consideration. With two more days...
Illinois: Private Transfer Ban & FOID Fee Increase Bill to Receive...
With session nearing a close, lawmakers plan to hold a vote for House Bill 1091 this weekend. It bans private transfers and makes...
Illinois: Gun Seizure Bill Resurrected, Passes House
Yesterday, House Bill 1092, to expand Illinois’ program of suspending Second Amendment rights without due process, was resurrected after it previously had been re-referred...
Illinois: Anti-Gun Bills Re-Referred to Rules Committee
Following strong opposition by NRA members reaching out to their lawmakers, House Bill 1091, to ban private transfers and make it harder to obtain...
Illinois: Committee Heard Anti-Gun Bills Yesterday
Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee heard House Bill 1091, to ban private transfers and make it harder to obtain a FOID, and House Bill...
Illinois Supreme Court decides to hear second NRA-backed case
The Illinois Supreme Court decided to hear an NRA-ILA backed case challenging the city of Deerfield’s so-called “assault weapon” ban under the state’s...
Illinois: Bill Introduced to Ban Home-Built Firearms
Yesterday, Representative Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar introduced House Bill 4055 to severely restrict the centuries old practice of home-building firearms for personal use, and also...
Illinois: Bills Filed For Gun Registration & to Ban Gun Modifications...
Last week, anti-gun legislators filed bills to require registration for many common semi-automatic firearms, ban many firearm modifications, and increase the fee and...
Illinois: Renewed Effort to Increase FOID Fee & Mandate Fingerprinting
Senator Ram Villivalam and Representative Kathleen Willis will file legislation this year to increase the cost and red tape required to obtain a FOID after...
Illinois: Gun Control Bill May Move Soon
The Illinois General Assembly will reconvene for a Veto Session on October 28th and gun control legislation may move quickly. Anti-gun legislators are not...
Illinois: Task Force May Ponder More Gun Control
The Illinois House Firearm Public Awareness Task Force is scheduled to meet on October 16, 2019. The task force could potentially make policy recommendations with various...
Illinois: Committee Rules May Shut Down Gun Stores
The Illinois state Joint Committee on Administrative Rules is in the process of imposing an additional, onerous layer of state licensing on federally...
