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Once again, just like Finestein’s ‘Assault Weapon’ ban.<\/p>\n

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Congressional Democrats introduce gun licensing bill<\/a><\/p>\n

The state of Illinois requires every lawful gun owner to get a Firearm Owner Identification Card. You can\u2019t have a gun without out and you have to jump through the hoops to lawfully get one.<\/span><\/p>\n

They also have the city of Chicago, where violent crime is rampant. It seems gun licensing doesn\u2019t actually help as some want to believe.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In fact, two Illinois Democrats believe it so hard that\u00a0<\/span>they want to make it federal law<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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May 11, 2022\u00a0<\/span>Press Release\u00a0<\/span><\/a>WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) reintroduced the Blair Holt Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act, today, to help reduce firearm violence in Illinois and across the country. This legislation would prohibit unlicensed firearm ownership and the transfer of firearms without a valid firearms license, as well as direct the U.S. Attorney General to establish and maintain a federal record of sale system and conduct fingerprint-based nationwide criminal background checks \u2014 which could have prevented the gunman who killed five people in\u00a0<\/span>Aurora, IL in 2019<\/span><\/a>\u00a0from acquiring the firearm he used in the shooting.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Of course, it should be remembered that as I noted previously, it hasn\u2019t done jack to stop the violence in Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n

Further, the shooter in the Aurora, IL case was a convicted felon who actually passed the FOID background check and NICS check<\/span><\/p>\n

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Moving on\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rush first introduced this legislation in 2007 and subsequently reintroduced it in 2009, 2013, 2018, and 2019. This bill is named after Blair Holt, a Chicago Julian High School honor student who was gunned down protecting his friend when a gunman opened fire while they were riding home from school on a crowded public transit bus. This week marks the 15<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of his death.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGun violence has needlessly claimed the lives of too many children, and I have repeatedly introduced this commonsense legislation to prevent more families\u2019 lives being shattered by bullets,\u201d<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Rep. Rush said.<\/span>\u00a0\u201cAlthough we cannot prevent all deaths, we can eliminate unnecessary risks and give law enforcement and communities better tools to keep guns away from people who have no business using them. I thank Senator Duckworth for working with me to push this bill forward.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want my daughters to have to grow up in a country that won\u2019t protect them from gun violence,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Sen.Duckworth said.<\/span>\u00a0\u201cWe owe it to the countless and growing number of gun violence victims to take action, which is why I\u2019m proud to continue working with Congressman Rush on this common-sense solution to help prevent firearms from falling into the wrong hands. We will keep pushing until our nation\u2019s schools, offices and public spaces are safe from gun violence.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You keep saying \u201ccommon-sense solution.\u201d I do not think it means what you think it means.<\/span><\/p>\n

We already know that criminals routinely trade in firearms regardless of any law put in place anywhere\u00a0<\/span>in the world<\/span><\/em>. They find ways to obtain firearms that are completely outside of the law and did so long before technology like \u201cghost gun\u201d kits or 3D printers were a thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sorry, but this is, at best, putting a band-aid over the break in the dam. It\u2019s not going to accomplish anything except make it more difficult for law-abiding citizens to get a firearm. That\u2019s all gun licensing actually does.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Blair Holt Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act is modeled in part after the Illinois Firearm Owners Identification Card (FOID) statute and would:<\/span><\/p>\n