Illinois State Rifle Association doesn't get the no-compromise thing...

Hopes for passage of a state law to close the gun show loophole faded as the state's largest gun control group pulled its support from the legislation's records-retention provisions.

The bill in question -- SB57 -- requires that all firearm purchases at gun shows be subjected to a criminal background investigation before the sale is allowed to be concluded. The intent of the legislation is to prevent drug lords, terrorists, and gang bangers from obtaining weapons at gun shows.

A second provision of SB57 seeks to protect the privacy and security of lawful firearm owners by requiring the Illinois State Police to destroy records of lawful gun purchases after a 90-day retention period. This provision greatly exceeds the federal record retention period of 24 hours.

This is what I call a deal with the devil. It's this sort of strategy that got us here in the first place. If we continue to compromise, and to meet gun bigots "halfway" in some kind of good-faith bargain, we will continue to lose. Any gun owners in Illinois who understand that should undertake to educate the rest.

Posted on 2005-05-16 23:39:12.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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