Gun grabbers are making headway in Illinois, emboldened by victories by democrats in the last election. With the state under firm control of liberals and socialists, several new gun laws have been proposed to disarm law abiding citizens.

The new legislation consists of setting up a state wide firearm's registry (HB 2532), which will make future gun grabbing even easier; banning private gun sales except through a federally licensed dealer (HB 2536) (liberals call this the 'gun show loophole'); and an outright ban of all semi-automatic firearms and 'large caliber' firearms (SB 1195), which includes just about all hunting shotguns. There were also proposals on the table to raise the fee for a Firearm Owner's ID (FOID) Card 500%, from $5 to $25, and to limit firearms purchase to one per month.

Thankfully, several of the proposals were stripped from the bills in committee. The gun ban (SB 1195) is still alive although it has been vacated of it's wording. Senators are working on a compromise bill that should protect hunter's rights, but screw everyone else. In the House, the registry bill (HB 2532) was defeated in committee, but after Socialists replaced two gun friendly politicians from the committee with their own gun grabbers, they were able to get it passed to the full house for a vote. The 'loophole' bill (HB 2536) passed through committee pretty much intact.

If the bills pass, I'm sure that thugs and criminals across the state will be lining up to turn in their firearms.