From a Friend of McHenry County Blog:
The Americans for Prosperity organization is hosting an April 28th fundraiser in Lake Zurich.
Newly appointed state senator Darby Hills is having a welcome reception hosted by Americans for Prosperity on Wednesday night at BBQ’d Productions Bar & Grill in Lake Zurich.
The event runs from 6 until 8 PM.
Hills was one of two Republicans (Seth Lewis being the other) who crossed the aisle and voted for Senate Bill 8, which passed 33-19.
The bill was not unanimously supported by Democrats: Patrick Joyce and Michael Halpin voted no and seven other Democrats did not vote.
The bill contains new gun laws regarding storage and reporting stolen firearms.
Here is the short description:
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1
Amends the Gun Trafficking Information Act. Provides that the publicly available reports on an ongoing bases of crimes committed with firearms, locations where the crimes occurred, the number of persons killed or injured in the commission of the crimes shall include those crimes whether or not a stolen firearm was used in the commission of the crimes. In the Criminal Code of 2012, deletes the amendatory changes to the possession of a stolen firearm and aggravated possession of stolen firearm statutes. In the firearms trafficking statute, deletes the provision that the trier of fact may, but is not required to, infer intent to transfer or deliver from transportation on an expressway in the State in a vehicle more than one stolen or converted firearm per occupants of the vehicle. In the firearms trafficking statute, includes as an element of the offense bringing, or causing to be brought, into the State, in a vehicle on an expressway in the State, more than one assault weapon that a person is prohibited from possession under the Code, per occupants of the vehicle. Changes various dates from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2027. Provides that the report of lost or stolen firearms shall include the Firearm Owner’s Identification Card number of the person making the report, if applicable. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, the person who is not a federally license firearm dealer (rather than the Illinois State Police) shall check the Illinois State Police Internet-based system upon which the serial numbers of firearms that have been reported stolen are available for public access for individuals to ensure any firearms are not reported stolen prior to the sale or transfer of a firearm. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that at the sentencing hearing the court shall make a finding of whether a firearm with a serial number reported as stolen on the Illinois State Police publicly accessible stolen firearms database was used in the commission of the offense for which the defendant is being sentenced. Provides that in cases in which the court finds that a firearm with a serial number reported as stolen on the Illinois State Police publicly accessible database was used in the commission of the offense for which the defendant is being sentenced, the clerk of the court shall, within 5 days thereafter, forward a report of such conviction to the Illinois State Police Division of Justice Services.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3
In the Safe Gun Storage Act, provides that a provision concerning the storage of firearms does not apply (1) if the minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person gains access to a firearm and uses it in a lawful act of self-defense or defense of another; or (2) to any firearm obtained by a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person because of an unlawful entry of the premises by the minor, at-risk person, prohibited person or another person. In the amendatory changes to the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act, provides that the sign posted in a conspicuous position on the certified licensee’s premises must contain the warning that it is unlawful for the licensee to fail to report the loss or theft of the licensee’s firearm to local law enforcement within 48 (rather than 72) hours. In the amendatory changes to the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, provides that the violation applies to a person who fails 2 or more times to report a loss or theft of a firearm within 48 hours after the discovery of such loss or theft to local law enforcement as required under the Criminal Code of 2012. In the amendatory changes to the Criminal Code of 2012 relating to a person who possesses a valid Firearm Owner’s Identification Card and who possesses or acquires a firearm who fails to report the loss or theft of the firearm to the local law enforcement agency within 48 hours after obtaining knowledge of the loss or theft, deletes a provision which specifies that, for a second or subsequent offense, the failure to report the loss or theft of the firearm within 48 hours of the discovery of such loss or theft shall result in revocation of the person’s Firearm Owner’s Identification Card. Adds a severability provision to the bill.
Here is the Senate roll call:
Some people in the pro-2A community are upset that Hills voted in favor of it.
They might confront Hills in-person.
Big names will be at another Illinois political event on Wednesday night. The American Conservative Caucus which is behind this upcoming event has hosted Rod Blagojevich in the past and even brought in Roger Stone.
Now comes another event featuring Rod Blagojevich, George Papadopoulos, Latasha Fields, Simona Mangiante, and Nicole Georgas. (Attached are a few videos if you’re not familiar with some of those people, and these videos are from recent media appearances.) The flyer and link to the official website are below.
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I can;t believe anyone thinks Blagojevich is a conservative.
True his father was a Goldwater Republican, but he fell far from that tree.
