Why is my state so stupid?
If you are from a state other than Illinois, you probably haven't asked this question, but if you come from Illinois ... you probably have.
Today's Lesson: Don't let the state decided who gets to have guns.
Some of you might want the state to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. Those of you who think that we must believe that the state is capable of making good decisions. You are wrong.
If a person gets sentenced to conditional discharge (convicted with conditions) in Illinois the State Police will ask the person to turn over their FOID (firearm owner's identification card). This sounds reasonable until the State Police apply this to people who drive while license suspended, or commit the offense of reckless driving and receive conditional discharge. Why would someone's bad driving be a reason for the state to take a person's right to bear arms.
Answer: from the State of Illinois "Because we can."
So the next government that we form, we should be careful to write down what rights the people have that the government can't infringe on .... whoops, we already did that. Oh well.
Ray Flavin
