Revised gun ban rules to be reviewed as Jan. 1 deadline approaches

With less than three weeks before Illinois’ gun ban registry deadline kicks in, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules is preparing to discuss revised rules filed by Illinois State Police.

Emergency rules were first filed and put into effect on Sept. 15. The registry opened Oct. 1. Since then, 61-hundred individuals have disclosed to Illinois State Police they own a banned item. That’s a quarter of one percent of the 2.4 million Firearm Owners ID card holders. Second Amendment Foundation Executive Director Alan Gottlieb isn’t surprised by the low number.

The law still faces challenges in the federal courts, including two pending lawsuits in the U.S. Supreme Court. JCAR Co-Chair state Sen. Bill Cunningham last month said without a final ruling, the law is the law.

JCAR meets in Chicago Tuesday morning to take up the revised rules. The Jan. 1 registration deadline is the subject of litigation with oral arguments in the Southern District of Illinois federal court Tuesday afternoon.

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