I'm stepping ONTO my soapbox ....

The holes in the law, are entirely the Democrat Legislators' fault.
(I call them HOLES because they are there out of ignorance; LOOPHOLES are there out of oversight)
They wanted so badly to put SOME anti mag stuff on the books, no matter how poorly written.

I watched the hearing (I usually don't watch that stuff...but I did).

The Republicans, for hours, pointed out almost all of the holes in the bill at the hearing.
They BEGGED the Democrats to come and debate the issues...but as they Dems had the majority vote, they sat quietly until the republicans were done.

The law was so poorly written, that the Sheriffs filed suit, and said "There is no way we can enforce this law...it has too many holes."

Then Hick got the State's Attorney to draft a letter of 'Technical Guidance' on what the law was SUPPOSED to say, to address some issues.
The letter was drafted on 16MAY13. Almost 2 months BEFORE the law was to go into effect.
(When is the last time you saw a law, not yet in effect, need the State's Attorney to 'explain' what it was 'SUPPOSED' to say?
The letter is to have the Force of Law.

I still can't figure what "Force of Law" is. At trial, a judge is supposed to adjudicate based on the laws; the laws that are on the books.
The letter seems like it can be used to 'frame' the context, but not as a defensible argument for the state's prosecutor.

Q: What kind of Law needs to have an accompanying letter to explain what was 'intended', BEFORE the law goes into effect, any way ? (Rhetorical )
A: A Poorly written one.

Then on 19JUN13, Hick blamed his signing of the bill on the promise of a staff member.

So my stance is that all the holes are the responsibility of the Democrats; those that authored it, those that did not understand it, and those that were too afraid of their party to get up, debate it, and re-write it.


...I'm stepping OFF my soapbox now.