"Assault weapon" ban 2025 version

[eddiememphis]

This whole thing is a fustercluck. Given that a federal judge just ruled the Illinois FOID card to be unconstitutional, this disaster clearly won't pass the smell test...

It's not a FOID.

It is a card issued by a sheriff, after submitting two copies of the applicants fingerprints to the CBI to do a background check, that gives the holder permission to take a 12 hour, 2 day class and take a test. If passed with 90% or greater correct answers, the instructor enters that info into a database which an FFL can access during the purchase of a firearm that meet the criteria in other parts of the bill- for now.

The Director of the CBI gets to set the new background check fee and keep the fingerprints on file. The sheriffs get to set their own fees, but can't be too low, ya know. The Division of Parks and Wildlife get to set their own fee for the class. They also get to set the curriculum which will include information about safe storage and child safety, firearm deaths and extreme risk protection orders, along with victim awareness, and of course, empathy. The treasury gets to create the firearms training and safety course cash fund. The fees from the safety course go to this fund. What does the fund fund? Operation of the new system!

Simple!