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In the U.S. state of Illinois, residents must possess a FOID card, [1] or Firearm Owners Identification card, in order to legally possess or purchase firearms or ammunition. The applicable law has been in effect since 1968, [ 2 ] but has been subject to several subsequent amendments.
Texas has seen a significant rise in firearm-related fatalities over the past two decades. According to the U.S. Centers for disease control and prevention, the firearm death rate in Texas has reached 15 per 100,000 people in 2021, marking a 50% increase since 1999. [12]
A September 2016 poll from USC Dornsife / Los Angeles Times showed 64% percent of registered voters in favor of Proposition 63, 28% opposed, and 8% unknown. [4] A November 2016 poll from Insights West showed 57% percent of likely voters in favor of Proposition 63, 35% opposed, and 8% undecided. [5] Proposition 63 passed, 63% to 37%. [6]
Three congressmen wrote in a letter to the ATF that they have "grave concerns" that some law enforcement officers are "exploiting their positions to acquire and illegally distribute firearms."
Colorado's Proposition KK, which imposes an additional 6.5% tax on gun purchases, was "intended to kill small gun stores," the owners of Hammer Down in Wheat Ridge said. Blue state gun crackdown ...
The referendum outlaws the possession of such magazines, requires background checks for all ammunition sales and mandates the reporting of lost or stolen firearms. [22] Under Proposition 63, any person who possesses a large-capacity magazine is guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per large ...
A Texas jerky seller allegedly threatened to show up to a Capital One office with “a machete and gasoline” and “do things that are unforgivable” in a rage at a $543 debt, according to a ...
The firearm dealer is required to record some information from the Form 4473 into a "bound-book", called an "Acquisition and Disposition Log". [6] The dealer must keep the Form 4473 on file for the lifetime of the FFL, and is required to surrender the log book to the ATF upon retirement from the firearms business.