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Gun Control Reform Activism

Squinch

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1. I might be missing it, but there is nothing in the article that says what

Reply to Robb (Original post)

Mon Aug 19, 2013, 08:51 AM

Aug 2013

the penalty is for not reporting your firearm stolen within 72 hours. If there is no penalty, that law is useless.

The penalty should be that if you don't report a firearm stolen and it is used in the commission of a crime, you get a proportion of the penalty for that crime. So say your gun is used in a crime and you haven't reported it lost or stolen, and the criminal gets a sentence of 60 months, you then need to spend 6 months in jail.

Our laws need to start to reflect the fact that an unsecured gun is a whole lot more dangerous than a bag of weed.

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(IL) Quinn signs measure requiring gun owners to report missing firearms, check buyer's background [View all] Robb Aug 2013 OP

I might be missing it, but there is nothing in the article that says what Squinch Aug 2013 #1

Ineligibility for a FOID card might be a more appropriate penalty. Loudly Aug 2013 #2

No. Expulsion from the ability to play at a hobby isn't an appropriate penalty when you have Squinch Aug 2013 #3