A recent audit of Firearm Owner Identification card applications in Illinois found that huge communication gaps have allowed individuals deemed mentally unfit to obtain FOID cards and deadly weapons. In 2010, only three of the 102 clerks in Illinois circuit court relayed information to the Illinois State Police about individuals deemed mentally unfit for firearm ownership, thereby failing to prohibit the issuance of FOID cards, according to the audit. Monique Bond, a spokesperson for the Illinois State Police, said that individuals deemed "mentally defective" or "intellectually disabled" have indeed been purchasing guns and ammunition in Illinois as a result of poor communication between police and the courts.
"We learned a lot about what really matters this week," Lincoln-Way Central coach Sean Bieterman said. "There are more important things than just baseball." That was the message throughout the week for the New Lenox high school baseball team, which blew a late lead Thursday. The game, at Andrew High School, was about much more than standings and stats or wins and losses. This game was about 27 teenagers coming together to play for the 28th member of their team who is gone now but will never be forgotten.
A 2006 Mercury was changing lanes on the ramp when it cut off a white Ford, bounced off the trailer of a semi-trailer truck parked on the right shoulder of the ramp and hit a van. A 17-year-old from Woodridge was driving the Mercury and was charged with improper lane usage. His name has not been released because he is a juvenile.
The incident occurred about 1:10 a.m. near 727 Elden Drive in Cary when a vehicle struck a tree, a press release from the Cary Fire Protection District states.
Experts attribute the rise to global travel; more garage sale and thrift store exchanges; and increased visits between homes and public spaces. Bed bugs, according to their name, ought to be relegated to mattress pads and box springs. But alas, because there is a spike in bed bugs across the country, the opportunities to bring home the blood-sucking insects are increasingly prevalent on public transportation. "They are transported through public transportation," said Curt Colwell, an etymologist at the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) in Springfield. "They move from buses to planes to trains to taxis. It's pretty common."
Dan, you are so right about those against conservative talk radio. They want to silence conservatives. As for me, if I don't like what Rush has to say I change the channel, but I can honestly say that rarely happens. I used to work as a property manager at an apartment complex that had mostly minority tenants. During party time, the firearms came out and no one was safe. I'm surprised no one got shot. Were any of those firearms licensed, heck no!! And when the cops arrived, they confiscated a lot of guns and high-powered rifles. I'm sure the people who had them were able to replace them rather quickly. Those are the people the rest of us need to protect ourselves against. Concealed carry in IL would go a long way to keep the rest of us safer because the scum who illegally possess firearms wouldn't know who is carrying and who isn't. But, the liberals who are against concealed carry don't care about the law-abiding citizens who may be targets. Nope, they just continue to blame everything on the conservatives. What a crock!
As the Supreme Court has confirmed, the Constitution provides us with the right to bear arms. Plus, the NRA has never advocated that the mentally ill be provided access to guns. The good news is that statements like yours merely serve to demonstrate the illegitimacy of the arguments of liberal gun grabbers. Keep up the good work!
NRA is a bunch of idiots
I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman, but support the rights of gays and lesbians to marry since 98% of them are liberals and they won't procreate, which i think is a good..no, great thing. As to your many points about regulation, i am in agreement with you, as are most conservatives. I really don't care too much about social issues, though.. what i really care about is a balanced budget. Scott Walker is doing a great job. It's not easy. He's not going to make everyone happy...this is not like t-ball. Everyone doesn't go home a winner. But the union folk up there have been getting a GREAT deal off the backs of the other taxpayers in Wisconsin. They didn't chip in on their pension at all? They only paid 6% towards health insurance? ridiculous. Where do you get a deal like that? Oh. Public service unions, that's where.
classic line. you gotta love that kid. If he were a liberal, he would be featured on 60 Minutes right now. They love that kind of journalism...unless it's by a conservative.
"Guess what? Faisal Shahzad is a registered Democrat. I wonder if his SUV had an Obama sticker on it." --Rush Limbaugh, lying about the failed Times Square car bomber, who is not registered to vote, May 4, 2010 http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/rushlimbaugh/a/limbaughquotes.htm
CNN pushed the meme that Zimmerman described Martin with a racial slur 'coon' on his phone call to the police.. they had audio EXPERTS play that tape over and over, played it for guests on their shows..played that tape 100 times, implying that Zimmerman was a racist. It turns out that after more audio experts got rid of the white noise on the audio, he was saying 'cold'. It was a chilly and rainy day. NBC made the 'mistake'...honest mistake, they swear.. of selectively editing audio to imply that Zimmerman was racist. ABC played games, on two different occasions, with video...trying to imply that Zimmerman did not suffer any injuries after allegedly getting his head knocked off the pavement several times, and despite witness and police accounts which said that his head was bloodied. ABC eventually (sigh) showed that Zimmerman did have a gash on the back of his head. They would never have admitted as much, but other news outlets were showing the gash on Zimmerman and they just couldn't lie about it anymore. The MSM 'acted stupidly' here. They made a rush to judgment in an effort to fan the flames of racial tension, which they feel will help Obama re-energize his base for the upcoming election. Shameful stuff.