The New IL Anti-Gun Bill Kerfluffle

Much ado is being made about the gun bill signed by Quinn today 'banning' private sales.  This was a bone thrown to the anti's during the CCW debates so they could declare a 'win' and not go suicide themselves.

Some dumb@ss 'law professor' even declared it the 'most stringent' in the nation. (He doesn't even know IL state law on long gun purchases from out of state).

Here's the reality.

It does nothing. 

It says that any private sale that uses the as yet non-existent service will be immune from civil prosecution resulting from any crimes committed w/ that firearm.

(2) All sellers or transferors who have complied

with the requirements of subparagraph (1) of this

paragraph (k) shall not be liable for damages in any

civil action arising from the use or misuse by the

transferee of the firearm transferred, except for

willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the seller

or transferor.

If you don't call the as yet non-existent number to get a verification? Nothing happens.

except that a violation of

subparagraph (1) of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) shall

not be punishable as a crime or petty offense.

So check the FOID cards and write down the number. Same as it's always been. 

The 'Lost or Stolen'?  I don't know of any case where that's actually been prosecuted. 

So again, this is a non-law thrown to the ICHV to shut them up.  It does nothing. Just something shiny to distract the prols from the fact that the IL economy is collapsing around us and the legislature has done nothing.