My brother got shot today

halo
halo Posts: 5,616
edited April 2007 in The Clubhouse
I want to fill my audio rack with lead shot so I asked my brother to go to the local supplier for the Chicago Police Department to pick some up and guess what happened?

He was asked to show his gun card or FOID (Firearms Owners Identification card). Thankfully he has one so he got the shot. But if John Q Public wanted to fill his audio rack with lead shot he would not be able to purchase it. WTF is that about?
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,065
    edited April 2007
    Damn bro!! I thought you meant shot as in SHOT!!! Well, that's a relief. As far as not being able to purchase without proper ID, I'm clueless. Sounds like the PC police might be at it again.
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,238
    edited April 2007
    Halo wrote: »
    But if John Q Public wanted to fill his audio rack with lead shot he would not be able to purchase it. WTF is that about?

    You live in a communist, I mean socialist, I mean democratic state and city. What do you expect? :confused:

    Move to a free state!

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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited April 2007
    you mean that you can't just walk into a sporting goods store and buy shot without the proper credentials?
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited April 2007
    Move to Indiana!!! Unlike Illinois, the hoosier state has a healthy respect for the 2nd amendment.
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited April 2007
    Way to scare us man.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited April 2007
    You scared the heck out of me!!!!:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:








    I ordered shot over the internet when I did it.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,569
    edited April 2007
    I know right. WTF man....

    lol
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited April 2007
    Nice thread title. :rolleyes:

    As far as getting lead shot, I've never had a problem. I used to buy it all the time in up in Wa for making drift fishing weights, and what I-Sig said, I can probably walk into Wally-World and buy it here.
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited April 2007
    instead of going to the local Police Supplier, wht not check out wally world or BIg 4 or sumpthin?


    Oh , and I got blowed today cause it was windy...but that aint funny neither




    just bustin yer chops for scarin the ladies..!!
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  • John in MA
    John in MA Posts: 1,010
    edited April 2007
    IL is one of the weird states, along with CA, NJ, and sadly what MA has become. I'd assume you have a local law requiring that "ammunition componets" be bought with a permit. Or the place could have been **** with him.
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited April 2007
    (Smacks Halo on da head) Whatssa matta for you, huh?!? ;););)

    Walk into any gun store around here (with no ID) and buy enough "shot" to load up your car/truck until the suspension gives out.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited April 2007
    I guess Chareton H and the NRA have some work to do in Illinois.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited April 2007
    george daniel wrote: »
    you mean that you can't just walk into a sporting goods store and buy shot without the proper credentials?
    No tickie no wash.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited April 2007
    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    You scared the heck out of me!!!!:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:








    I ordered shot over the internet when I did it.
    Darla - Don't understand why an officer of the law such as yourself had to buy lead shot off the net? I didn't want to buy it on the net @ 25lbs per bag = $hipping co$t. Not only that but imagine how shipping companies treat packages - I'd open a box and have pellets everywhere.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited April 2007
    Guess I could've phrased the title differently but it got your attention didn't it? I thought it was kind of funny too - guess I got a sick sense of humor (so does my brother, he couldn't stop laughing).

    C'mon everybody, after you read it through, you know you got a chuckle out of it ;):D

    All of the sporting goods stores I checked with did not sell it. They referred me to Shore Galleries.
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited April 2007
    how much/many bags did you pick up ?
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited April 2007
    You scared the Shite out of me!!! I thought your brother was SHOT not bought shot. . . jeeezzzz/

    BTW, I just walk into the local gunshop here and buy the shot no questions asked.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,428
    edited April 2007
    Oh , and I got blowed today cause it was windy...but that aint funny neither

    I got a laugh out of it.



    Victor, I'ma gonna have to smack ya upside yo head for dat one.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited April 2007
    beardog03 wrote: »
    how much/many bags did you pick up ?

    Three 25lb bags. # 7.5 lead shot.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited April 2007
    F1nut wrote: »
    Victor, I'ma gonna have to smack ya upside yo head for dat one.
    Does this mean you'll be visiting us this summer? You have a standing invitation anytime you are in town Jesse. :)
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,480
    edited April 2007
    LOL You dog. Your email title had me for a second today, but I remembered the one from the day before about the lead shot.

    I've owned full auto weapons legally in Illinois so the State isn't too oppressive.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited April 2007
    Oh man Victor!!!! I thought holy **** what happened to Greg???

    You guys in Chicago need guns LOL! Not really, Chicago is my kind of town :) My old neighborhood in the city of Pittsburgh, that's another story. I wouldn't go there after dark anymore:(
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited April 2007
    I was getting ready to read some very bad news.....glad it did not turn out to be what the title suggested.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,480
    edited April 2007
    Halo wrote: »
    He was asked to show his gun card or FOID (Firearms Owners Identification card).

    In 1968, Illinois enacted legislation to promote and protect the health, safety and welfare of the public by providing a system of identifying persons who are not qualified to acquire or possess firearms and firearm ammunition within the State of Illinois. The Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) Act established a practical and workable system to identify persons prohibited by Section 24-3.1 of the "Criminal Code of 1961" as amended, from acquiring or possessing firearms and firearm ammunition. The Illinois State Police was given the responsibility of administering the Act.

    You need an FOID card in Illinois to legally purchase a firearm or ammunition. I can't recall the exact wording of the law, or if it has changed, but supplies to make ammo will also get you carded.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited April 2007
    I was like OMG his brother got shot :eek:


    Wrong :(

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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited April 2007
    In "free" Illinois, meaning outside of the Chicago metro, you can buy lead shot without having to show your FOID card. It's only in Chicago metro counties that have enacted some extra laws to protect you (kind of like they protected that bartender lady :o ) that you need a FOID card to buy lead shot.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,480
    edited April 2007
    schwarcw wrote: »
    My old neighborhood in the city of Pittsburgh, that's another story.

    We used to live In Aurora, IL. There was no one "bad side" of town and they had serious gang problems. There were pockets of bad hoods on all sides of that city. We had a SWAT team surround the house across the street from ours to capture a gang banger that shot another. We even had police copters flying over the house that night. Much of what happened never made the Chicago evening news. I suspect the gambling boat in downtown Aurora had something to do with that.

    The city ended up banning all military type weapons. My specialty was mid to high end civilian firearms along with collectable military weapons. M1 garands, M1/M2 carbines, M14's. They got my address from the Feds as I had a FFL and Class III license and sent me a registered letter with an effective date to turn them in or sell anything that was listed in the ban.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,480
    edited April 2007
    dkg999 wrote: »
    In "free" Illinois, meaning outside of the Chicago metro, you can buy lead shot without having to show your FOID card. It's only in Chicago metro counties that have enacted some extra laws to protect you (kind of like they protected that bartender lady :o ) that you need a FOID card to buy lead shot.

    What about gun powder, primers and bullets Doug? I've never purchased out of the metro area and really don't know.
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  • John in MA
    John in MA Posts: 1,010
    edited April 2007
    SCompRacer wrote: »
    The city ended up banning all military type weapons. My specialty was mid to high end civilian firearms along with collectable military weapons. M1 garands, M1/M2 carbines, M14's. They got my address from the Feds as I had a FFL and Class III license and sent me a registered letter with an effective date to turn them in or sell anything that was listed in the ban.

    And of course, everyone knows the gangbanger weapon of choice is the Garand rifle. You know, because that M1 just fits so well under a puffy jacket. :D
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,480
    edited April 2007
    John in MA wrote: »
    And of course, everyone knows the gangbanger weapon of choice is the Garand rifle. You know, because that M1 just fits so well under a puffy jacket. :D

    LOL How 'bout it.....maybe they meant the more concealable Tanker Garands. :rolleyes: :D
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