Illinois Attorney General Orders Release of Gun Owner Names

I guess the vaunted "right to privacy" the liberals always find to justify abortion and such doesn't apply to the 2nd Amendment.  From Illinois Review:

Attorney General Lisa Madigan called on the Illinois State Police to make public the list of Illinois citizens that have applied for Firearms' Owner Identification Cards Tuesday.  Illinois, the only state in the union with a gun owner list, has up until now kept the list private, protecting the FOID card holders' privacy.  The State Police have not yet committed as to whether they intend to comply with Madigan's instructions.

UPDATE below:

To possess or purchase firearms or ammunition, Illinois residents must have a Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) card, which is issued by the state police.Generally a FOID card will be granted unless the applicant has been convicted of a felony or an act of domestic violence, is the subject of an order of protection, has been convicted of assault or battery or been a patient in a mental institution within the last five years, has been adjudicated as a mental defective, or is an illegal alien. There are additional requirements for applicants under the age of 21.

UPDATE:  Marc Wiley, an officer with the Cook County Sheriff's Department, just responded to this IR headline and told us he and his fellow officers aren't happy about this idea. 

"Making the FOID list public will give criminals a list of houses where they can get guns," Wiley said. 

There's another side to that - it also gives the criminals a list of houses that DON'T have guns and are therefore safer to rob. Either way this is a bad idea.  And all it will do is encourage people to find ways to own guns and ammo without reporting it to the state.  I'd say business will be picking up for gun stores in neighboring state.