{"id":110262,"date":"2019-05-23T15:29:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T19:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=110262"},"modified":"2019-05-23T15:29:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T22:43:16","slug":"illinois-foid-card-reform-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-foid-card-reform-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois FOID Card Reform Legislation Will Increase Costs, Red Tape & Confiscation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

Illinois lawmakers are currently considering legislation to overhaul the state\u2019s FOID (Firearm Owner Identification) card licensing process.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advocates for the bills, known as House Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 1966, argue that the changes are needed to fix \u201cgaps\u201d within the current system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I think this is realistic reform that many people can get behind. We are trying to fix the gaps in the FOID to make sure people with violent criminal histories cannot have firearms,” said Laura Singer of the Gun Violence Prevention PAC in an interview with CBS Chicago<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supporters pointed to the shooting at the Henry Pratt Company in Aurora that left six people dead, including the killer, and six others wounded. The perpetrator\u2019s FOID card had been revoked but police were never instructed to confiscate his firearms.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are going to give the state police the authority and the ability to take care of that,\u201d Illinois State Rep. Kathleen Willis(D- Addison), the sponsor of the bill, told ABC 7<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an investigative report, The Chicago Tribune<\/a> estimated that 27,000 residents have had their FOID cards revoked since 2015 but have not disclosed to authorities what they did with their firearms.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By law, anyone who receives a revocation notice must turn over to law enforcement a detailed report of the make, model and serial number of each firearm they own, the location where the firearms will be kept during the revocation period and transferee information if a firearm or firearms are to be sent or sold to another FOID card holder.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Failure to do so could result in confiscation.  But in the case of the Aurora workplace shooting, law enforcement did not follow-up, as gun shop owner Dan Eldridge told ABC 7.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The tools are there for law enforcement and the criminal justice system could have stopped and they failed to do that,” said Eldridge, who added that the addition red tape proposed by the legislation is \u201can enormous waste of scarce precious law enforcement resources to no meaningful end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NRA-ILA did a complete breakdown<\/a> of all the incremental infringements of the FOID card reform bills:<\/p>\n\n\n