Illinois Judge Says FOID Requirement Unconstitutional For Guns At Home

This is in Illinois,but the judges ruling is something we should keep in mind when discussing infringements on our RKBA.I think this view is helpful when considering cases like the case now before the Supreme Court challenging NY states oppressive concealed carry law

...... In a thorough analysis of the state’s FOID law, Judge T. Scott Webb makes the astute observation that under Illinois law no one really has the right to keep and bear arms, even in their home. Instead, everyone is considered a prohibited person unless and until they fork over money to the state for a permission slip. Webb says that the entire process is “inverted,” adding:
"The burden should be on the state to demonstrate that a citizen has committed an act thereby disqualifying them from being in the group of people that already possess a Second Amendment right. Instead, the opposite is true. A citizen in the state of Illinois is not born with a Second Amendment right. Nor does that right inure when a citizen turns 18 or 21 years of age. It is a facade. They only gain that right if they pay a $10 fee, complete the proper application, and submit a photograph."
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2021/04/27/foid-requirement-unconstitutional-guns-at-home-n44329

True enough. It is the judges argument that puts the issue in the proper light. In the past I thought the FOID system was okay. In light of the Heller and McDonald rulings from the US Supreme Court, declaring the Second Amendment a fundamental Civil Right now it has been made clear to me, that this system is clearly and infringement. Anytime you have to ask the government for permission to exercise your rights that is clearly an infringement. Substitute the word bible or bicycle for gun when considering our fundamental civil rights and you can see how clouded our views on have become on the subject of our 2nd amendment rights.