Fleetwood_Captain
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If your like me and live in the People's Republic of Illinois, you get to deal with FOID card loveliness.
One thing that strikes me as odd is the number of people in Blago-land that have no idea what a FOID card even is. In Illinois, before you can take a NICS check to buy a gun, you have to submit to a state and federal background check to get a state ID which says you are qualified to take an additional background check to purchase a gun. It's basically an excise tax for those that exert their right to own firearms. You can't even legally own gunpowder or primers in Illinois without a FOID card.
The real kick in the teeth is that 3/4 times when I use it as an ID for purchasing goods other than guns, clerks act like your handing them a card for the Burger King Kid's Club. I can't even count the times i've had people say "It's not a real ID, anyone could get one of those."
I can almost understand skepticism of the old laminated ones, but the new ones have holographic copy-protection and use the same photo from your DL or State ID. Regardless of the features to assure authenticity, everyone in the Chicago burbs act like their not a "real ID", despite having "Firearms Owners Identification Card" printed in bold, captital letters at the top of the card. My usual reaction to this is "so I can buy a gun with this, but can't buy a pack of smokes?"
Anyone else in Blago-land run into this insanity?
One thing that strikes me as odd is the number of people in Blago-land that have no idea what a FOID card even is. In Illinois, before you can take a NICS check to buy a gun, you have to submit to a state and federal background check to get a state ID which says you are qualified to take an additional background check to purchase a gun. It's basically an excise tax for those that exert their right to own firearms. You can't even legally own gunpowder or primers in Illinois without a FOID card.
The real kick in the teeth is that 3/4 times when I use it as an ID for purchasing goods other than guns, clerks act like your handing them a card for the Burger King Kid's Club. I can't even count the times i've had people say "It's not a real ID, anyone could get one of those."
I can almost understand skepticism of the old laminated ones, but the new ones have holographic copy-protection and use the same photo from your DL or State ID. Regardless of the features to assure authenticity, everyone in the Chicago burbs act like their not a "real ID", despite having "Firearms Owners Identification Card" printed in bold, captital letters at the top of the card. My usual reaction to this is "so I can buy a gun with this, but can't buy a pack of smokes?"
Anyone else in Blago-land run into this insanity?