No More ILLINOIS F.O.I.D. ?

[alan]

charliemopic:

Just a couple of thoughts re yur post, to some extent perhaps applicable to some others also. Whom did you vote for?

Secondly, and this is purely reflective of MY OWN THOUGHTS, you included a list of guns you own, at the end of your post. I have seen others do the same thing. While it is entirely your business, are you sure that you want to post, on an OPEN SITE, this sort of information?

Best of luck in your battle with state bureaucracy.

 

[Hk91 Fan]

Sorry to hihjack this post friends,

I usually dont post too often, but I thought that this was important. I read it as saying that if your FOID card application is not processed in a timely fashion, the state police are to be penalized in the form of fines. Essentially, this law is an attempt at fixing the type of problem that you are experiencing. I hope it does fix this problem, yet, I doubt that it will as government fixes tend to backfire at times. However, we can all have hope. The link is enclosed below so that those of you who better understand the law can look over it. Good luck, Charlie!

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/bil...8&GA=94&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=22821&SessionID=50

 

[alan]

Hk91 Fan:

From what one finds at the link provided, thank you, a very interesting proposal. More important than that is the following.

1. What is the likelhood of it being enacted?
2. What is the likelhood of an avowedly anti gun governor signing it into law?

 

[asknight]

You mean that Illinois is completely ignoring HR218 and requiring LEOs to have a FOID and concealed carry permit?

http://njlawman.com/Articles/Article 18.htm

WASHINGTON - Today, in a Roosevelt Room Ceremony the bill which we have come to know simply as H.R. 218 was signed into law by President George W. Bush.


- on duty, off duty, and retired.

 

[dmftoy1]

Just got my FOID back. (Sent in January 25th) I can't complain. (other than the fact that the program exists)

Have a good one,
Dave

 

[isp2605]

"You mean that Illinois is completely ignoring HR218 and requiring LEOs to have a FOID and concealed carry permit?"

IL does not issue any kind of carry permit. There is no CCW in IL. FOID does not authorize any kind of carry. An IL resident has to have a FOID to possess or buy guns and ammo.

 

[Roz]

Charlie,

I moved here from Texas in September of '05. Applied for FOID in September, received it in JANUARY!!! Finally got to transport my firearms/ammo from my cottage in MI, to IL the middle of January. Couldn't believe how long it took to get the FOID.

Good luck to you, and call the ISP or state rep and complain.

 

[isp2605]

"Couldn't believe how long it took to get the FOID.
Good luck to you, and call the ISP or state rep and complain."

Go back and read post #11 on page 1 and you'll see the reason it took 4 months for you to get your FOID and who caused the delay. The ISP and the state rep aren't who you need to be calling to complain.

 

[Roz]

I fully understand what happened to cause the delay, however, unless you voice your complaints, no one will care. Regardless of whether or not the ISP or your state rep have power over the issue, if you complain enough, your voice will be heard.

There have been several cases, where enough pressure was placed on the rep's office, that the card approval was moved through quicker. Check over on illinoiscarry.com.

Luckily I'll hopefully only have to be in this God foresaken state for another 6 months or so. If I have my druthers, I'll move back to either Texas or MI. Hopefully not OH, but that's been bandied about a few too many times for my liking.

 

[isp2605]

"Regardless of whether or not the ISP or your state rep have power over the issue, if you complain enough, your voice will be heard."

The complaints should be made to the entity that caused the delay. The others will listen to the complaint but are powerless to fix it. Go to the source.

 

[alan]

FOID card problems appear to be a direct result of games played by anti-gun Governor, former anti-gun Congressman Balgovich and his administration. Complaints likely should bve directed to the origin of the problem, above mentioned. Of course, given his well known record, one might wonder as to how he came to be elected governor, but that is a question of Ilinois Politics, about which I know next to nothing.

The state does seem to have a long history of anti gun administrations and make-up of the state legislature, which leads to the following question. Do anti gunners constitute a large majority of Illinois voters? If this is not the case, do we see here another example of Gun Owners Being Their Own Worst Enemies?

Of course, Pennsylvania, where I reside these days also has problems, one of them known as Philadelphia, which might here be the equivalent of Cook County, sometimes known as CROOK COUNTY, (Chicago). People in PA were never saddled with anything akin to this FOID card foolishness, and PA is also a SHALL ISSUE STATE, which makes a very large dfference.

Was it Thomas Jefferson who suposedly said something to the effect that People Usually Get The Sort of Government That They Didn't Vote Against?

 

[larry_minn]

The wife does not even ask why I won't buy a THING in IL. I fill up with gas before and will drive thru before stopping to buy ANYTHING.
Heck I am worried a ticket (I didn't buy it so no choice in matter) lays over in Chicago. I am considering sending my gun to my home.