Law enforcement agencies may object to individual applicants who they believe are a danger to themselves or others in the community.
Applicants have all passed the background check for a FOID card.
You can check and see where your county/city is at on this map from the Chicago Sun-Times.
From Central Illinois:
Hoopeston PD has objected to three applications. Hoopeston. Population 5,200.
Bloomington PD has objected to 12.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot in both cases. They seem a little over-the-top to say the least.
We hope there isn’t an institutional bias against concealed carry in these objections at these agencies.
Here’s the link:
Any idea how they get the raw data for these maps?
ISP, but unsure exactly how.
John
This means of obstruction circumvents the due process required to permanently disable a right.
1) conviction of a crime of violence
2) adjudication of a pathological propensity to violence
3) involuntary commitment for a violent pathology
There ain’t no constitutional cut-out for cops who “object”.