Did you hear about Governor Pritzker finally allowing his seemingly never-ending procession of COVID emergency declarations to wind down in early May? You wouldn’t be alone if you didn’t. However, it spells a big change in how the Illinois State Police are handling FOID and CCW applications.
We are now back to “don’t let your FOID/CCW expire!”
That’s right: If your FOID expires, you’re no longer a legal gun owner. In fact, you may become a felon before you realize it. What’s more, an ISP “firearms enforcement team” may pay you a little visit to “rehome” your firearms, forcefully if necessary.
If your CCW license expires, you’ll have to reapply. Good news here: you’ll only technically need the 3-hour renewal as you only have to take the initial 8/16-hour class once in your lifetime. But you will have to wait for your “friends” at ISP’s Firearms Services Bureau to process you application which will take roughly 2.5 months with prints on file and 3 months and a few days without prints.
Yes, Eunice, carrying with an expired CCW license is a felony. Just a friendly reminder.
Now some of you are no doubt saying, “That’s BS. Why don’t you sue?”
To which I say, “Where have you been? Why aren’t you a member and why aren’t you reading GunNews and the Website?”
Guns Save Life has a lawsuit pending challenging the FOID Act since 2019. It’s now in Sangamon County Circuit Court and we’ll have oral arguments on June 20th at 10:30a.m. C’mon join us and watch history happen in person.
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