Illinois FOID Card Revoked? They’ll Now Use Registration To Confiscate Firearms In Wake Of Aurora Shooting

By CN Staff

By John Boch via TTAG

The Illinois State Police suffered a serious black eye as a result of the Aurora killing spree killing. The shooter committed a whole slew of felonies long before the ISP granted him a Firearms Owners ID card. Then, days later, they approved a firearm purchase.

Eventually, the ISP realized their mistake and revoked his FOID card, but nobody followed up on the revocation. The killer ignored the letter demanding that he surrender his freshly-cancelled FOID card and divest himself of his firearms.

Now, as of this morning, the Illinois State Police have announced new policies and procedures, to include using Illinois’ de facto gun registration system to help police confiscate firearms from gun owners with revoked FOID cards.

Springfield, IL – With the strong support of Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois State Police (ISP) is taking wide ranging steps to improve operations, firearms services processes, and information sharing to aid law enforcement officials statewide with enforcement of Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card revocation laws. These first steps are part of ISP’s continued commitment to improving the enforcement …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation