I called my shop just this morning as Sodbusters post makes sense. They said that the
Foid card Is Not Needed to sell components such as your primers bullets & powder but it is required for live ammo & firearm sales. The shotshells are different, I can remember a time where an 18yr old could make this purchase along with .22 RF but had to be 21 for centerfire rifle or handgun.
I believe that I got my first Foid card around 1970. It was mandatory but at that time it was under BAFT management rather than the State Police. The card has been no hassle on the whole and can protect one who is selling or buying firearms by the exchange of numbers and signatures( for personal records only) at the date of the sale. If the buyer ends up with a stolen piece, he can point a finger at the seller. If the seller gets a visit by LE cause a gun traced back to him was used in a crime, he has the signature & number of the buyer.
That card has a dark side for sure though…anything from domestic battery to D.U.I can revoke your card and there is little to no chance of getting it back. I personally know a hard working honest fellow who took off his wife’s wedding ring before their divorce. Wrong Move! Her lawyer had him charged with domestic battery even though she was not injured or even had the discomfort of a struggle. His card was revoked and even after five years he has no chance of getting the card back till the law changes. In the mean time, he cannot even legally hunt with a firearm and uses a bow exclusively.
Meanwhile…the guy who has no card and is caught with a loaded, uncased weapon is probably going to be allowed to plea bargain for a lesser offense in the courts.
Illinois did run the conceal carry through the legislation and it happened within the last five or six years. The ones who really wanted it were not necessarily people like myself but rather women in general like the Nurse that has to leave the hospital on second shift or the one coming in on third shift who has to travel to and from the parking lot. There is a lot of meaness everywhere and the police just cannot protect one all of the time.
The conceal carry did not pass of course which shows you what kind of bone-headed liberals that we have here.
I did have to renew my card during Rod’s (the Gov) term & was scared to death about the $500. Fee which had been mention. This did not come to pass but does not mean that it is a dead issue.
Our best friend IMO, is the DNR and the hunting season. The revenues that Deer hunting Alone draws for the state is tremendous, not to mention the common hunting license, habitat stamps, waterfowl stamps, & bow permits. I think that this will make the high dollar card unlikely.
On the whole, I can put my cased, unloaded firearm in a vehicle and go anywhere at anytime. I am allowed to shoot any caliber rifle or handgun while on private property even when hunting varmints or predators.
This really isn’t a bad state if we could just cut off that northeast corner as said…We have more guns than you can shake a stick at and for the most part, it raises no eyebrows…Heck, we even have those Federal Primers.
