Plaintiff sued for a Firearm Owner ID Card, required for gun
possession. He had a misdemeanor DV. Apparently Illinois has no way to
get rights restored after a misdemeanor. The State opposed, since its
statute doesn't allow FOID cards to be issued to those barred from gun
possession by Federal law, and there is the Federal bar against those
with misdemeanor DV convictions.
As I read it the court holds that Federal law exempts from its
prohibited person categories anyone convicted but who has had their
rights restored, and that issuing the FOID is the equivalent of
restoring rights (the statute does not say the rights must be restored
by a court), ergo there is no Federal bar, and the FOID should issue.
Source with Link to decision
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I was at a gun show in Il. years at will working in the state.
That FOID card is BS, you can't even buy ammo without a foid card.
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