Prof Young
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After two years of waiting (I live in Illinois) I finally got my renewed concealed carry card and it is combined with my Foid (Firearms Ownwer ID)as one card. There is now no expiration date on the card.
I've heard it rumored that the new no-expiration-date cards would mean that when we buy ammo in IL there will have to be a phone call to the state police to verify that the card is still good. What a huge hassle.
I tried out the new card for an ammo purchase today. Clerk looked at the card, discerned that it was one of the new no-expiration-date cards and asked to see my driver's license. I showed her my DL with the query as to why. She explained that the new Foid card is automatically renewed with your driver's license. If your DL is good then so is your Foid. That makes a lot more sense and a lot less hassle than the phone call. Occasionally some of the IL state government gets it right . . . sort of.
Still a lot of contention here about the constitutionality of a Foid card to begin with.
Life is good.
Prof Young
I've heard it rumored that the new no-expiration-date cards would mean that when we buy ammo in IL there will have to be a phone call to the state police to verify that the card is still good. What a huge hassle.
I tried out the new card for an ammo purchase today. Clerk looked at the card, discerned that it was one of the new no-expiration-date cards and asked to see my driver's license. I showed her my DL with the query as to why. She explained that the new Foid card is automatically renewed with your driver's license. If your DL is good then so is your Foid. That makes a lot more sense and a lot less hassle than the phone call. Occasionally some of the IL state government gets it right . . . sort of.
Still a lot of contention here about the constitutionality of a Foid card to begin with.
Life is good.
Prof Young