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AP Photo/Keith Srakocic It’s not because the legislature’s imposed a seven-month wait for those wanting to exercise their right to keep arms. In fact, according to the state legislature, those applying for a Firearms Owner ID card (which is required in order to possess a firearm in your own home) must have their application approved or denied within 30 days. At least, that’s the law on the books at the moment. Despite that, the Illinois State Police, which is the agency responsible for pr...

Background checks blocked a record number of U.S. gun sales in 2020, amid a surge in firearm sales.

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By JAY REEVES and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press Jun 25, 2021 Opelika-Auburn News via AP   In this Oct. 2019 photo, Tallapoosa County Sheriffs’ Girls Ranch director of ranch life Candice Gully poses for a photo, in Tallapoosa County, Ala. The Alabama girls home director, who lost two children and two nephews in a wreck that killed 10 people, has dedicated her life’s work to helping abused and neglected children. Gulley was driving a van that was involved in a horrible, fie...

Font Size: The U.S. background check system prevented over 300,000 gun sales in 2020, a record high, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Background checks blocked almost double the number of sales in 2020 compared to the year before, with 42% of rejections due to felony convictions, according to FBI data obtained by the AP. The data also shows that the rate of barred would-be gun owners increased from 0.6% to 0.8% over the past two years. The rate increase could be because a number of people...

Background checks blocked a record high 300,000 gun sales FILE - In this March 25, 2020, file photo semi-automatic handguns are displayed at shop in New Castle, Pa. The number of people stopped from buying guns though the U.S. background check system hit an all-time high of more than 300,000 last year amid a surge of firearm sales, according to new records obtained by the group Everytown for Gun Safety. The FBI numbers provided to The Associated Press show the background checks blocked nearly t...

As backlog doubles, firearms owners turn to courts, legislature Greg Bishop, The Center Square June 14, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail An assortment of firearms for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply in Springfield. Seth Perlman | AP State lawmakers returning to Springfield this week could take up measures some say will help streamline the process for firearms owners to secure licenses required to stay within the law.  Persistent delays in issuing Firearm Owner’s Identification cards in Illinois...

The persistent delays in issuing Firearm Owner’s Identification cards in Illinois that has doubled in the last year-and-a-half continues after a federal judge shot down

The intent of the FOID Act is to get guns out of the hands of criminals, but the net effect of the law is to punish law abiding citizens.

(The Center Square) – The persistent delays in issuing Firearm Owner’s Identification cards in Illinois that has doubled in the last year-and-a-half continues after a federal judge shot down a motion this week seeking to force the stat...