CHICAGO (WLS) -- If you applied for a firearm owner's identification card, or FOID card, you may be waiting a while for it to arrive in the mail. Some people applied for a FOID card months ago. They ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois State Police say they are taking action to deal with a backlog in processing FOID cards. The ABC7 I-Team continues to hear from FOID card applicants about delays, with some ...

Illinois struggles to keep up with FOID card and concealed carry waitlists. State representative Tony McCombie says there were over 350,000 new FOID card applicants last year, not including those ...

State police say they have made progress on reducing a backlog of gun ownership renewal applications in Illinois. FOID — or firearm owners identification — card applications skyrocketed 167% from 2017 ...

Dec. 31—Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, upon a Firearms Transaction Inquiry Program (FTIP) approval, the Illinois State Police (ISP) will automatically renew a person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed SB 1899, a measure that allows first-time, nonviolent offenders charged with low-level gun possession to apply for a FOID card while in a court-approved diversion program. Cook ...

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QUAD CITIES, Illinois (KWQC) - An increase in gun sales has created longer wait times for Firearm Owner Identification cards in Illinois. According to state law, it should take no more than 30 days ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect that under the final version of the bill, federally licensed firearms dealers must keep records of private sales for 20 years and that buyers and ...

The Illinois house on Wednesday passed a Firearm Owner Identification card law change that would strengthen law enforcement’s ability to retrieve guns from those with suspended or revoked FOID cards ...