Overview
- NCLA filed the federal challenge Tuesday in the Northern District of Illinois, targeting the state's Firearm Owners Identification law.
- The complaint seeks an order blocking enforcement and a declaration that the ID mandate violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.
- The case names State Police Director Brendan F. Kelly, Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke.
- The plaintiffs include two residents who will not apply for FOID cards and a third who has a card but opposes carrying or renewing it.
- Illinois’ FOID law, enacted in 1967, requires a state ID to possess any firearm or ammunition and makes violations crimes, with a first offense a Class A misdemeanor and repeat offenses felonies.