Examples of FOID Act in a sentence
The Second District has reached the same interpretation of the 2013 amendments to the FOID Act.
However, as acknowledged by Plaintiff in her Complaint, there are exceptions stated within the FOID Act.
As such, just as section 6(h) carves out home rule taxing authority, the FOID Act and FCAA, by incorporating section 6(h), do the same.And even if the County Taxes are considered regulations (they are not), both statutes preempt only those “regulations or restrictions” that are “issued.
Id. With respect to preemption, the circuit court held that because the neither the FOID Act nor the FCCA’s plain language preempted taxing powers, Plaintiffs’ preemption claim necessarily failed.
The FOID Act sets forth that “[n]o person may acquire or possess any firearm .
While Plaintiff, without any supporting facts or explanation, alleges that none of these exceptions apply to her (Compl.¶ 18), a plain reading of the FOID Act and evidence in this case show otherwise.Various exceptions permit nonresidents to possess firearms in Illinois without a FOID Card.
And the restriction is as broad as possible: virtually every Illinois citizen who wishes to exercise the right to bear arms is governed and restrained by the FOID Act.
The FOID Act itself dates back only to the 1960s, and purported analogues in other states date back to 1911 at the earliest.
Thus, as the circuit court held, and the appellate court agreed, “plaintiffs’ argument that the County’s firearms and ammunition taxes are preempted by the FOID Act and the FCCA are without merit.” (App.
Even if not categorically invalid, the FOID Act must be subjected to particularly rigorous scrutiny.