Minimum Requirements for an Illinois Firearm Owner’s Identification card (FOID):

• You must be a resident of Illinois.
• You must not be an alien who is unlawfully present in the U.S.
• Non-immigrant visa holders can apply for a license if they are admitted to the U.S. for lawful hunting or sporting purposes, an official representative of a foreign government, a foreign law enforcement officer on official business, or has received a waiver from the Attorney General of the U.S.
• You must be 21 years of age or older. If you are under the age of 21, you must have a written consent of your parent or legal guardian to acquire firearms and ammunition.
• You are qualified to own a firearm in a safe manner.
• You must not under indictment nor have been convicted of a felony in the U.S. or elsewhere.
• You must not be convicted of misdemeanor or domestic violence.
• You must not be under court order.
• You must not be an unlawful user or addicted to any controlled substance.
• You must not be dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces.
• You have not renounced U.S. citizenship.
• You must not be adjudged insane or mentally deranged.
• You must not be a fugitive from justice.

Five Reasons to get any Non-Resident Permit (e.g. Utah, Arizona, Florida, etc.) Now

Written by:  Illinois Concealed Carry 

Question:

Why get the Utah, Arizona, Florida or any non-resident permit now, when the State of Illinois permitcais close to becoming law?

CONCEALED CARRY FALLS SHORT IN ILLINOIS

Under 30 days to comply with a Federal Court Order now:

• Legislation backed by gun-rights advocates that would allow Illinoisans to carry concealed weapons went down Thursday in the House, leaving the spring legislative debate over concealed-carry at a stalemate. 
  
  Legislation backed by the National Rifle Association and pushed by Rep. Brandon Phelps (D-Harrisburg) failed on a 64-45 roll call, with four voting present. The bill needed 71 votes to pass the House.
  
  "This could be our last chance to pass something by June 9th," Phelps said, referring to the federal appeals court deadline imposed on Illinois to pass a concealed-carry law.

Daniel Paurel (https://www.facebook.com/daniel.paurel)

According to FBI statistics there are 9,000 Gun Homicides per year (1999-2011) and in the U.S. there are approx 80 million legal gun owners (a 100 percent accurate count is, at this time, impossible, but 80 million is the most common estimate).

Now, let's be silly and assume that each homicide was committed by one (1) corresponding gun owner. Meaning that: 9,000 legal gun owners killed 9,000 people.

[NOTE: we know for a FACT that this is not true because 1) things like mass shootings and other incidents of more than 1 person killed by a single shooter and 2) only approximately 2% of homicides (180 out of the previously mentioned 9,000) are committed with legally owned firearms.]

So, if we make that assumption, that equates to only .011% of legal gun owners being evil/bad/criminals etc...

Preface by Chuck Hawks, Guns and Shooting Online Owner and Managing Editor

I decided to reproduce this rather long article here in part because it is clearly the author's desire that it be widely disseminated. Another reason is that it makes interesting reading and I enjoy a good read as much as anyone. Although the author has some strong opinions and I don't necessarily agree with all of them, they are informed opinions and worthy of consideration. Actually, I have an idea about the identity of "Anonymous," which is another reason this piece appears here, but it is the author's desire to remain amonymous and I could be wrong.