New lawsuit filed against Illinois’ FOID card

Springfield — A new challenge to Illinois’ requirement for firearms hunters and other gun owners to have a state police-issued FOID card has been filed in federal court.

The New Civil Liberties Alliance announced the lawsuit against Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly, Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, challenging the constitutionality of the Illinois Firearms Owner’s Identification Card, known in hunter circles as the FOID card.

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“Representing Navy veteran Christopher Laurent, Chicago chef and restaurateur Kim Dalton, and liberty advocate Justin Tucker, NCLA urges the U.S. District Court to declare that the FOID Act violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and stop its enforcement,” the group said.

NCLA said Illinois and Massachusetts are the only two states that require residents to get a government license before possessing any type of firearm for any reason, something it says violates the right to keep and bear arms in the Second Amendment.