[troylaplante]

DAILY SOUTHTOWN :: News :: Baby's first FOID card

My dog wants a firearm owner's ID card, too.

[countrymama]

i love it!! why not, i say...i'm just sad i don't live in Illinois so i can get FOID cards for my kids...but then again, i'd have to root for the bears, and that ain't happenin!!...

[troylaplante]

Quote:       Originally Posted by countrymama

i'd have to root for the bears, and that ain't happenin!!...

I feel your pain. I relocated from New England to Carolina. Then, we get a pro football team. AND the two teams have faced each other in the Super Bowl. I still was cheering the Pats.

[BattleRifleG3]

Beautiful. All other state and federal laws would still apply anyway. He's basically allowed to do in Illinois what PA youths can do without any state permit needed.

[JoeLee]

I don't think it's funny!The pink people will interpret this ,and screaming on TV, this is how easy it is in order to acquire guns.

[BattleRifleG3]

Relax. The FOID is just Illinois's requirement on top of fed law, which already requires all long gun purchasors to be 18 and all handgun purchasors to be 21.

[JoeLee]

I must be missing something then, I thought a baby recived his FOID?

[.22guy]

The father filled out the applications on behalf of the son. I guess you need the ID to own weapons.

It was an interesting story to me. My son has a couple weapons and he's only 2.

[BattleRifleG3]

FOIDs are for owning/posessing firearms if I understand correctly. Few states require any license simply to own or posess a firearm. There are circumstances where a minor can posess a firearm. In Illinois he heeds a FOID. He wouldn't in PA.

[Moss500Bantam]

My dad lives in IL. If a minor under 18 is with a parent he/she does not need a foid. If they were to shoot/hunt alone they would. The program still sucks though agreed.

[samuel]

Its just another form of gun registration for law abiding citizens.I wonder how many criminals with firearms have a FOID card??? samuel.

[just_a_car]

I didn't read the article, but maybe he wanted to get it for his son because he's willed his firearms to him and doesn't want any hassle from the IL government if/when that part of his estate is transferred, especially if the son is still a minor at the time.

[troy2000]

Quote:       Originally Posted by just_a_car

I didn't read the article, but maybe he wanted to get it for his son because he's willed his firearms to him and doesn't want any hassle from the IL government if/when that part of his estate is transferred, especially if the son is still a minor at the time.

It's short, and fairly entertaining.

But even in California, we don't need a FOID. We do have to pass a little test and get a certificate to buy handguns, but that's pretty much a joke for people who know the basics about firearms: I got 100%, without even looking at the little study pamphlet the gun shop had.

[.22guy]

Quote:       Originally Posted by just_a_car

I didn't read the article, but maybe he wanted to get it for his son because he's willed his firearms to him and doesn't want any hassle from the IL government if/when that part of his estate is transferred, especially if the son is still a minor at the time.

Actually, his gramps bought him a shotgun.

[just_a_car]

Quote:       Originally Posted by .22guy

Actually, his gramps bought him a shotgun.

Yeah, I finally went and read it after troy2000 posted, just didn't mention that I had.