Um......what?
No. He believes that every state should go to the FOID system because it controls who is allowed to own firearms and it keeps them out of the hands of the criminals.
With all the gun crime in Illinois, mostly Cook county/Chicago, the FOID card system has been proven ineffective for the purpose of keeping guns out of the hands of criminals.
Why impose an ineffective system of registration on the law abiding firearm owning community that will only burden, tax and delay the exercise of a fundamental right?
Is there another benefit to an FOID system other than the failed goal stated above that would have any social redeeming qualities that do not burden the right of self defense? If not, it should be abolished. The Instant check has rendered the entire FOID purpose moot.