The new year means new laws for gun owners in the state of Illinois, as the state’s Safe Gun Storage Act takes effect. As a ...

(The Center Square) – Illinoisans who are either denied a Firearm Owners ID Card or had their FOID card revoked could have a process to get their rights back with a measure that cleared the General ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois State Police on Monday said the agency has significantly reduced the backlog in firearm owner identification (FOID) renewals, thanks to additional employees and a streamlined ...

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. ( WGN) — An Illinois woman was shot and killed by her brother-in-law who mistook her for an intruder on Christmas morning, according to court documents. Daniel Garcia, 52, is facing a ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Supreme Court last week vacated a lower court ruling and reinstated a statute that authorizes the state to revoke a person’s Firearm Owners Identification card once ...

(The Center Square) – The number of Firearm Owners ID card holders in Illinois is growing. Many of them are planning to march on Springfield. Gun owners from across Illinois are making plans to visit ...

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that people may obtain records about their own Firearm Owners Identification cards, but they may not use the state’s Freedom of Information Act ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago Police late Tuesday were investigating a home invasion turned violent the day before in Belmont Cragin. Holes in the door frame of a house in the 2100 block of North Meade ...

FOID cards are required in Illinois to possess, own or purchase firearms and ammunition. Residents with felony convictions, domestic or other violent crime convictions, drug use and addiction, and ...

Illinois State Police announced Wednesday that it has forced nearly 300 people in southern Illinois to give up ownership of their firearms after they had their firearms rights revoked. As part of a ...

Just a handful of states require a gun permit for the purchase of any kind of firearm. Illinois is one of them. Don’t have a firearm owners identification card? Then you can’t legally possess a gun, ...