Thursday Bulletin – May 22, 2025
May 22, 2025
Executive Director’s Message Richard Pearson A Right Delayed Is A Right Denied ISRA Condemns State Police Suspension of 2A Rights in Illinois The ISRA learned that the Illinois State Police, using their unconstitutional FOID card system, decided to suspend 2nd Amendment rights in Illinois for 26 hours. On Tuesday, May 20th at 2pm, the ISP shut off access to the FOID card portal for firearms sellers until 4pm the next day. So, for 26 hours, FOID card holders were not able to purchase ammunition in Illinois since ISP requires the seller to verify that your card is still valid. Additionally, the majority of firearms dealers that we talked to said they were unable to sell firearms during this time as well. Make no mistake, what's being labeled as "system maintenance" was a suspension of Illinois citizen's 2nd Amendment rights. When the issues caused by this shutdown were brought to the...
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