A new federal lawsuit challenging Illinois’ requirement that gun owners obtain a state police issued license landed in court this week, marking the latest front in a multi-pronged legal assault on a system that critics say forces citizens to prove their innocence before exercising a constitutional right.
The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed the lawsuit Tuesday against Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly, Attorney General Kwame Raoul, and Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, arguing that the Illinois Firearm Owners Identification Card Act violates both the Second and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution.
“Representing Navy veteran Christopher Laurent, Chicago chef and restaurateur Kim Dalton, and liberty advocate Justin Tucker, NCLA urges the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to declare that the FOID Act violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and stop its enforcement,” the group announced.
The three plaintiffs bring distinct but related grievances against the FOID system. Laurent and Dalton both want firearms for self-defense in their homes but have refused to submit to the licensing process on constitutional grounds. Tucker already possesses a FOID card but objects to the legal requirement that he carry it whenever he possesses a firearm or ammunition, and he does not wish to renew it when it expires.
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