- Published: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 01:48 PM
Read below or click here to view today's editorial from the Chicago Sun-Times discussing efforts to ensure people who are legally barred from owning guns do not have access to firearms.
Editorial: A simple way to keep guns away from dangerous people
Most of us, whatever our stand on the Second Amendment, would prefer that dangerous people not have guns.
And by law in Illinois, they are not supposed to. But our state has been much too lax about making sure people who are legally barred from owning guns do not, in fact, keep a few firearms around the house. Let’s get serious about this.
To buy or own a gun in Illinois, a person first must obtain a Firearm Owner’s Identification Card, which requires meeting certain standards. The card can be revoked if the owner no longer meets those standards.
But, too often, no one in authority bothers to check whether the person whose FOID card was revoked is unlawfully hanging on to guns anyway. That poses a risk to everyone around them.