CHICAGO — The Illinois State Police has issued an emergency rule that will allow the agency to retain and expand the use of reports on people found to pose a “clear and present danger” to themselves of others even if they don’t have a current firearm owner’s identification card or a pending application.
The move is a direct response to a hole in the state’s gun laws that was exposed in the mass shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade.
The alleged Highland Park shooter was able to obtain a FOID card just months after Highland Park police filed a clear and present danger report with state police in September 2019 because the report wasn’t retained after it was determined he didn’t have a firearm permit or pending application at the time, according to state police.
