TomJ
Contributing Member
I received a call from a friend regarding a gun transfer question. He is originally from Illinois and now splits his time equally between there and Florida. As of last February he's legally a Florida resident as he has a Florida driver's license and files taxes as a Florida resident. He still has an Illinois FOID as it hasn't expired, but given that he's a Florida resident I don't know that his FOID is valid. At the beginning of this month he bought a gun from a friend of his who moved to Illinois for a couple of years bringing with him some guns he owned, but he never applied for a FOID. They were not aware of the requirement to run the sale through the state police website and did not do so. My friend is in Florida for a while and his friend he bought the gun from just moved to California. My friend knows they dropped the ball and is looking for a way to correct this. I suggested talking to an attorney to find out what their options are but wanted to ask if anyone here had suggestions.