Civil Liberties

Record Gun Applications Swamp IL Police

Supposed to be approved or denied within 28 days

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Illinois State Police say they're trying to deal with a huge backlog of applications for Firearms Owner Identification cards.

The agency received more than 28,000 applications for cards during April alone.

That's on top of an existing backlog of nearly 76,000 applications. The state police say they are dealing with a record number of applications.

State police are supposed to approve or deny applications within 30 days.