FOID cards, anyone?

With gunshots ringing out in McHenry County in the past two weeks, notice how no one has mentioned FOID cards? Those pesky Firearms Owner Identification cards?

Why not?

Did Timothy S. Smith have a FOID card on May 29, when he allegedly shot and killed Kurt Milliman? Did Kimberly A. (Holian) Smith have a FOID card? Whose gun was it that was used to shoot Kurt?

And in the Feldkamp case? Did Jack Feldkamp, 84, or Audrey Feldkamp, 81, hold a FOID card? Was it their gun that their son, Scott Feldkamp, 54, used to defend his parents and himself?

Scott was visiting from Florida, where many residents have concealed carry permits. Did he have such a permit? Had he brought one of his guns with him?

Unfortunately, one of the questions that needs to be asked is, was he illegally in possession of a firearm in McHenry County since, as a Florida resident, he would not have had a FOID card and any Florida concealed-carry permit would not be valid in Illinois.

No one questions his defense of his parents and himself. I'm glad he had the gun. I wish it had been closer.

It's the stupid laws in Illinois that I question.