An Illinois appellate court ruled 2-1 that the state's Firearms Owner Identification (FOID) card law, requiring a license to acquire and possess firearms, is constitutional. The court's majority stated that historical regulations don't need to be identical to modern licensing laws. The dissenting opinion argued that there's no historical tradition supporting such a broad restriction on firearm possession, especially in the home, and that the state failed to meet the Bruin standard.
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