SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Gun Lobby is reporting that as of January 31, 2013, there are 70,218 applications in the backlog for Illinois' Firearm Owner Identification (FOID) card and the Firearms Services Bureau (FSB) continues to receive a record level of applications.
For the first month of 2013, 61,172 applications were received for processing, which far surpasses the previous record of 39,394 applications received in March 2012.












