I’ve now managed to speak with several dealers who have reported that the delay we receive is the usual response from ISP when a person is buying a gun. Most valid FOID card holders get delayed in the dealer’s experience. None of them know why, but they all speculated providing various reasons. None can be confirmed. Regardless the reason, the effect is more gatekeeping by a police authority.
So I question, why do I draw a delay when I buy a gun, but not when I buy ammunition at Walmart? Also, since ISP runs every FOID card holder every day on NICS what takes days to clear? How did the ISP spend the tax money it received to “fix” the FOID system? Why is ISP slower now than before they “fixed” it? These are rhetorical questions for discussion and thought. Just like the dealers I spoke with I have my speculations as well. Just like them none of my suspicions can be confirmed either.