300 in southern Illinois have gun rights revoked.

The Illinois State Police has announced Wednesday that it has forced nearly 300 people in southern Illinois to give up ownership of their firearms after they had their firearms rights revoked.

Illinois State Police conducted a “firearms enforcement blitz” from June 16 to July 31 in 41 southern Illinois counties, including St. Clair, Madison, Monroe, Clinton and Randolph counties.

State Police conducted 710 'compliance checks', which resulted in 295 gun owners being "placed into compliance" with Illinois' FOID requirements.

Illinois State Police said those placed in compliance had to do the following:

▪ Surrender their FOID card.

▪ Transfer all firearms out of their possession.

▪ Complete a firearms disposition record to detail the guns involved.

The enforcement details were conducted in all of the State’s 102 counties, ISP said in the release. Statewide, 1,027 people were placed into compliance with the IL FOID law.

“The enforcement details are designed to ensure those who have had their firearm rights revoked are in compliance with the Firearms Owners Identification Card (FOID) Act,” the agency said in a news release.

“Compliance checks are not about confiscating guns, but about
ensuring individuals who have lost their firearms rights to transfer
their firearms to law enforcement or someone who is legally able to
possess them,” Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly said during a
news conference at the state police’s metro-east headquarters in
Collinsville.