CHICAGO - Illinois State Police (ISP) are distributing about $1 million in firearm enforcement grants across the state to help local police departments ensure guns don’t end up in the wrong hands.

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ISP Director Brendan Kelly said the program focuses on people who have lost their legal ability to own a firearm, whether due to a criminal conviction, a firearm restraining order, an order of protection or being flagged as a clear and present danger.

While revoking a Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card is one step, Kelly said the real challenge is making sure the guns themselves are removed.

"It's one thing to, in the system, revoke their ability to have that firearm in a legal sense. It's an entirely different effort for law enforcement to go make sure the guns themse

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