Other states don't hold on to your license when they ticket you? Yay states that aren't Illinois. A week or so ago I was waiting for the guy at the pharmacist counter at Walgreens to finish my background check and get permission from the governor to give me a fucking box of Sudafed when a woman came up, watched the process for a while (seriously, it took nearly ten minutes) and said "Oh no-- I need Sudafed too, and I'm driving on a ticket!" The pharmacist confirmed that she wouldn't be allowed nose clearing goodness without a picture ID, and she asked me if I'd be willing to buy an extra box for her.

If I'd agreed to it, would that have technically have made me a drug mule?

Anyway, congratulations on the FOID. I'd consider looking into one myself, but Chicago's somewhat strict laws on firearm ownership are a small price to pay to live in such a crime-free paradise.