¶ 53 We recognize in People v. Shelly, 2024 IL App (3d) 220432, ¶ 34, the reviewing court reached the opposite conclusion and remanded the case to allow the State an opportunity to present evidence in accordance with its construction of the statute. However, there, the reviewing court relied simply on the fact the Ramirez decision did not exist at the time of the trial in that case, and thus a posttrial change in law did occur.
¶ 35 The State establishes a violation of section 2(a)(1) of the FOID Act by demonstrating that (1) the defendant knowingly possessed a firearm and (2) knew he did not have a valid FOID card. People v. Shelly, 2024 IL App (3d) 220432, ¶¶ 26-27, 29. "Knowledge of a material fact includes awareness of the substantial probability that the fact exists."