DonP
Member
At 12:01 this morning, Jan 5th, Illinois started accepting Concealed Carry permit applications.
The Illinois State Police started accepting online applications this morning from any qualified applicant for its Shall Issue concealed carry permits. The law was written by our downstate Dems and passed by Madigan and Cullerton, including an embarrassing massive override of a Quinn amendatory veto. They expect from 400,000 to 500,000 applications in the first year. But based on the recent Wisconsin and Ohio experience some think that may be a low estimate.
As of this morning (10 AM) 8,000+ applications have been received and paid for.
The permit for residents is $150 and 16 hours of training from approved instructors using an approved course outline. That includes a minimum 70% hit rate at 5, 7 and 10 yards on a B-27 FBI style target for range qualification. Military service, or a qualified NRA Basic Pistol course qualifies for 8 hours credit, Hunter Safety courses are good for 4 hours credit. No reciprocity agreements have been announced yet.
That makes us the last state to allow carry of any kind and, to date, no state has had a serious effort to repeal their CCW laws.
For the last three weeks approved instructors (1800+) were allowed to apply for their own permits as a "test run" for the online system to work out any kinks and there were a few that are now cleared up. The biggest question for the new system is handling the load. The State Police also caught up with the backlog of 70,000 applications for Firearm Owners ID (FOID) cards in the last 6 weeks, so they have extra staff assigned to help with the rush they expect. New FOID applications, e.g. new gun owners, are still averaging around 40,000+ a month. So the grabber meme that there are fewer gun owners every year is as phony as a Joe Biden gun safety course.
The first CCW permits won't be issued for around 90 days, for those that included digital fingerprints, or 120 days for those that didn't. This waiting period allows local law enforcement to review and object to the issuance of the permit based on local CLEO experience and records.
Tom Dart, Sheriff of Cook County, tried to file a blanket objection for anyone from Cook County or Chicago and was turned down by the Illinois State Police twice. He was told he can make a case by case objection if he wants to but blanket objections are not going to be allowed since it would violate the Shall Issue law.
The Illinois State Police started accepting online applications this morning from any qualified applicant for its Shall Issue concealed carry permits. The law was written by our downstate Dems and passed by Madigan and Cullerton, including an embarrassing massive override of a Quinn amendatory veto. They expect from 400,000 to 500,000 applications in the first year. But based on the recent Wisconsin and Ohio experience some think that may be a low estimate.
As of this morning (10 AM) 8,000+ applications have been received and paid for.
The permit for residents is $150 and 16 hours of training from approved instructors using an approved course outline. That includes a minimum 70% hit rate at 5, 7 and 10 yards on a B-27 FBI style target for range qualification. Military service, or a qualified NRA Basic Pistol course qualifies for 8 hours credit, Hunter Safety courses are good for 4 hours credit. No reciprocity agreements have been announced yet.
That makes us the last state to allow carry of any kind and, to date, no state has had a serious effort to repeal their CCW laws.
For the last three weeks approved instructors (1800+) were allowed to apply for their own permits as a "test run" for the online system to work out any kinks and there were a few that are now cleared up. The biggest question for the new system is handling the load. The State Police also caught up with the backlog of 70,000 applications for Firearm Owners ID (FOID) cards in the last 6 weeks, so they have extra staff assigned to help with the rush they expect. New FOID applications, e.g. new gun owners, are still averaging around 40,000+ a month. So the grabber meme that there are fewer gun owners every year is as phony as a Joe Biden gun safety course.
The first CCW permits won't be issued for around 90 days, for those that included digital fingerprints, or 120 days for those that didn't. This waiting period allows local law enforcement to review and object to the issuance of the permit based on local CLEO experience and records.
Tom Dart, Sheriff of Cook County, tried to file a blanket objection for anyone from Cook County or Chicago and was turned down by the Illinois State Police twice. He was told he can make a case by case objection if he wants to but blanket objections are not going to be allowed since it would violate the Shall Issue law.
