IL - 1000s Won't be Able to Apply For Concealed Carry License

[coloradokevin]

My response is that this is 2013. The internet has existed for about 20 years to the masses.
I am sure that someone who does not have internet at home will be able to find someone to help them.
The ISP does not want to deal with paper, hence the electronic submissions.
Look at it this way, the application won't get lost in the mail. It won't get lost on someone's desk. It won't have as many errors. It allows for you to go online and see what is taking so #*$&^ long for them to process the application.
My advice to those people is find a friend and go to the library. They have internet there.
And they are able to save the cost of the postage stamp.
I just got a notice from PA for a renewal there, they say you have to apply in person because the have to capture an electronic photo and signature. This is the wave of the future.

My thoughts exactly. I first remember my family getting Internet access back in 1991 or so (with the original AOL, though I think we had it beforehand in a less refined form), and we certainly weren't rich or privileged. The argument that the Internet isn't available today hardly even works for the "economically challenged". I work deep in the 'hood, and everyone there seems to either have access via a computer or a cellphone. Even barring all of that, public libraries have access, and many folks could grab access from a friend or employer for a few minutes (though the later isn't always a viable option, depending on your place of employment).

My 92-year-old grandmother has been regularly e-mailing family members for the past five years, while my now-deceased grandfather was doing it back in the mid-90's. My surviving 90-year-old grandfather on the other side of the family has been doing so for at least 10 years (and trust me when I suggest that he's just about as poor, backwards, and detached from modern society as you'll find).

For me, I'm more concerned with the costs of CCW permits than I am with the fact that someone has to apply online to get one. Internet access is available for people, and I'd even be a bit surprised if some of the locations where permit applications are processed don't add a terminal for such purposes.


PLUS: I can guarantee that not one person on this forum will be unable to get their CCW permit in IL as a result of the electronic application process. Just sayin'.

 

[ilbob]

You need to understand that some of the outrage is just posturing. just like when the trailer bill came out some folks made out like it was some great improvement because it exempted a few former cops from the training that were fired during their probationary period, while ignoring the parts that were made arguably worse.

When you are out begging for money on a regular basis you have to make it look like you are doing something for the money you are asking for.