Illinois CCW Bill Proposed

[cookie62]

Thank PegLeg,
I just ran across this from the Illinois Sheriffs' Association, even though they say they didn't take a stand in the past they never supported it either.

http://www.ilsheriff.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=l8MKwAlgBrE%3d&tabid=64&mid=387

90% of the states sheriffs support it, wanna bet the other 10% are friends of Daily?

[PegLeg45]

It's a step in a better direction....but still looks like it would have a lot of red tape involved...of course, it is Illinois... 


Quote from text at the above link by cookie:

Whereas, the general provisions of a conceal carry act in Illinois should include the following:

1. Permits should be issued by a state agency to insure consistency in evaluation and screening.

2. Individuals who receive a concealed carry permit should receive adequate training including basic knowledge of firearms, the proper handling of a firearm, live fire exercises for range qualification, instruction and testing on use of force as a citizen including the liability of that use.

3. Applications should be processed by the Sheriff’s office including the ability of the Sheriff to articulate specific reasons why the permit should be denied and those objections should be considered by the state before issuing a permit.

4. For the purpose of officer safety, a concealed carry permit should be an identifiable code, background or other means to show that an individual has been issued a permit to carry a concealed firearm on the person’s driver’s license, FOID card and state identification.

[cookie62]

A little update:

2 CCW bills made it out of committee yesterday, one has the Sheriff as the one to approve the permits. The other has the State police in charge of the program. If we can at least get our foot in the door, then we can amend it to make it better. I contacted my Rep. and he is on board.