About 100 concealed carry permits denied based on objections [Illinois]

[hack89]

A state licensing board has rejected about half of the concealed carry applications it has reviewed based on law enforcement objections — but those applications represent a tiny fraction of the total number filed, according to figures released Monday.

The seven-member Concealed Carry Licensing Board has sustained about 100 objections, denying permits to those people, said Monique Bond, spokeswoman for the Illinois State Police. The board has overruled about 100 other objections, allowing those applications to move forward, Bond said.

About 50,000 people have applied for permits, and about 5,000 have been approved, according to the state police. The approved permits are expected to arrive in the mail this week, officials say.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/25966276-418/about-100-concealed-carry-permits-denied-based-on-objections.html

The backlash continues.

[DonP]

1. Well, mine arrived in the mail yesterday AM

The Illinois State Police are estimating they will be mailing from 5,000 to 7,000 a week now that the system is up and running.

[jeepnstein]

2. That's remarkably good.

Sounds like they have a pretty good appeals process in place, too. In a few years the good people of Illinois will wonder what all the sound and fury from the anti-CCW crowd was about.

[smokey775]

3. Things not going Sheriff Dart's way?

[ErikO]

4. So

how many of the first 5,000 were Hawaiians?

Funny how the states around IL that have had CCW for 2+ years are NOT allowed to get non-resident permits. Guess it's all the blood running in the streets of Terre Haute, IN or Beloit, WI. Or the less blood in St Louis, MO than the Metro East.

Crazy, I know!