Illinois Carry Conceal LIcenses have officially been issued.

[AlphaKoncepts]

Reports as early as Saturday is that Illinois Carry Conceal licenses were arriving in the mail. I got mine in the mail today.

History has been made.

[Ryno12]

Congratulations guys!!

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[shaneinhisroom]

So does this mean one can legally CC in chicago or is chicago kind of like a NYC?

[SeriousStudent]

Congrats, that is great news for you and your family's safety. But just as important, it strikes a very real blow for liberty.

The hard work of so many people is starting to pay off.

[AlphaKoncepts]

Congrats, that is great news for you and your family's safety. But just as important, it strikes a very real blow for liberty.

The hard work of so many people is starting to pay off.

We are making alot of progress in this country for gun rights, but we sill must stay vigilant and continue to fight.

[Ledanek]

I'm a rifleman and I wish my Right to carry will someday happen.
congrats and stay vigilant.

[AlphaKoncepts]

So does this mean one can legally CC in chicago or is chicago kind of like a NYC?

You may carry in Chicago. There are some minor temporary additional restrictions, but those restrictions are contrary to the law and will soon be expunged either with a trailer bill or through the judicial process.


How is NYC?

[HeavyDuty]

So does this mean one can legally CC in chicago or is chicago kind of like a NYC?

It's a statewide license - Chicago and Cook County tried to make it more restrictive like the situation in NY state but they weren't able to get the votes. The law includes handgun preemption, but Chicago, Cook and a few other towns are still trying to enforce local ordinances against magazine size and (in the case of Chicago) lasers. I'm sure this will be tested in court before too long, and there are bills in the current session to clarify the preemption extent.

Now we need to work on statewide preemption of long guns...

[AlphaKoncepts]

It's a statewide license - Chicago and Cook County tried to make it more restrictive like the situation in NY state but they weren't able to get the votes. The law includes handgun preemption, but Chicago, Cook and a few other towns are still trying to enforce local ordinances against magazine size and (in the case of Chicago) lasers. I'm sure this will be tested in court before too long, and there are bills in the current session to clarify the preemption extent.

Now we need to work on statewide preemption of long guns...

I am 99% off the top of my head that there is currently a trailer bill in the general assembly which will slap Chicago and Cook in the face. Having said that, if the bill doesn't get passed it'll be tested in court. I am urging my students to comply with Chicago law until we see how that works out, knowing it'll take a few years sucks but it is what it is. Some poor soul will find out for us.


We still need to work on alot in this state. The showing at IGOLD yesterday was pretty short. People seem to think we won because we now have concealed carry. We have a bad bill that needs to be fixed. We have alot of anti gun bills in the general assembly currently, including registration. We're not done by a long shot. I think we need to slap alot of illinois gun owners back into reality that we won a major victory but the war for our rights is far from over.

[dp13]

Any news on reciprocity?