Concealed carry fires blanks in the Illinois Valley

[SecularMotion]

Two years ago Illinois became the last state in the union to allow citizens to carry a concealed firearm. Was the anticipated boon for the state a misfire?

“It hasn’t been the numbers the state was anticipating,” said Jay Irizarry, a firearms instructor in Bureau County. “As a matter of fact, Cook County outside of Chicago had the lowest per capita number of permits.”

La Salle, Bureau, and Putnam County residents haven’t been rushing to get their licenses, either.

“Everyone who wanted one already got it,” said John Atkins, an instructor at Down Range Tactical in Spring Valley. When the law first passed, he said they were giving six courses a week. “Now we can barely fill classes.”

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