Michael1942's Blog

Apparently our Illinois Governor does not understand concealed carry. Recent shootings in Chicago have nothing to do with legal concealed carry. These events point out the need for a concealed carry law. The current legal FOID card holders are not the people illegally carrying concealed weapons but its the same folks who do not have a FOID card and will not or cannot obtain them. Why is it that the population that follows the laws (no matter how inconvenient or inane) have to pay the price for the ones who do not. Governor wake up! We law abiding owners are not seeking a wild west situation, just the ability to protect ourselves when law enforcement cannot. At this time there is possibly more ILLEGAL concealed carrying occurring than we know (because they are concealed!). Clearly if we the legal firearm owners are willing go through additional training for this privilege then where is the problem?