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Illinois Gun Permit Applications Soar 500% As Frightened Liberals Embrace 2nd Amendment
Over 40,000 Illinois residents applied for a gun permit over a two-week period this month, a jump of more than 500% over this time last year according to Illinois State Police.
Take a full glass of coronavirus, shake in a shot of riots and another of this defund police notion, and everything goes crazy," gun shop owner Mark Glavin told the Chicago Tribune. "Not to mention the backlog on background checks."
The state's mandatory 72-hour background check has stretched to more than a week for some of Glavin's customers, putting Illinois residents in the same boat as Californians - who have a 10-day wait before they can take possession of recently bought firearms.
Between June 1 and June 17, there were over 42,089 applications for FOID cards vs. just 7,000 during the same period last year - an increase of 501%. Putting that into further context, there were 48,194 applications between December, January and February combined.
"We know that traditionally there’s an uptick in gun purchases around elections and major tragedies," said DePaul University associate professor of social work, Noam Ostrander.
Des Plaines gun store and range owner Dan Eldridge says that half of the customers scrambling to arm up are first-time buyers
What is significant is a whole lot of people who have firearms for their house or self-defense are saying, ‘I’d better have some ammunition for this thing or it’s not going to do me any good.’" he added.
Liberals embracing the 2nd Amendment
University of Illinois at Chicago associate professor of Political Science, Alexandra Filindra, says that there's plenty of research and anecdotal evidence that many of the white, first-time gun buyers identify as politically progressive.
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Over 40,000 Illinois residents applied for a gun permit over a two-week period this month, a jump of more than 500% over this time last year according to Illinois State Police.
Take a full glass of coronavirus, shake in a shot of riots and another of this defund police notion, and everything goes crazy," gun shop owner Mark Glavin told the Chicago Tribune. "Not to mention the backlog on background checks."
The state's mandatory 72-hour background check has stretched to more than a week for some of Glavin's customers, putting Illinois residents in the same boat as Californians - who have a 10-day wait before they can take possession of recently bought firearms.
Between June 1 and June 17, there were over 42,089 applications for FOID cards vs. just 7,000 during the same period last year - an increase of 501%. Putting that into further context, there were 48,194 applications between December, January and February combined.
"We know that traditionally there’s an uptick in gun purchases around elections and major tragedies," said DePaul University associate professor of social work, Noam Ostrander.
Des Plaines gun store and range owner Dan Eldridge says that half of the customers scrambling to arm up are first-time buyers
What is significant is a whole lot of people who have firearms for their house or self-defense are saying, ‘I’d better have some ammunition for this thing or it’s not going to do me any good.’" he added.
Liberals embracing the 2nd Amendment
University of Illinois at Chicago associate professor of Political Science, Alexandra Filindra, says that there's plenty of research and anecdotal evidence that many of the white, first-time gun buyers identify as politically progressive.
Illinois Gun Permit Applications Soar 500% As Frightened Liberals Embrace 2nd Amendment
"Take a full glass of coronavirus, shake in a shot of riots and another of this defund police notion, and everything goes crazy."
