Illinois Gun Permit Applications Soar 500% As Frightened Liberals Embrace 2nd Amendment

[livingston]

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.

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."

www.zerohedge.com

 

[livingston]

A 38-year-old man from Dixon — who didn’t want his name used, citing employment reasons — described himself as “a very liberal Democrat” who for decades has been “for most forms of gun control politically.” But since March, he’s been waiting for his first gun permit to arrive so he can keep his family safe, he said.

“My views have recently changed, and I have accepted that the Second Amendment provides for the personal ownership and use of a firearm,” he said in an email. “The recent social unrest of a divisive president, the pandemic and dramatic rise in unemployment, and the more recent social unrest because of the way we police in this country have all been reasons that have prompted my recent application.” -Chicago Tribune
Concealed Carry gun instructor and owner of Safer USA, David Lombardo, says he's had several callers recently who have disclosed their political beliefs while asking him for private one-on-one training because "they don't want anyone to know they're doing the training, let alone going to buy a firearm."

"I have seen the emergence of a new class of students seeking training: anti-Second Amendment liberals," he said.

 

[Deplorable Me]

Liberals are not about embracing any rights. They're selfish little bastards only interested in their own asses as it best suites them.

 

[livingston]

‘Guns are flying off the shelf.’ Permit applications up more than 500% amid coronavirus pandemic and George Floyd fallout.

With a wave of crises crashing across the country, more than 40,000 Illinoisans applied for a gun permit in a little more than two weeks this month, more than 500% over this time last year, according to Illinois State Police.

www.chicagotribune.com

‘Guns are flying off the shelf.’ Permit applications up more than 500% amid coronavirus pandemic and George Floyd fallout
Take your pick. The pandemic, the police killing of George Floyd, the presidential election. Protests, looting, calls to “defund the police.”
Any one of such similar events historically has been enough to push some people off the fence, prompting them to finally buy a gun or add to their collection
Gun sales are soaring at Mark Glavin’s gun shop in Elgin, from an average of 10 a day last year to as many as 200 a day this year. With so many gun purchases, he said, ammunition also can be hard to find
The strain is being felt at the 30-person firearms services bureau, where 24 employees process applications for FOID cards and concealed carry permits. Six others work solely on processing background checks required when someone tries to buy a gun
Jim Leckinger, a 58-year-old former naval officer living in Aurora, “had to maintain qualifications on a variety of weapons” during that career but hasn’t handled guns since. In March, he inherited two antique guns from the 1800s, which he took to get cleaned by a gunsmith. He was told he couldn’t get them back — he plans to display them in a shadowbox — until he produces a firearms identification. He has been awaiting approval from state police since March 28.
“I don’t have a lot of interactions with government agencies, but this one has to be the poorest-run organization in Illinois,” he said, noting he’s called three times and emailed the agency twice, trying to get an update. “They are absolutely unresponsive.”

 

[Calculon]

I hope they all wait a year or more. They should feel the impact of their decisions.

And yet every single one will vote for senile old joe. FU liberals.

 

[livingston]

I hope they all wait a year or more. They should feel the impact of their decisions.

And yet every single one will vote for senile old joe. FU liberals.

We hope some folks will become woke .... We have chaos in this country... This will help Trump and the conservative party very well

 

[DrBleachCocktail]

I hope they all wait a year or more. They should feel the impact of their decisions.

And yet every single one will vote for senile old joe. FU liberals.

For those who vote for gun control, make them a registered anti gun supporter so when a background check comes they are mandatory to wait 10 days before picking up their firearm.

 

[TheMoneyPit]

I’m glad some liberals are starting to see the error in their ways. It’s a dangerous game their playing...it’s a lot easier to give up freedoms than to get them back. Glad for some of them it wasn’t too late.

Hopefully they become responsible gun owners and understand that it is a big responsibility and not to be taken lightly. And of course stop pushing the gun control bullshit agenda.

 

[Cooolone]

Fucking hypocrites, every single one of them should be denied...!

What's the matter, can't just do as you thought before, just bend over and give up your wallet, your business, or your home?

What ya gonna do with that thing now anyways...! Gonna get yourself killed, that's for one! That's all we need, fucking Progressive Libertards who, when they know you disagree with them, ban you or run to their safe room to have guns! What happened to any reasonable person understanding that GUNS are BAD and nobody but the police should have them!? Or when you have a problem, call the police, don't take matters into your own hands! Or that the 2nd Amendment only applies to Militias, has there been an uptick in militia sign ups?... Fuck them!

Pfffft, good luck assholes!

 

[dsdmmat]

For those who vote for gun control, make them a registered anti gun supporter so when a background check comes they are mandatory to wait 10 days before picking up their firearm.

10 Month, and only revolvers, levers, Muzzle loader, pump or break action Guns. Nothing modern since the founders didn’t think of assault weapons.

 

[Saltwater60]

Yet they will still vote to strip their rights away.

 

[livingston]

Yet they will still vote to strip their rights away.

every time .... This next year will be an interesting year folks ... IF Trump does not win there will be a run on guns and ammo like we have never seen.
Get prepared

 

[DrBleachCocktail]

Just bought me another stripped lower this morning, planning on building it. Rather have it and not need it then need it and not have it.

 

[Calculon]

Just bought me another stripped lower this morning, planning on building it. Rather have it and not need it then need it and not have it.

What are you? Some kind of right wing extremist? No sensible thinking allowed.

 

[DrBleachCocktail]

What are you? Some kind of right wing extremist? No sensible thinking allowed.

No leftist nor right wing, just common sense. Kinda miss using my M4 though.

 

[Deplorable Me]

PS: Screw your gun permits. No voter ID, no permits.