Posted on 06/27/2020 1:03:17 PM PDT by NoLibZone
As protests continue in Chicago, applications for Illinois firearms permits have been up 501% from June 1 to June 17 compared to 2019, according to the Chicago Tribune.
There were more than 42,000 applications for Firearms Owners Identification (FOID) cards compared to about 7,000 during the same 2019 period.
The firearms services bureau of the Illinois State Police, which issues the FOID cards, told the Tribune that permit applications started rising in March but skyrocketed in June.
Background checks for the sale of firearms have been increasing since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the National Shooting Sports Foundation reported.
More than 100,000 background checks were completed for the sale of a firearm in Illinois during the coronavirus pandemic, coinciding with the nearly 4 million background checks for gun purchases nationwide during the same timeframe.
The recent spike in applications during June coincides with protests and outbreaks of violence in Chicago.
In one weekend from mid-afternoon June 19 to early June 22, at least 106 people were shot, and 14 of those were killed.
According to data from Chicago’s Inspector General, arrests had fallen off a cliff after the outbreak of the pandemic with a drop of nearly 75% in arrests.
As of June 4, the Chicago police were on pace for the most arrests in a single week since the city’s inspector general started tracking arrest data in 2017, according to local Chicago News WBEZ. Over 1,400 arrests were made between May 31 and June 3. The arrests came as protests broke out against police violence resulting in widespread looting and vandalism. Before the outbreak, arrests had been down.
The Chicago Tribune spoke to Dan Eldridge, owner of Maxon Shooter’s Supplies and Range in Des Plaines, who said that a stat that jumped out to him was defensive ammunition. “We saw May 2020 over May 2019 firearms sales were twice as high, and defensive ammunition was ten times as high.”
As civil unrest continues, Americans are embracing their Second Amendment rights as a way to ensure safety and protection for themselves and their families.
Illinois is a state that requires its citizens to ask for permission to exercise their 2nd Amendment Constitutional rights. You need a FOID card to possess firearms and ammo. Ironically, as a resident of MO I can legally buy ammo or long arms in IL without IL permission.
That’s also 500% more who will be denied
Thank the Democrats and their rabble-rousing minions for arming A lot more law-abiding citizens.
Every gun is a Trump 2020 vote — undisclosed to pollsters.
If law enforcement will not protect civilians, civilians have no choice but to protect themselves. Dopey mayors, governors, and politicians in general haven’t figured this out yet.
here in wa i can order online and it arrives at my doorstep
via ups ground
What’s a “gun permit?” Blue state people sure got funny ways. Y’all sure they’re still American?
Don’t you wish you had bought AOBC (Now SWBI) back in March when it dipped to $7?
Congress passed a national gun permit law in 1791.
just sayin...
Better stock up now, shelves will be empty by October.
They’re empty now.
If not mistaken, Il is a shall issue state, no? Delays due to heavy demand, but still shall issue.
Shelves are already empty from what I read everyday. Also, I don't get why Remington is filing for bankruptcy. Corporate mismanagement? They produce the most popular home defense shotgun.
Only a few left who aren’t shall issue.
Next up, Constitutional carry coast to coast!
What will happen in states and localities where people are required to wear a mask yet the concealed carry permit requires one not to wear a mask? Will liberal officials use this to either prohibit concealed array or take away one’s permit?
what with the commie/nazi/leftist politicians in Chicago/Illinois, anyone without protection is a complete and utter fool. (Darwin’s Law will very likely catch up with them, so the idiocy won’t propogate in the gene pool.)
Actually, east/ north of PA, excepting NH &VT ME,all are, then CA.... That’s about 1/3 of the US population.
I suppose it depends on where you are, in Nebraska I can still get guns and ammo at gun stores, there are periodic shortages of popular calibers. Then there are places like hardware stores that are good locations to scoop up 9mm and .22 cal.
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