Illinois Concealed Carry FAQ
The Illinois Retired Officer Concealed Carry Program (IROCC) is a program that provides retired law enforcement officers in Illinois with the opportunity to obtain a special concealed carry permit. The IROCC program is separate from the normal concealed carry license for the general public. The IROCC program is authorized by Illinois and is designed to […]
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Illinois does require gun permits for gun owners. In fact, Illinois has two different types of gun permits. One for purchasing and the other for carrying your firearm. We’ll walk you through who needs a gun permit, how to get it, and everything else you need to know about Illinois gun permits. There are two
The E-FOID is now a thing. We heard way back at the beginning of concealed carry that we would one day be allowed to carry an electronic copy of our concealed carry license in Illinois. That window of opportunity closed with zero action from the state legislature. However with the passage of the FOID modernization
In 2021 a federal judge ruled that the ban on concealed carry in the Cook County forest preserves is unconstitutional. The Judge did give a stay on enforcement of his ruling, meaning the unconstitutional ban was allowed to be enforced for several months. The state legislature missed the deadline to revise their ban, though they
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It’s frustrating to do everything you must do to comply with the state of Illinois law to apply for a concealed carry license, and then the state drags feet and you have to wait too long for your license. You can expedite your concealed carry license with the following steps
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The Illinois State Police have released a new version of the Firearm Owner Identification card, and there is already a problem. This new FOID card, released in January 2022, is a combined identification card. The ISP has merged the Concealed carry License and the Firearm Owner ID into one card. Let us take a look at the new FOID card and see if we can spot the problem.
There are several steps involved in applying for your Illinois Concealed Carry license after you’ve completed your required concealed carry training class. The following video and article will walk you through the steps on how to apply. (Sign up for a training class with Alpha Koncepts if you haven’t already taken the 16 hour training
Is it legal to wear a face mask while carrying a firearm in Illinois? Pritzker’s Covid executive order has reignited this old debate.
As the weather shifts, it is inevitable, conversations will shift to “How do you carry? What do you carry?” etc… But are those the proper questions to be asking? You may have heard it said, “Beware the man who only owns one gun. He probably knows how to use it.” I shall put it another
“When can I shoot?” or “Can I shoot if?” This is what I refer to as the “What if” game. As a concealed carry instructor it is inevitable a student will ask, “Can I shoot…” followed by some random scenario that has maybe happened to them or they may have seen on recent media. The
