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Old 03-14-2017, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Whitwabit View Post
costs for an Illinois Conceal Carry Permit will run you close to

150 for the permit / 50 to 75 for the electronic finger prints / 25 for the electronic picture / 255 dollars at the Jr College for the 16 hour course .. and then you have to buy 50 rds at the range and the range fee ..

So just under 550 to 600 to get your permit .. some take a course that has Illinois/Utah/Florida all in a weekend .. not sure what that would cost .. it really is a hindrance to many people to come up with that amount ..

Illinois way of keeping the number of permits low .. for non resident only 4 states are approved only Hawaii, New Mexico, South Carolina, and Virginia have been classified by Illinois as “substantially similar”. 300 dollars for the non resident license .. these states can change at any time .. and have ..
The cost is ridiculous. Once we get Mike Madigan and his ilk out of office, we can propose legislation to cut the cost to 1/3 and have a reasonable expectation the bill will pass.
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