Gun Control & RKBA

$300 for out of state resident permit.

The training runs around $175 for the full 16 hour course, not counting range time or ammo to qualify.

They have made sure that poor people need not apply for a permit.

But some instructors are doing free/discounted classes in some neighborhoods. I've done 2 classes where I only charged for the materials and I know other instructors that are doing the same thing. The more people that have the choice to carry, the better.

As noted above Sheriff Tom Dart in Cook County is trying to block anyone who lives in a neigborhood he deems "unsafe". "Coincidentally" those neighborhoods are all people of color, funny that.

The last Illinois State Police count was 180,000 permits so far. And the new applications for a FOID card continue to rise at about 15 to 20,000 per month, indicating new gun owners that might be getting permits as well.

Not bad considering the obstacles they threw in the way.