Fortunately for this Chicago-area resident, last summer, Illinois became the last state in the US to approve concealed carry. According to this report, on April 7th, a concealed carry permit holder survived a self defense shooting against armed intruders.
The man, unnamed in the report, was walking around his home in the wee hours of the morning (about 02:40), when he was approached by two men. The pair of intruders emerged from between the CCW’er’s home, and that of his neighbor. Allegedly, one of the males drew a gun on the homeowner. In response, the resident apparently drew his own gun and fired at the threatening males. The report states that the two men turned tail and fled the area. And unlike the last self defense shooting report we shared, no one was harmed.
Chicago Police have decided not to file charges, deeming the situation a self defense shooting.
The concealed carry application process in Illinois is one of the lengthier ones in the US, requiring the applicant to posses a FOID (firearms’ owner identification) card, take 16 hours of training, provide the last 10 years of residency, and provide their fingerprints, in addition to the $150 fee. After the application is initially approved by Illinois State Police, however, they may also be subject to review by county sheriffs, state attorneys, local police, and state attorney general.
Despite the cumbersome process, granting this particular Chicago-area resident the right to carry a concealed firearm allowed him to survive this self defense shooting no worse for the wear (physically speaking, that is). His story is one more of the reasons why I carry as often as possible. Danger may strike at your own home. How prepared are you?
H/T to Carlos Sadovi & Peter Nickeas of Chicago Tribune.
Good for them, more of these creeps get sent to the morgue, the message gets around quicker, people are sick of the criminals.
Though ‘The Land of Lincoln’ still has a ways to go before 2A is fully recognized and supported, it still must infuriate POTUS and his Chicago Brethren, namely, Emanuel, Holder, Jarrett, http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/David+Axelrod?tid=informline,& CO that their incessant effort to deny their fellow Home State IL. residents their Constitutional Rights has been an abysmal failure (even via the Courts). Great story here illustrating to the aforementioned Chicago Antis the empirical benefits of 2A (HD/CCW) in protecting life which is also a Constitutional Right. Of course, POTUS is said to be a Constitutional Scholar so one should think such logic would be easily interpreted…?