Illinois State Police mail out first 5000 concealed carry permits today

[DonP]

10. You mean like Gerald Vernon?

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/firearms-safety-advocate-teaches-conceal-carry-class/Content?oid=12283277

Dismantling the stigma of guns
Gerald Vernon believes conceal-and-carry laws and responsible firearm owners are crucial to keeping people safe—especially in the communities hit hardest by crime.

"Over the last 20 years, I've been places I don't think a lot of other black people have been," he told the class. "I've spent a lot of time and a lot of money traveling the country and getting this training so I could bring it back to the community."

He added: "Most of what Americans know about guns they learned from TV and the movies, and 99 percent of it is wrong."

Vernon was in my Basic Pistol instructor class. He doesn't tolerate the ignorance that some folks here embrace.