The Second Amendment Foundation is filling a lawsuit against the Illinois State Police Department over its failure to process Concealed Carry Licenses.
The State of Illinois requires the ISPD(Illinois State Police Department) to process an concealed carry permit application in 120 days or 90 days if finger prints are submitted, according to the Second Amendment Foundation the state has failed to follow the law and process these applications in a timely manner.
From Guns.com:
The Land of Lincoln was hit with another gut punch last week as Alan Gottlieb and the Second Amendment Foundation handed down a lawsuit to the Illinois State Police for failure to process Concealed Carry Licenses in violation of state law. This case is known as Luce v Kelly and has been joined by the Illinois State Rifle Association and four private citizens.
“Illinois was the last state in the country to establish a licensed concealed carry program in the country because we sued them in federal court and won,” SAF found and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb recalled. “The legislature passed a law requiring the ISP to either approve or deny an application within 90 days if the applicant supplies fingerprints, or 120 days if fingerprints are not submitted.”
“But the ISP is habitually leaving applicants in legal limbo for months,” he said. “Compounding matters, there has been a surge of CCL applications over the past 12 months. Our plaintiffs have been waiting for months and have received nothing.”
According to the lawsuit, the individual plaintiffs “are concerned about being able to properly exercise their right to armed self-defense in public, especially given recent events and the current spate of car-jackings that have plagued Chicago and the collar counties.”
Gun sales are hitting record highs with the recent pandemic and summer of rioting, this has compounded the issue as more people are putting in requests for these licenses. Luce v Kelly Will be an interesting case to watch as it goes on, it could have wide reaching affects on gun policy in the future.
