Illinois’ Local Gun Shops Closing in Face of New Dealer Licensing Law

Illinois’ new Gun Dealer Licensing Act doesn’t even take effect until July, but already it has claimed casualties. A number of small dealers have opted to close their businesses rather than submit to the expensive new rules and regulations. As of January, 2019, Illinois has 2,464 FFL licensees. Todd Vandermyde of the trade group FFL … Read more

A Smarter Way to Attack Chicago’s Illegal Gun Problem: Enforce Existing Laws

The following is a response to a recent letter from the Deputy Director of the Illinois Justice Project in support of gun dealer licensing that appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times. So far, the Sun-Times has declined to print this.  By Dan P. Eldridge and Todd Vandermyde Sharone Mitchell’s letter to the Sun-Times in support of gun … Read more