Dupage Policy Journal

Critical Decision, a business that conducts training to acquire concealed carry permits is promoting its service amid a bail reform measure that will make it easier for suspects to await trial without detention, and sweeping firearms legislation that would outlaw several types of widely available guns and accessories. 

The SAFE-T Act is set to take effect Jan. 1 while The Protect Illinois Communities Act, House Bill 5855, has had its third hearing recently.

“With the SAFE-T Act taking affect Jan. 1, Illinois House Bill HB5855, which wants to ban many firearms and standard capacity magazines, and violent crime quickly on the rise, it’s no wonder more Illinois residents are taking their safety seriously,” Critical Decision said on Facebook. 

Critical Decision offers concealed carry permit classes. The Aurora-based business is run by its President & CEO and Chief Firearms Instructor Jason R. Bragg. 

The SAFE-T Act underwent changes after a opponents pointed out what they saw as flaws in the legislation. No Republicans voted for the bill or the subsequent changes. Critics says thousands of suspects who are currently being held in jails around the state while they await trial would be released as a result of the bill, according to Will County Gazette. 

HB5855 would ban the sale of semi-automatic weapons in the state and create a registry to track those who legally own them. The legislation has drawn severe criticism. The Illinois State Rifle Association and others have vowed to pursue legal action if the legislation passes. 

“Anti-2nd Amendment politicians in Springfield have filed HB5855 with the full support of the most anti-gun Governor this state has ever seen, Gov. Pritzker,” ISRA Executive Director Richard Pearson said. “The proposed legislation, which they hope to vote on in early January, would ban certain semi-automatic pistols, rifles, and shotguns along with any magazine that has a capacity of greater than 10 rounds including any magazine for your handguns. While technically they are not coming for your kids, the Government believes they know best and will not allow any person under 21 to have a FOID card unless they are in the military.”