5,743 Cook County Concealed Carry Objections

Jul 28, 2015headlines

Cook County Applications
81,862
Total Sheriff’s Office Objections
5,743

 

Basis for Concealed
Carry Objection
Objection
Count
*
Agg. Battery/Agg. Assault
815
Burglary/Theft/Robbery
276
Domestic Violence
2214
Drugs
304
False Personation of Police/Public Employee
40
Gang Affiliation/Arrest
446
Gun Crimes
1629
Mental Health
2
Murder
43
Orders of Protection
573
Sex Crimes
174
Stalking/Threat to Kill
7
Other
611

*There is crossover among these categories, as many of these individuals have been arrested for multiple crimes that spurred the Sheriff’s Office to object to their concealed carry applications. Application review process began on January 5, 2014