Concealed Carry Not Illegal in Illinois

A ban on concealed carried weapons negatively impact people who only sought to protect themselves against known impending threats. Banning a person's right to carry a weapon assumes that the only dangers threatening him will fall at his doorstep. I have been personally affected by this ban because my nineteen year old son was shot at last year while he was in his car. The offenders shot out the back windshield. My son escaped, terrified. These same guys had beaten his friend the week before with a pistol. The police told us there was nothing they could do and for my son to lay low. Every time my son left home, the assailants attempted to harm him and he got away each time; the last time he called the police who came just in time to save my son's life. My son was afraid for his life and purchased a gun because all he had before was his feet to run away, which are not much good against a flying bullet. During an unlawful traffic stop for tinted windows in the city of Chicago, my son's weapon was found in the car. He admitted it was his. It was never used. And now my nineteen year old son is in jail with a felony conviction that will ruin him for the rest of his life because he was trying to save his life from aggressors. He was in college at the time of the shooting. He flunked out the second semester because he was scared to go to school every day and was suffering from post-traumatic stress. He was paranoid and could no longer focus on school. My son should have had the right to arm himself against a known threat since the police, in their own words, could not protect him. A ban on concealed protects criminals, not victims. And now my son went from college student to felony criminal.