This spring the Illinois Concealed Carry Certification Class will be offered at Southwestern Illinois College. In the months of March and April the classes will be held on several dates, at two different locations.
Instruction on each class that will run two days from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. will include weapons handling, holstering and re-holstering, safely loading and unloading the firearm, and live-fire qualifications. Instructors are current or retired police officers and have been approved by the Illinois State Police. Live-fire qualifications will take place off campus at a designated firing range.
Illinois Concealed Carry Certification Class Schedule, SWIC Belleville Campus: March 22-23, April 5-6, April 10-11, April 17-18; SWIC Sam Wolf Granite City Campus: March 29-30.
The cost of the class is $185 and each session will be limited to 25 students. Every student will need a valid FOID card; driver’s license (must be 21 or older); handgun, holster and at least 50 rounds of factory ammunition; eye and ear protection; and a baseball-style hat.
