Terry Cornell, an Evergreen Park resident, said he would often spend his weekends having doughnuts and coffee at Kee Firearms and Training with about 100 people from across Chicago, learning about gun safety at the store’s free concealed carry classes.
About 400 people attended the classes monthly, which required a $30 range fee per class, according to owner Jeffery Regnier.
Many customers returned for additional training or to listen in, which created a community space where people, especially those who couldn’t afford other training classes and even young teenagers, could learn more about gun safety and chat, Cornell said.
“So the guys got to eat, and they got to learn, and I’ll tell you they were laughing and joking in the back of the room, and I was sitting back and I was like that’s the best thing I ever seen,” Cornell said.
Since the store closed in 2023, due to Regnier facing several criminal and civil charges, now dismissed, Cornell, who attended the classes with his wife and dozens of friends, said there’s been void that hasn’t been filled. He said he hasn’t found any courses similar to the Kee’s training that are affordable, scheduled on the weekend and extensive.
Cornell said training courses usually cost hundreds of dollars and he said he knew people who would own and use guns without the training or license because the courses were unaffordable and only on weekdays.
Regnier said his offering free classes changed the market, and several businesses that offered paid classes shut down because they couldn’t keep up.
“There’s no one to fill that role, even on a paid avenue,” Regnier said. “Nobody can handle hundreds of people doing training every weekend.”
— Addison Wright in Gun owners say there’s a gap in safety training without Kee gun store
UPDATE: US Airman ARRESTED In SIG M18 Shooting. [indications of negligence, the trigger was pulled causing negligent discharge?]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWhtxHp2mAk
Sex and the City: Public Perversion Sinks to Disgusting New Low in East Harlem
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In the latest, most graphic example yet of depravity run amok in Democrat-run cities across America, New York City’s controversial taxpayer-funded “safe” injection sites have hit a disgusting new low, with drug users — many of whom are jacked up on highly addictive fentanyl — openly engaging in sexual activity in broad daylight, often outside the homes of residents forced to witness the explicit scenes.
Yeah, Democrat politicians did that.
According to an exclusive report from the New York Post, the outlet witnessed the madness firsthand near the East Harlem headquarters of OnPoint — which bills itself as ‘dedicated to improving the health, safety, and well-being of marginalized people who use drugs or engage in sex work’ — on a recent Wednesday afternoon, “as a horndog pair were conjoined for fifteen long minutes — and kept going even as pedestrians awkwardly walked past.’
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https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/08/11/sex-in-the-city-public-perversion-sinks-to-new-low-in-east-harlem-n2192678
Kee was cutting corners in their “classes.” By the time you paid a “range fee” and “gun and ammo fee” along with assorted other fees it was a $100-something dollar class. Good riddance to corner cutting Kee.