They have allies in many places. I'd post this as a "vanity" if I knew how and if I were completely sure it was appropriate, but here's a recent story.
Yesterday I went into a local branch of AmSouth Bank to cash a small ($100) check from a customer. The teller asked me for ID and I gave her my drivers' license. Well, my drivers' license had a corner cracked off because it stays in my back pocket all day and gets sat on. In fact, I was on my way to renew it. She said it was "mutilated" and asked for another ID. I gave her my Tennessee Handgun Carry Permit, which is almost identical to the drivers' license - same information, same photo and state- issued. She told me that AmSouth doesn't accept that as valid ID. I said that anybody and their dog can get a drivers' license, but that those with HCPs have been background-checked. I later called AmSouth's administrative offices and was at first told that they accept any gov't.-issued ID, but then the lady talked to her supervisor and came back and told me that HCPs are one form of gov't.-issued ID that they don't accept. I asked if she could tell me what other types of gov't.-issued they don't accept, but she couldn't tell me.
If your bank won't accept a valid state issued photo ID because it's a handgun carry permit, maybe you should look for another bank.
--that is exactly what I would do--although in rural Nevada I suspect it wouldn't be a problem---
If your bank won't accept a valid state issued photo ID because it's a handgun carry permit, maybe you should look for another bank.
Pretty much the only place that will accept Illinois' FOID as a valid form of ID are gun stores and ranges.
State offices have this boilerplate disclaimer that they cannot accept the FOID because it is "self generated".
All this hassle, and it's not even good as a carry permit -- Illinois has no provisions for "civilian" CHL. Sure, the Chicago city council members can carry, but not the peons.