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Topic: Federal appeals court tosses state
ban on carrying concealed weapons |
Federal appeals court tosses state
ban on carrying concealed weapons
Chicago Sun-Times, by Dave McKinney
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Posted By:SourKraut, 12/11/2012 2:48:21 PM
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SPRINGFIELD-In a huge win for gun-rights groups, a federal appeals court in Chicago Tuesday tossed the state´s ban on carrying concealed weapons and gave Illinois´ Legislature 180 days to craft a law legalizing concealed carry. "The debate is over. We won. And there will be a statewide carry law in 2013," said Todd Vandermyde, a lobbyist for the National Rifle Association.
Headline corrected and Link repaired by staff.
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Comments:
Jodge Posner gets it right.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
SourKraut, 12/11/2012 2:59:42 PM (No. 9060055)
that´s ´Judge´ Posner
sorry....
SK
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Starlifter Nav, 12/11/2012 3:00:54 PM (No. 9060056)
I can hear the howling already...
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Redneck In NY, 12/11/2012 3:04:15 PM (No. 9060058)
Just like NYC, wait until you see how many "requirements" have to be fulfilled before you get said license. Leftists never run out of red tape...
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Southern Oracle, 12/11/2012 3:15:20 PM (No. 9060073)
So get your CC permit downstate. Carry in Cook County.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 12/11/2012 3:16:16 PM (No. 9060075)
FTA: “Those people have a gun now. They’ve just been made criminals because they can’t legally have it. And the gang-bangers and thugs are gonna have a gun regardless,” he said.
>>> Interesting... as I was about to post this "FTA", the above quote is no longer in the article - it appears to have been removed just after I copied it.
But it´s clear that Mr. Brookins (?) who is quoted above, appears to have woken up and smelled the espresso.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
texasguy, 12/11/2012 3:16:59 PM (No. 9060077)
Congratulations, Illinois. Welcome back to America.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
SourKraut, 12/11/2012 3:17:00 PM (No. 9060079)
Pike (west-central) County and a couple other countys´ States Attorneys have already stated they will NOT prosecute violations of the state law.
Pike had a referendum on this last spring.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
KansasWind, 12/11/2012 3:18:31 PM (No. 9060080)
Watch the Illinois legislature make it prohibitively expensive to have a concealed weapons permit.
Late breaking news: Mayor Bloomberg has entered into a debilitating pout over this ruling, because he knows liberalized concealed weapon permits are coming to his city.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
mickturn, 12/11/2012 3:31:31 PM (No. 9060097)
The Land of Lincoln is still the Land of Corruption! This will be laden with so much paperwork it will be totally non-workable.
Hey Judge, can you, at the same time, limit the states paperwork to a 2 minute exercise, then permit must be issues on the spot (after a 10 second background check)!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Northcross, 12/11/2012 3:32:06 PM (No. 9060099)
So now the law abiding citizens will have the same rights as the thugs. Sounds good to me.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Clinger, 12/11/2012 3:44:27 PM (No. 9060112)
Thanks #6, glad to be on board. I just can´t wait to see what a "reasonable limitation" happens to be.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
rmsimms, 12/11/2012 3:49:52 PM (No. 9060123)
This is something I´d never thought I would live to see. Of course Madigan & co. will be out for revenge with another attempt at a AWB next session, but that´s another battle.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
OdinsAcolyte, 12/11/2012 4:37:02 PM (No. 9060208)
They already carry concealed in Chicago. They don´t need no stinking badges!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
youngtexan, 12/11/2012 5:15:22 PM (No. 9060271)
Watch for Obama to get involved with this.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
krause, 12/11/2012 5:31:47 PM (No. 9060292)
´An armed society is a polite society.´
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
dvc, 12/11/2012 7:19:23 PM (No. 9060458)
It will be arbitrary "may issue", not objective criteria "shall issue" and will probably cost a fortune. Or maybe put it theoretically on the books and just NEVER issue any.
Look at Hawaii. Theoretically, CCW permits are available. NONE are EVER issued as a matter of policy. If you want one, tough.
Look at NYC. NY state CCW permits are not valid there, and it takes a bribe of about $5-10K (reports vary, no recent reports) to get one unless you are a celebrity or friend of some power player.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
hamrman, 12/11/2012 7:46:51 PM (No. 9060497)
Great news!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
rmsimms, 12/11/2012 9:28:35 PM (No. 9060606)
#16, that is certainly what they will try to do...but they have a problem. They either have to pass a CCW Bill, or in 181 days Constitutional Carry becomes legal in IL. Most likely the anti´s lack the votes to pass their version of a CCW Bill, so pro-gun forces have leverage to get a better Bill than they otherwise would expect to get. The Democrats, for once, will be the ones that have to compromise.
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