http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... 4171.story

I am very interested to see where this goes...

December 11 2012, 12:46 PM CST

The state of Illinois would have to allow ordinary citizens to carry weapons under a federal appeals court ruling issued today, but the judges also gave lawmakers 180 days to put their own version of the law in place.

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... 4171.story


Jim

I like the exclamation mark but... duplicate:

http://www.theliberalgunclub.com/phpBB3 ... 12&t=16703

Where this goes? Back to the courts if this Currie person (D-Chicago) is any indication (quoting from the article linked above):

“If we need to change the law, let us at least craft a law that is very severely constrained and narrowly tailored so that we don’t invite guns out of control on each of our city’s streets,” Currie said. “I don’t want people out of control wandering the streets with guns that are out of control.”

Maybe she could have said "out of control" once more for good measure.

Still a great win!

They need to fear the severe uptick in violence in areas like McClain County where the local DA is no longer prosecuting FOID holders for carrying their firearms concealed.

Oh wait...

Missed it by mere minutes - ah well, the other wasn't there when I searched. No worries, I'll nuke this.

Edited to add: Well, I would nuke it, if I could. Mods wanna get it out of the way?

Jim

alright..i'll try...but i warn you, i have a nasty tendency to merge ass backwards and put the newer post on top...

Thanks, rolandson - sorry for the trouble!

no trouble...

Huzzah for us Illinoisans.

http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/12/broad ... -declared/

Personally, I don't think I will get to excited about this until it is all sorted out, I will say it is a step in the right direction...........

Here's to a step in the right direction...



X

Has Rahm Emanuel had a stroke yet???? I am hopeful but I have a hunch that the Chicago Dems wiill drag their feet and try to push through a law that is so restrictive it ends up in the courts again. Just an observation from north of the border, I hope I have misread my southern brethren.

Aaaaahhh, this is an omen. For, a pistol-packin' native son (yours truly) will be returning to Illinois in two years. But as Beto pointed out, I can't wait to see what shenanigans Chicago/Cook County pull.

SEE? IT'S barack HUSSEIN FARTbongo trying to take away our guns!

Here’s how I see it. The court is saying in light of the Heller decision, they’re not going to tolerate the BS anymore. So the Illi-noise anti-gunners could try to play games, but they could find themselves making some very career limiting decisions; it’s not a good idea to make a habit of pissing off supreme court justices even at the state level, or appellate justices. So they’re going to have to come up with something that’s reasonable. They’re going to be rather pissed, but they’re going to try to model how California does it where it’s up to the County Sheriff…but I’m not even sure that will pass constitutional muster. The data is solid, blood doesn’t run in the streets when CCW is passed, so they’re going to have a rough time getting around not issuing. In Sacramento the new sheriff issues on a shall-issue basis and most seem to think that anyone who doesn’t follow suit will never be elected county sheriff anymore. Things are a changing for the better for gun owners.

The data is solid, blood doesn’t run in the streets when CCW is passed

Oh, so much this!

I'm fairly certain you nailed it as far as the direction the state will likely go. They'll try to leave it up to local government at some level so Chicago/Cook County can keep the streets just as "safe" as they are now.

They saw this coming because the state just did a revamp on certified instructors. I got a much more official looking certificate.

Paladin wrote:They saw this coming because the state just did a revamp on certified instructors. I got a much more official looking certificate.

Sweet!

It'd be hilarious if the state were so obsessed with keeping CC off the table that they ended up with no choice but to go open carry.

Wasn't Illinois just a few votes shy of getting shall-issue CCW anyway?

What I think is that the bill would come back alive, but will be sure to include state preemption and likely reciprocity.

Right now the Ill. pro-gunners don't need to accept anything shirt off this. A failure of the antis to capitulate will likely result in a Vermont situation, something they would certainly not welcome.

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