180 days and counting.
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals stuck it to Gov. Quinn, the Cook County Democrats who have blocked HB 0148, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (which is actually an anti-gun organization, not a gun-violence prevention organization),Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, Illinois Coalition Against Concealed Carry and other anti-gun groups today.
The Court of Appeals today ruled that the Illinois state-wide ban on carrying a weapon in public is unconstitutional.
It gave Illinois 180 days to come up with a law. It could do that tomorrow. Rep. Brandon Phelps has a good bill read to go. Phelps, a Democrat from Illinois House District 118 (downstate, of course) has HB 0148 on the shelf, neatly locked up in the Rules Committee by another Democrat, Barbara Flynn Currie (from Chicago). All the legislators have to do pull out that Bill, dust it off and vote on it (again). They voted in May 2011, and it was only six votes short of passing in a manner that Gov. Quinn could not successfully veto.
The Bill has the proper safeguards: training, education, range work, background check, prohibition for certain classes of individuals.
Of course, the idiots might appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Why not just pass HB 0148 now?
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Contact your state representative and senator now to urge him or her to enact a fair concealed carry law that will not discourage the average citizen from seeking a carry permit such as exorbitant fees, impossible training requirements, or excessive red tape, and a law that does not try to sneak through gun control schemes.
They have 180 days to draft a bill. The should copy the Arizona bill verbatim.
Arizona became a Constitutional Carry state last year. Under Arizona law, ANYONE who is not prohibited from owning a gun can carry either open or concealed without a permit. This means anyone from out of state can legally carry concealed without a permit. Arizona differs from Wyoming in the respect Wyoming’s Constitutional Carry law applies ONLY to Wyoming residents. All others must have a permit Wyoming honors.
Arizona maintains a permit system for reciprocity purposes. However, Arizona honors ALL OTHER STATES permits.
Why not pass it? to keep nuts like you from carrying guns.
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