Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart thinks he has an idea to prevent the Wild, Wild West from coming to Chicago, when concealed carry finally makes its way into Illinois.
Dart is worried about the Wild West? Maybe he ought to take a ride down on Chicago's South Side. Or maybe on the West Side. Maybe, say, the 1300 block of South Independence Blvd., where a 16-year-old boy was riding his bicycle and shooting at pedestrians and cops.
Come on, Tom. Wake up! Chicago already is the Wild, Wild West.
Peace will get restored to the streets of Chicago, when the public is armed.
Your plan, Tom, will keep them from being armed. Your plan, Tom, will keep law-abiding citizens from defending themselves. Your plan, Tom, will result in a continuing high rate of illegal gun use in Chicago - because people don't have the $300 to fork out for a license to carry.
The sole purpose of your $300 (proposed) fee is to prevent law-abiding residents of Cook County from carrying a concealed weapon legally. Some sheriff you are...
For that you deserve to be recalled and kicked out of office. Oh, wait; I remember. Illinois doesn't allow recall of sheriffs... Lucky for you.
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Kicked out? Recalled? You are way wrong on this one Gus. He's running for something,more than likely the Mayor of Chicago. And the sheep in Chicago will elect him once they are told by the Machine to vote for him. As they always do.
As an aside, this guy is a laughing stock within the ccspd. They both hate him and are amused by him because of his incompetency and plain old stupidity.
I'm not sure, but I'm not certain that Cook County can pass their own CCW law. I think the power to "license" CCW was retained by the state in the Home Rule amendment.
Specfically, Amendment VII (Home Rule) states in section 6, subsection (a): "a home rule unit
may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to
its government and affairs including, but not limited to, the
power to regulate for the protection of the public health,
safety, morals and welfare; to license; to tax; and to incur
debt."
But, Subsection (e) states: "(e) A home rule unit shall have only the power that the
General Assembly may provide by law (1) to punish by
imprisonment for more than six months or (2) to license for
revenue or impose taxes upon or measured by income or
earnings or upon occupations."
The $300 fee is clearly excessive and exceeds the costs required to issue a license. Remember, IL has an FOID which already provides a background check of gun owners. The $300 fee, therefore, is a defacto "license for revenue."
Therefore, unless the State legislature explicitly gives the power to create a concealed carry license, this scheme is probably unconstitutional.
This doesn't address the 14th Amendment equal protection issues that arise from giving Cook County the power to determine how a Constitutional Right (2nd Amendment) can be exercised by a citizen.
Many thanks for your insight. To me, it seems that Dart's plan is a response to the Constitutional Carry status that may arise on June 9, should the State fail to enact a CCW law.
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