USSC takes Chicago gun case

No, not the plastic case containing the guns...

The United States Supreme Court decided yesterday to hear the case against Chicago's insane gun laws - those laws that create an imbalance in your ability to defend yourself and give the criminals the upper hand.

Richard Pearson is the Executive Director of the Illinois State Rifle Association. "All the ban does is prevent law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves," Pearson said. "It has no affect on the criminals at all." And "If anything, not allowing citizens to carry guns puts criminals at an advantage," Pearson said.

See this article for more information: http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/09/supreme-court-may-decide-on-hearing-chicago-gun-cases.html?obref=obinsite

Illinois and Wisconsin are two states with their feet stuck in the Ice Age. In many states, law-abiding residents can obtain permits to carry concealed weapons after a training class, background check, and usually firearms practice on a range.

If you are a Firearms Owner Identification (FOID) cardholder in Illinois, you can get a concealed weapons permit from a Pennsylvania sheriff upon application, a copy of your FOID card and payment of a small fee. State firearms reciprocity laws allow a Pennsylvania permit holder to carry concealed in about 15 states. Can you "carry" in Illinois with a Pennsylvania permit? No way!

When criminals realize that their victims might be armed or that armed bystanders might come to the aid of victims, then armed attacks will be reduced. Don't believe it? Read More Guns, Less Crime, by Professor John Lott.

Concealed carry laws make you safer, whether you carry or not. Contact your Illinois legislator and ask him or her to support a change in law in Illinois. Ask him (or her) how he plans to support it. Ask him (or her) if he will support concealed carry. If he (or she) won't, be sure to remember this at the voting booth!