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Court won´t reconsider Ill.
concealed carry ruling
Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By:GOPJihad, 2/22/2013 12:17:26 PM
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| CHICAGO — A federal appeals court won´t reconsider an earlier ruling that Illinois´ concealed carry ban is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Illinois´ ban in December and gave lawmakers until June 8 to legalize the concealed carry of firearms. Attorney General Lisa Madigan asked for all 10 judges to review the decision, saying it conflicted with decisions by other federal appellate courts and goes beyond what the U.S. Supreme Court has held. Illinois is the only state in the nation that still has a ban in place.
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Big win for the Second Amendment in Illinois today.
Of course, as the City of Chicago did, watch the state put all sorts of obstacles in front of law-abiding citizens who wish practice their Second Amendment protected rights. My guess is they will try to enact something akin to New York´s oppressive "proper cause" requirement - where the individual has to PROVE they have a right to carry. (Hopefully, SCOTUS will take on the and Circuit´s opinion in Kachalsky and end this nonsense once and for all.)
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
suziesuburbanite, 2/22/2013 12:22:07 PM (No. 9190938)
The IL CC ban is working real well in Chitown
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Nevadadad46, 2/22/2013 12:26:22 PM (No. 9190946)
Soooo...now what?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
capt scurvey, 2/22/2013 12:56:59 PM (No. 9191011)
Yes, Chicago has always been a shining example of what gun control can do...
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
curious1, 2/22/2013 1:37:38 PM (No. 9191088)
Looks like IL is wanting a ´violation of rights under color of law´ lawsuit. Whomever files could get wealthy - or at least their lawyers. McDonald vs Chicago pretty much removed any doubt the 2nd applies to the states - not that anyone other than libtards thought otherwise - and ´shall not be infringed´ doesn´t say anything about ´unless it´s concealed´. These so-called jurists (and their law clerks) better get up to speed on what infringed meant in 1770´s.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
rmsimms, 2/22/2013 4:21:00 PM (No. 9191369)
#2, the battle shifts to the IL General Assembly where the Pro-2nd Amendment forces will try to block the anti´s "may issue" laws so that they are forced to pass a reasonable CCW Bill or have VT Carry imposed on them.
Unless Lisa feels lucky and appeals to the SCOTUS, of course.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
dvc, 2/22/2013 8:19:04 PM (No. 9191679)
#5 - I hope you are right and they are able to make a fair shall-issue law and recognize permits from other states.
I have seen so much anti-gun stuff in Illinois that I am skeptical, but I sure hope that things are changing in Illinois. That would be wonderful.
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Court won´t reconsider Ill.
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CHICAGO — A federal appeals court won´t reconsider an earlier ruling that Illinois´ concealed carry ban is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Illinois´ ban in December and gave lawmakers until June 8 to legalize the concealed carry of firearms. Attorney General Lisa Madigan asked for all 10 judges to review the decision, saying it conflicted with decisions by other federal appellate courts and goes beyond what the U.S. Supreme Court has held. Illinois is the only state in the nation that still has a ban in place.
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A knife-wielding attacker killed at least two Japanese tourists and wounded 11 others on Tuesday in a tourist district on the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, government officials said. The incident took place in Tumon on Guam´s west coast, said Andy Gibson, an official in Gov. Eddie Calvo´s office. Gibson said three people died and 11 suffered injuries in the ordeal. A spokesperson from Japan´s foreign affairs ministry, meanwhile, said that two Japanese tourists were killed and 12 other Japanese were hospitalized.
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An armed guard at a Georgia middle school disarmed a student who had opened fire, wounding one person. A student opened fire at his middle school Thursday afternoon, wounding a 14-year-old in the neck before an armed officer working at the school was able to get the gun away, police said. Multiple shots were fired in the courtyard of Price Middle School just south of downtown about 1:50 p.m. and the one boy was hit, Atlanta Police Chief George Turner said. In the aftermath, a teacher received minor cuts, he said.
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Amid all of the very real threats of war and stuff from North Korea, you´d think American intelligence officers want as much video footage of the enemy as possible. Well, here is one video featuring North Korean exercises and Kim Jong-Un holding a gun, and we´ll say this: they certainly get points for presentation. Remember the clap-happy report from Dennis Rodman´s diplomatic basketball vacation? This video comes courtesy of the same Youtube channel that gave us that Rodman video. It appears to be the same state news channel.(Snip for video)This latest dispatch from North Korea´s state television
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The case of a same-sex Connecticut couple accused of repeatedly raping and abusing two of their nine adopted boys is headed for trial. Married couple George Harasz and Douglas Wirth of Glastonbury were supposed to be sentenced Friday in Hartford Superior Court under a plea deal, but instead withdrew from their agreement with prosecutors. The men had already pleaded no contest in January to one felony count each of risk of injury to a minor — a reduction from even more serious charges related to sexual assault....
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