The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has told Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan for the last time that she MUST honor the Constitution of the United States by doing away with her state’s ban on the concealed carry of firearms.
It was back in December of last year that a 3 judge panel of the Court found the Illinois law banning concealed carry to be unconstitutional. “The Supreme Court has decided that the [2nd] amendment confers a right to bear arms for self-defense, which is as important outside the home as inside,” wrote 7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner, paraphrasing the opinion of S.C. Justice Samuel Alito. Naturally, the scrupulously liberal Madigan then petitioned the entire 10 member court, hoping that the ruling might be overturned. But the full court refused to reconsider the ruling of the panel.
And now the Illinois legislature has about 4 months to rewrite its unconstitutional ban into something acceptable to groups which strictly preserve the 2ndAmendment rights of the American people. And that is the REAL question: will the ONLY remaining state to disallow concealed carry abide by the ruling of the court by creating an honest and reasonable statute? If so, it will represent a truly staggering break with the leftist-inspired, Illinois tradition of governing as though rights were privileges of which the common classes are rarely if ever deserving.
After the 2010 McDonald v Chicago decision in which the Supreme Court struck down the city’s decades-old, unconstitutional handgun ban, brainless thug Mayor Richard Daley and city officials crafted a new ordinance to “comply” with the ruling. Naturally, this group of self-serving thieves and political prostitutes sought only to defy the Court with an ordinance which limited each person to ONE operable weapon; allowed no gun to be taken outside the home; prohibited the existence of gun stores and firing ranges within the city; mandated “approved” training and marksmanship; charged $100 for a 3 year pistol permit; banned handguns the police superintendent considered “unsafe due to their size” and, of course, required fingerprinting of gun owners and registration of their weapons. Needless to say, these provisions did NOT apply to law enforcement or certain city officials.
Since that time, constitutional rights groups have been in court with the City of Chicago on a seemingly daily basis, suing to terminate the Daley legacy of wanton abrogation of liberty. On three occasions, the city has lost court decisions to the NRA and twice Rahm Emanuel has decided to amend the Daley ordinance, “…conceding that the city had little chance of successfully defending lawsuits against certain aspects of it.”
Incredibly, Chicago City Corporation Counsel Steve Patton has accused the NRA and others of “…cherry-pick[ing] the things they thought they could marshal a challenge (on).” How does one “cherry-pick” UNCONSTITUTIONAL provisions in a city ordinance? Could anything be more typical of a Chicago official than to whine because the city’s assault on freedom has been found unacceptable by those who prefer liberty to the beneficent dictatorship of nanny-state hoodlums!
Leftist Governor Pat Quinn is not likely to provide Illinois residents with the 2nd Amendment rights to which they are entitled. The 7th Circuit has given lawmakers till mid-year to write a constitutional law. Don’t be surprised if the state is once again before the bench by year end.
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How many citizens would be given a 2nd chance to comply with a Federal court ruling, none. If she doesn’t comply, then as any other citizen, she should be held in comtempt and her ass should go to a Jail cell. I guarantee, you or I would be sitting in a cell, if we did the same thing.
Tactical delays while the “legal authorities” continue to enforce their illegal mandates, continuing to illegally punish the citizens who do not comply – - some county sheriffs should wade in and exercise their county-wide authority. They are numerous in Illinois, and it is time for them to ban together and behave patriotically, since they have constitutionally legal decision on which to base their stance.
- a bit more explicitly stated, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals found the Illinois alleged “law” to be illegal. If it is illegal, the ban may not be enforced by legal authority. County Sheriffs are legally mandated to carry out the laws and insure that “mandates” that are illegal are NOT carried out. That the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has given the Illinois attorney general until mid-year to write a mandate that qualifies for legality, does not remove the illegality of the current ban on being armed outside the home. Thus, viewed simplistically, county sheriffs adhere to the Circuit Court decision, make it publicly known that the “Illinois ban” is illegal, will not be enforced and police officials attempting to enforce the ban are in violation and subject to punitive action. No doubt there are many sheriffs in Illinois eager to support the U. S. Constitution and legal mandate in Illinois. There are more than enough criminals on the loose without having to be worried about a few at the state capitol.
My quess this will end up in the Surpreme Court if they will take the case…….
It’s Illinois, the home of the tieves, liars, incompetent, unlawful, unruly, unjust, and they get away with it, just look at what they produced for the white house, and you question why noting is done for them to uphold the law or the constitution.
ILLINOIS is home of spinless liberal jackass !!!! Northen people are weak minded .!! they jump when when ADOLF OBAMA TELLS THEM! ! OBAMA PLEASE DONT TURN TO QUICK YOULL BRAKE THERE NOSES !!!
Yea, and where are YOU from? Stop this entire-state bashing. First of all, Obama is NOT from here, nor was he even born in the United States, so stop blaming our state for producing him. It doesn’t matter WHERE these criminals originate, they are ALL criminals, both Democrat and Republican. If you don’t know this by now, you really are delusional.
Focus on the real forces in power–the international, private banking cartel, and stop blaming people from one state for everything. Wake up!
If you were “truly concerned” as your name suggests, you would not be blaming the people of one state for everything. That is the thinking of a moron. Wake up and finally realize ALL the politicians are controlled by one entity and that is the international, private banking cartel and NONE of them are loyal to this country.
Try doing some research instead of just ignorant, one-sided bashing. People like you are the real reason this cartel has been able to pursue their agenda so successfully. They thrive on dividing the “cattle” (that’s what they call us) within religions groups, political groups and others. Stop buying into their agenda and start THINKING for yourself! Thereare only two REAL groups: The billionaires and US and if you ain’t a billionaire, you AIN’T one of THEM.
Wake up people!!!!!
Lisa Mad-igan’s contempt and that of Governor Pat Quinn’s for defying and stonewalling the December 2012 3-judge panel that found the Illinois law banning concealed carry to be unconstitutional should land them in prison as it would to any other law-abiding citizen who tried to defy a court order.
Their unscrupulous actions are reminiscent of Hitler’s Germany. No Illinois citizens should be allowed to walk out of their home without being able to defend themselves. They are not above the law. They should either abide by my God-given right to carry a loaded gun outside my home by rescinding the ban on concealed carry or pay for a 24-hour armed guard for me and my family. If they can’t do either, they need to go live in Saudia Arabia for a little taste of humble pie.
Finally rays of sunlight may reach the citizen of IL when it comes to the full rights to keep and bear arms.
Add another million or two gun owners to The People’s proud and standing ‘army’ of today’s last line of defense!
It’s about damn time!
It’s no wonder Ill. has so many criminals since it seems The governor is a criminal,Chicago’s Daileys were well know criminals, Obama’s Buddy Rahm Emanuel is crooked as a cork screw,the Attorney general Lisa Madigan is also crooked as she can be so is it any wonder they have so many criminals in Chicago!