http://www.denverpost.com/breakingn...no-second-amendment-guarantee-concealed-carry
The 7th Circuit says yes, the 10th Circuit says no. I think Illinois should pass HB997 because it is the camel's nose under the tent in Chicago. However, I have repeatedly said that we in Illinois need the un-licensed right of open carry to insure the licensed privilege of concealed carry. This of course has fallen on deaf ears by those that are in charge of lobbying gun laws here.
Without open carry as a right, your concealed privilege is built on a foundation of sand, and can slip away at the whim of politics of the moment.
Colorado does have open carry as a right. ( Except in Denver and Aurora ). But it is there. The privilege of concealed carry can come and go.
There are only four states where concealed carry is a right. ( Actually 5 now because of the 7th Circuit's ruling ) There are 26 states where open carry is an un-licensed right, Eighteen more where open carry is a licensed privilege, and six including Illinois where it is prohibited.
I hope this court case is a wake up call for the NRA, the ISRA, and " the website that shall not be named " to fight for open carry in Illinois rather than against it. In the history of government, a minority asking for an unpopular privilege without the backing of an established right, just has never worked out well.
The 7th Circuit says yes, the 10th Circuit says no. I think Illinois should pass HB997 because it is the camel's nose under the tent in Chicago. However, I have repeatedly said that we in Illinois need the un-licensed right of open carry to insure the licensed privilege of concealed carry. This of course has fallen on deaf ears by those that are in charge of lobbying gun laws here.
Without open carry as a right, your concealed privilege is built on a foundation of sand, and can slip away at the whim of politics of the moment.
Colorado does have open carry as a right. ( Except in Denver and Aurora ). But it is there. The privilege of concealed carry can come and go.
There are only four states where concealed carry is a right. ( Actually 5 now because of the 7th Circuit's ruling ) There are 26 states where open carry is an un-licensed right, Eighteen more where open carry is a licensed privilege, and six including Illinois where it is prohibited.
I hope this court case is a wake up call for the NRA, the ISRA, and " the website that shall not be named " to fight for open carry in Illinois rather than against it. In the history of government, a minority asking for an unpopular privilege without the backing of an established right, just has never worked out well.
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