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The Second Amendment states in its entirety that ‘a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed‘. The right to ‘bear’ as distinct from the right to ‘keep’ arms is unlikely to refer to the home. To speak of ‘bearing’ arms within one’s home would at all times have been an awkward usage. A right to bear arms thus implies a right to carry a loaded gun outside the home.”
And one doesn’t have to be a historian to realize that a right to keep and bear arms for personal self-defense
in the eighteenth century could not rationally have been limited to the home.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has invalidated Illinois’s ban on carrying loaded weapons in public, and given the General Assembly 180 days to come up with a new law that meets the Second Amendment.
Source: www.nbcchicago.com...
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
reply to post by Wrabbit2000
No doubt Rahm is throwing a fit.
Amazing that a mayor of a city seems to have more clout, control and pull than the governor of the state.
Anyway, some more info:
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has invalidated Illinois’s ban on carrying loaded weapons in public, and given the General Assembly 180 days to come up with a new law that meets the Second Amendment.
Source: www.nbcchicago.com...
180 days to comply with the Bill of Rights. How crazy is it that order has to be given in the "land of the free."
Illinois had to provide us with more than merely a rational basis for believing that its uniquely sweeping ban is justified by an increase in public safety. It has failed to meet this burden.
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Ruling Here
Originally posted by abecedarian
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Ruling Here
Now, "File not found".
edit on 12/11/2012 by abecedarian because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Originally posted by abecedarian
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Ruling Here
Now, "File not found".
edit on 12/11/2012 by abecedarian because: (no reason given)
They moved it Im guessing since it was stored in a /tmp/ directory.
Other items on the 7th circuit site are down as well.
Hopefully they get it squared away soon.
ETA: New Link Courtesy of SunTimes.edit on 11-12-2012 by thisguyrighthere because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by marg6043
reply to post by sonnny1
I can see already "them" marching down the street to the governors house to show their outrage of such an unfair rule in favor of the constitution.
link
“The anti-gunners have been preparing for this contingency, but we will not have the law that they want: New Jersey on steroids. We have the majority in both chambers. We will have a Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida-style law.”
I'll be first in line for my CC permit.
Originally posted by DAVID64
So when does this take effect? Could I start carrying in my vehicle or do I have to wait till the new law is written?
I'm sure the cops around here would s*** a brick if I went downtown carrying on my hip. Knowing these small town trigger happy clowns, I'd never get to say a word. Just shot on sight like a wild animal. Think I'll call the local sheriff and ask if they're up on this.
Originally posted by 11235813213455
How much you want to bet that hypocritical little toe-head carrys a firearm on his person.