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maxomaiThe Illinois House just passed Illinois's Concealed Carry bill, as required of them by a Federal court ruling. Get information from the "horse's mouth" here, but there's a good summary here.
In a nutshell: this bill establishes shall-issue concealed carry rules for Illinois, allows non-residents to obtain concealed carry licenses, and limits what counties and municipalities can do in the way of gun control. Cook County and Chicago cannot ban assault weapons, for example. On the other hand, concealed carry will still be forbidden in a host of public places, including busses and trains.
There's going to be a lot of gnashing of teeth around this bill. The Governor is opposed to this bill, as are the major Chicago newspapers, and I suspect most Chicagoans feel exactly the same way. Frankly, I predict that this bill, should it become law, will have no effect on crime whatsoever. It won't turn Chicago into the Wild West any more than Portland and Seattle are the Wild West today. (Both Oregon and Washington have shall-issue concealed carry laws.)
In a nutshell: this bill establishes shall-issue concealed carry rules for Illinois, allows non-residents to obtain concealed carry licenses, and limits what counties and municipalities can do in the way of gun control. Cook County and Chicago cannot ban assault weapons, for example. On the other hand, concealed carry will still be forbidden in a host of public places, including busses and trains.
There's going to be a lot of gnashing of teeth around this bill. The Governor is opposed to this bill, as are the major Chicago newspapers, and I suspect most Chicagoans feel exactly the same way. Frankly, I predict that this bill, should it become law, will have no effect on crime whatsoever. It won't turn Chicago into the Wild West any more than Portland and Seattle are the Wild West today. (Both Oregon and Washington have shall-issue concealed carry laws.)
