Just in case you haven't heard.

Chicago has managed to cough up a payment for legal fees resulting from McDonald v Chicago, fees that would have easily been avoided if the city would simply respect the Constitutional Rights of its citizens. 

(If you can't read the check, it's made out to the Second Amendment Foundation in the amount of $399,950.00)

I wonder how the tax payers of Chicago feel about footing the bill for messing with a RIGHT? 

My other burning question is: Where's the check from Oak Park? They were on the losing end of this as well. 

Some Oak Park-ers have made a point out of trying to rid their village of guns and restricting legal gun shops, seems maybe they would think twice when they see the cost of trampling on the Constitution.  Maybe Oak Park has the revenue to allow stupidity like this to continue...if they do, the village must be the only one in IL that has those sorts of funds.

This graphic says it all!

IllinoisCarry.com forum member "chicago" created this graphic and I asked if I could post it for others to see. "chicago" was gracious enough to grant me the privilege of doing just that, so here it is! Much appreciated! 

Enjoy and don't forget to drop by IllinoisCarry.com for info and chat about the battle for RTC in Illinois. 

 

Here we go again...

Looks like Rep. Acevedo (2nd District) wants to put firearm owners on the defensive right out of the gate. He's introduced some new bills aiming to remove firearms from the hands of the law abiding. The links below will open the synopsis of each bill at the ILGA web site.

HB1294 is your basic wide-ranging "assault weapons" ban....it has potential to affect semi-auto handguns, so be certain that this affects a LOT of Illinoisans.

The original Federal AWB has been proven to have had ZERO effect on crime, why do they continue to believe this will somehow help things?

HB1599 increases the penalties of any crime if the offender is in possession of a semi-auto firearm...

It never says what "in possession of" means though. Just imagine if the police are called due to a noise problem at your house and you have a semi-auto shotgun in the safe....I'm not saying that this is the intent, but is it possible that this could happen?

HB1855 Authorities may revoke and seize a FOID card if the FOID holder fails to report a lost or stolen firearm within 72 hours of knowledge that it is missing. There is little assumption that any other firearms owned by the FOID holder will be seized as well.

Yet another instance of blaming and punishing the victim. Hey, I'm all about responsible firearms ownership, but punishing me if a criminal busts into my home/safe just isn't a deterrent to theft and other crime. 


The bright-ish side of things: We hope that some legislators will not have a state funded office after the elections this year! Some of the "No" voters on HB148 are being challenged and we wish the new opponents well in those respective races. At least one other "No" voter is retiring and not seeking reelection, so that's something to be happy about.

Court cases asking for injunctions of UUW and AUUW as pertaining to concealed (or ANY) carry are still active and I hope we see some progress very soon. Hopefully these will put some needed pressure on those HB148 "No" voters also.

Since I've mentioned HB148 twice now, let me remind everyone that it is still an active bill! It can be brought up at any time, however I don't expect any movement until after primary elections happen and we see who is willing to change to a "Yes" vote in order to keep their job.

Finally (and not the least of things to be aware of) let's remember to all travel to Springfield on March 7, 2012 for IGOLD! This year Dr. Suzanna Hupp is the special guest. Dr. Hupp was instrumental in getting the TX legislature to pass CCW laws after her parents were killed at the Luby's Cafeteria massacre back in 1991.

For more info on any of these items and some good conversation, please visit both ISRA and IllinoisCarry.com

Updated for mobile

For the one or two of you (out of all five) that want to read my ramblings while away from your desk... I have turned on the mobile view. It should show up much better on your smart phones now. Stay tuned for more info on RTC in IL soon and thanks for stopping by.


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A "guns save lives" story of a different sort

I heard this on The Huckabee Report earlier and wanted to share it. Click on the January 3, 2012 Afternoon link under the media player, the story starts at about 2 minutes into the report.

In short, man sees a car, upside down in a river, children inside....he uses his handgun to shoot window glass out and then cuts seat belts to rescue children.

Here's a link to the USA Today story.

And a second story from ABC News, contains a video interview with rescuer.

So, remind me again why some are so fearful of firearms....

Happy New Year

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy New Year, I hope it brings great things for you and yours!

My wish for the New Year :      RTC in Illinois. 
HB 148 is still an active bill and is, in my opinion, our strongest chance of getting RTC via legislature this year. Of course, we still have 2 major cases in courts that will very likely sway things in our direction, but often the courts move very slowly. 

There are a few elections in which I think we'll see opposition to the incumbents and RTC will be a big contender in the debates that are coming.

IGOLD is right around the corner....we want to see you and 10,000 (or more) of your closest friends in Springfield this March! Start talking with friends and loved ones now and make your plans.

All in all, there appears to be a slow but steady swing towards restoring our rights here in the Prairie State, folks are realizing that RTC is the norm in 49 other states and many more are simply fed up with criminals having free reign over the streets.

So, jump in and hang on...let's bring RTC to IL this year!

And then there was one.

November 1, 2011 has come and gone, with tens of thousands of WI residents downloading applications for CCW permits before the day was finished.

That leaves Illinois as the ONLY state with no provision for carry at all. None, zip, zero, zilch, nada, the big goose egg.

Since we aren't allowed to carry guns; we must be safer right? Nope, just pick up a recent newspaper from Chicago and see how many shootings and/or violent crimes there were in October....clearly carry bans don't work. Sometimes I feel like we're beating a dead horse by repeating all of this, but it must be done.

Today I'll leave readers with a simple quote I heard yesterday, that sums things up very nicely (sadly, I can't remember where I heard it...it's not mine though):

Gun control is like trying to reduce DUIs by taking cars away from sober drivers.