Posted on 12/19/2004 5:42:14 PM PST by Graybeard58
For the uniniated "Normal" is a city in Illinois.
Some Central Illinois police departments are moving ahead to comply with a federal law
Some? Is complying with a federal law an option?
Illinois, one of just five states that prohibit private citizens from carrying concealed weapons in public.
As long as the legislature is controlled by dims that's the way it will be in Illinois too.
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How is this possibly Constitutional? The people who get to carry the guns are no longer police officers, just regular guys. Sounds like unequal protection...
If the 2nd amendment meant anything, we would all be able to conceal and carry.
Fair or not it's the federal law and some places are treating it as an optional thing.
Anybody know the other four states that do not allow it?
It's in the DemocRat Constitution.
"Anybody know the other four states that do not allow it?"
Illinois
Kansas
Nebraska
Wisconsin
The article says 5 states total. Is New York one of them?
There is another word for this...But then again this is Illinois...
Hypocracy...
Empowerment and the right of everyone to effective methods of self-defence does not seem to be a big priority with a majority of the citizenry of that State...I've seen it for too long there...
Fire a couple of people there, and rid yourselves of their kind, and you might get somewhere...Namely, Blagovich and Daly...
Later,
Steve
I had an evil thought - suppose the states which have "shall issue" laws on concealed carry permits tell the states which do not honor those permits that they will no longer honor drivers' licenses from states that don't recognize the permits. That'd raise the issue in states like Illinois, Maryland and other repressive Democrat-controlled enclaves.
Retired cops are no more or less likely to screw up with their guns than the average law-abiding citizen, so special considerations for them very much annoy me.
However... Illinois, one of just five states that prohibit private citizens from carrying concealed weapons in public.
They may be referring to Virginia and/or others that have "open carry" laws.
I'm not sure why the article would state that....they may still think that Missouri is still a "not issue" state, but that was changed this year.
We are now proudly a "shall issue" state. Took long enough to get it too.
I know a guy who used to work in a psychiatric facility that had to take a .25 auto away from an 80 some odd year old man with syphilitic dementia. Not fun.
The whole idea perpetuates the idea that the police are somehow elite and fit to carry weapons to protect themselves and others, while the rest of us aren't. Quite the contrary, the more of us, the everyday Joes who carry, the better it will be for everyone. We need to break down the walls in areas that aren't friendly to citizen carry, not pass bills allowing ex-cops to carry.
No, it is difficult to obtain one, but it can be done.
It gives a special privilege to the Elite. I'd presume I can carry to and f*ck what the law says. It either applies to every one or to none at all.
I like to think that cops are elite. My father is an ex-cop and benefits from this law. He dedicated 29 years of his life trying to protect an extremely dangerous city. I woke up everyday not knowing if my father would come home alive. I never knew if the police would show up at school and take me to see my father on his deathbed at a hospital because he was in a shoot out. I will never have a problem with ex-cops being able to carry a concealed weapon while others may not. Cops go through counless hours of training on how to properly use their weapons. My father estimated that he shot over 40,000 rounds in training alone. That is the reason why ex-cops are given a free pass on being able to carry a concealed weapon.
Thank you to all police officers and fellow family members of police officers.
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