December 11, 2012
By 89 WLS reporter Bill Cameron and web staff
(CHICAGO) It's a big win for gun rights groups and the NRA's chief Springfield lobbyist Todd Vandermyde tells 89 WLS News that it has implications for Chicago. He's reaction comes after a federal appeals court struck down Illinois' ban on carry a concealed weapon.
"For four years we have heard from anti-gun groups that the Heller decision only applied to guns in the home. Today's decision from the court clearly eviserated that and said the right to posess a firearm goes outside the home, which means that Mayor Emanuel's ordinance that he inherited from the previous administration that says you can't have a gun in the City of Chicago outside the four corners of your home goes down as well," Vandermyde said.
No comment on that just yet from the Mayor.
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CHICAGO (AP) - Governor Pat Quinn's office is reviewing a federal appeals court's decision to strike down a ban on carrying concealed weapons.
Illinois is the only state where carrying concealed weapons is illegal.
Quinn has been in favor of strict gun control laws and proposed an assault weapons ban earlier this year, which lawmakers voted down. Spokeswoman Brooke Anderson says the Chicago Democrat's office is reviewing the opinion. She didn't immediately have further comment.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced Tuesday that lawmakers have 180 days to write a new law legalizing concealed carry.
The ruling is a victory for gun rights advocates, who argue that the prohibition against concealed weapons violates the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment and what they see as Americans' right to carry guns for self-defense.
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CHICAGO (AP) - A federal appeals court has struck down a ban on carrying concealed weapons in Illinois - the only state where carrying concealed weapons is entirely illegal. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals announced Tuesday that state lawmakers have 180 days to write a new law that legalizes concealed carry.
The ruling is a victory for gun rights advocates, who argue that the prohibition against concealed weapons violates the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment and what they see as Americans' right to carry guns for self-defense.
Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office says it is reviewing the ruling and would comment Tuesday.
The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by former corrections officer Michael Moore of Champaign, farmer Charles Hooks of Percy in southeastern Illinois and the Bellevue, Wash.-based Second Amendment Foundation.
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