Right-To-Carry Bill Introduced in Illinois

Illinois State Legislature ^ | February 6. 2004 | Senator John Jones

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 Bill Status of SB3132  93rd General Assembly

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Short Description:  FIREARMS-CONCEALED-PERMITS

Senate Sponsors
Sen. John O. Jones

Last Action

Date	Chamber	Action
2/6/2004	Senate	Referred to Rules

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

New Act

430 ILCS 65/13.1

from Ch. 38, par. 83-13.1

720 ILCS 5/24-2

from Ch. 38, par. 24-2

Synopsis As Introduced

Creates the Family and Personal Protection Act.  Establishes statewide uniform standards for the issuance of permits to carry concealed firearms in this State.  Vests in the Department of State Police, the authority to issue concealed firearms permits to qualified applicants.  Requires an applicant to complete a training course in handgun use, safety, and marksmanship.  Also requires instruction in the law relating to firearm use. Requires an applicant to be at least 21 years of age.  Prohibits an applicant who has been convicted of a felony or has a history of mental illness, addiction, or habitual alcohol use from obtaining a permit.  Creates the Citizen Safety and Self-Defense Trust Fund administered by the Department.  The moneys in the Fund shall be used to administer the Act.  Establishes restrictions on carrying concealed firearms.  Establishes standards for the training course and for certifying instructors.  Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.  Provides that the Family and Personal Protection Act supersedes an ordinance of a unit of local government inconsistent with that Act. Prohibits a home rule unit from regulating the issuance of permits to carry concealed firearms. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Exempts from an unlawful use of weapons and aggravated unlawful use of weapons violation, persons who carry or possess firearms in accordance with the Family and Personal Protection Act. Effective immediately.

Actions

Date	Chamber	Action
2/6/2004	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. John O. Jones
2/6/2004	Senate	First Reading
2/6/2004	Senate	Referred to Rules

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[goldstategop]

It has no chance. Rod Blagojevich will veto it and you know Dick Daley - no guns in Chicago.

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It only has no chance it voters don't contact their reps and urge them to support it.

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bang

[sergeantdave]

Won't Daley - guarded by armed security and I'm better and more important than you - object?

I'm curious. How did that thug Daley get so much power and why do the people of Illinois consider him relevant? He rules Chicago, right? If the mayor of Detroit tried to tell us here in upstate Michigan what to do, he'd get a one finger salute.

[goldstategop]

The votes are in Cook County. It outpolls downstate in an election year. Thanks to the Daley Machine, the state's in the bag for the Democrats.

[Petruchio]

It will die a slow death in the Rules Committee. Never to see the light of day.

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Won't Daley - guarded by armed security and I'm better and more important than you - object?

He can object all he wants. He does not vote in the state legislature.

For all I know, he could have a coronary and keel over three months from now, and become totally irrelevant. Mayor Daley is not God.

[sergeantdave]

Does Daley have influence in the legislature? Or is it a group-think matter, where most of the legislators think as Daley does?

Does Illinois have enough pro-freedom legislators to tell Daley to take a flying leap and pass CC?

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Does Illinois have enough pro-freedom legislators to tell Daley to take a flying leap and pass CC?

Several years ago both houses passed a conceal carry bill. Somehow the house speaker killed the bill by invoking some rule that required it to get 2/3 vote before sending it to the Republican governor. I believe the basis for the rule, was the fact that the bill would have repealed "home rule" ordinances that ban possession of pistols.

[donmeaker]

The law appears to be a good one, but Daley likes to be able to withdraw police protection from businesses who don't contribute or hire a few people who don't show up. He also likes to be able to give concealed carry licenses to people who contribute to his campaign, or hire people who don't show up.

Construction projects also get or don't get approved, get or don't get permits, get or don't get traffic tickets, based on their money contributions, or the machine people who get paid, but don't show up.

A fellow named Al Capone pushed for laws to disarm citizens, particularly to get rid of the sawed off shotgun, aka "Ithaca Defender". Greasy Balls Capone was losing too many soldiers and tax collectors when they went around selling "fire insurance". It was well known that anyone with the skill and coordination of Mr. Magoo could do execution, and the "soldiers" and "tax collectors" knew it.

[King Prout]

snowball in hell alert

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Richard "Big Bad" Daley

1. Is like George Ryan.  George Ryan would have liked to put gun owners in jail, but appears to be headed for jail himself.
2. Is a crook.  Richard Daley could end up in jail himself for his involvement in the trucking payola scandal where millions of dollars went to his cronies.
3. Would like to confiscate every privately owned firearms in Illinois.  Why hasn't this happened?  Because gun owners have put enough pressure on lawmakers to block Daley.  What would happen if gun owners started playing offense instead of defense?
4. Is human.  All humans die.  Is Richard Daley guaranteed another 10 years on this planet?  Another 3 years on this planet?  Another month on this planet?

The reality is this:  a right-to-carry law is not on the books in Illinois because to date, lovers of freedom:

1. Have not effectively organized in Illinois.  Instead we have ISRA which has a history of being satisfied with playing defense against the gun grabbers.  We have CCRA which does its best, but is a small regional organization based in Champaign County.  We have ConcealCarry.org which points out the flaws of ISRA.
2. Have not sufficiently pressured their elected representatives into getting a law on the books.

We will have a right-to-carry law on the books when freedom lovers unite and work together to get a law on the books. 

[Ford Fairlane]

Habitual alcohol use?

Does that mean if I regularly have a drink with dinner I cant get a permit?

[Ford Fairlane]

We will have a right-to-carry law on the books when freedom lovers unite and work together to get a law on the books.

Which will never happen unless the ISRA gets new leadership