The only inaccuracy in this story, and in the text of the decision, is the statement that only IL bans concealed carry. In fact, in reality so do many parts of NY, and MD and NJ require that the applicant have an immediate , personal threat: perhaps a signed promise from a thug announcing the time and place of proposed attack, before they will consider issuing a permit. MA has also moved to this position, although their police are in some localities so corrupt that it is difficult to tell how the law will be applied.
Another issue with these states is, will they issue to non-residents, or allow any sort of reciprocity. A persons 2nd Amendment rights should not end just because he or she is outside the state of residence.
Nonetheless, the 7th Circuit decision is good. Note that the two judges in favor were Reagan appointees, and the one against was an appointee of Clinton.
According to Woollard v. Sheridan -- filed by Alexandria lawyer Alan Gura, who had successfully argued District of Columbia v. Heller before the U.S. Supreme Court -- and Greenbelt attorney Cary Hansel, representing the Second Amendment Foundation, Navy veteran Raymond Woollard was celebrating Christmas Eve at home in 2002 when his estranged son-in-law broke in, terrorized the family and demanded Woollard's car keys before wresting a shotgun away from him during a scuffle. Woollard's son finally subdued the intruder with another gun and held him at bay for two and a half hours until police arrived.This may issue BS may go the way of the dodo sooner than you think.When Woollard tried to renew his concealed carry handgun permit for a second time in 2009, his application was denied because he could not show "a good or substantial reason" for carrying a firearm outside his home or demonstrate what the state deemed was a continuing threat. Since the Heller case had opened the door for such challenges, he sued.
On March 5, 2012, U.S. District Judge Benson Everett Legg ruled in Woollard's favor, noting that his Second Amendment right "is all the reason he needs." Judge Legg also dismissed Maryland's claim that the state has a right to prohibit guns in public places in order to reduce gun violence, writing that "self-defense has to take place wherever [a] person happens to be." A three-judge panel will decide within the next few months if he was right.