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In reply to the discussion: US Appeals court strikes down Illinois ban on concealed carry [View all]Throd
(7,208 posts)8. How do you know they aren't packing already?
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Dickless Dirty Harry wannabes celebrate. I expect a bunch of George Zimmermans will be born. nt
onehandle
Dec 2012
#1
Welcome to DU. I appreciate that anti-Fox sentiment, but frankly there is no nexus...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#5
Do you ever venture into the rest of the US--the 40 states that are "shall issue"? n/t
TPaine7
Dec 2012
#12
If you live in Illinois there are already people around you who are carrying concealed firearms...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#20
"they'll almost certainly leave it to the discretion of local law enforcement people"
TPaine7
Dec 2012
#22
I skimmed it very quickly. Does it imply that only an objective system of issuing permits...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#23
So you know all about how the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment explicitly set out to
TPaine7
Dec 2012
#37
Yep, I just agree with the dissenting opinion of the four liberal justices...
primavera
Dec 2012
#38
The thing is, I believed most of what Scalia said before he ever heard of Dick Heller or
TPaine7
Dec 2012
#42
You have as much right to not be around armed people as you have to not be around people
TPaine7
Dec 2012
#21
What does "multiple" or "crowd" have to do with it? Aren't the issues "killing" and "public"?
TPaine7
Dec 2012
#32
But Elliot Ness could not have tried to arrest Frank Nitti in "The Untouchables" if this ruling
winstars
Dec 2012
#15
If I remember right, in the Untouchables, Nitti brought a gun into the courthouse.
hughee99
Dec 2012
#28
Good. I live in Chicago and have been arguing with a friend about this for years.
atufal
Dec 2012
#18
I don't know. Posner is a highly respected jurist, and he is no fan of self-defense.
TPaine7
Dec 2012
#30
I'd like the Illinois legislature to reaffirm their long standing law and tell the Court of Appeals
byeya
Dec 2012
#27
State's rights fan, are you? Do you think California's Proposition 8 is also legit?
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2012
#45