If I ever tell you that I’m going to Illinois

Remind me about this post, please.

Why would I want to avoid that state? Because it seems you can be arrested for something as stupid as the following item I found at The View From North Central Idaho blog,

DISORDERLY CONDUCT: in that Shawn (SIC) Kranish knowingly did an act in such an unreasonable manner as to alarm or disturb Janna L. Shwaiko and provoke a breach of peace to wit Shawn (SIC) Kranish walked into the Presidents (SIC) office and requested from Shwaiko a meeting with the President. Kranish was wearing a blue jacket with the words “I Carry” on the front of the jacket and he was also wearing a black nylon pouch or handgun holster. Shwaiko believed Kranish to be carrying a gun and it alarmed her in violation of 720 ILCS 5/26-1(a) of the Illinois Compiled Statutes.

Officer Edward Crumb, #167
Complainant

She was alarmed by a jacket with writing on it and a fanny pack? Does she need medication? How the hell does she leave the house in the morning?

I want to know who was the last person before Kranish to be charged with this piece of obscura legalese. I would put $20 on that it wasn’t a gangbanger or a wife beater or a well-known-to-the-police felon.

Dig if you will, this picture:

I’m standing in line at the Jack in the Box and some hoplophobe sees my belt-clipped cell phone bulge from under my shirt and gets scared because they think that it might be a firearm. Should I be put in cuffs and sent off to central booking because they have anxiety issues or should they be sent off to see a psychotherapist?

In Illinois, I go to jail and they get to eat their Jumbo Jack.

Again, remind to never go to Illinois.