SAF gets an enormous win at the appellate level when the full 7th Circuit let Posner’s ruling stand today.
Will Chicago appeal to the Supremes? Maybe, but in the meantime the clock is indeed ticking for the Illinois state legislature to enact a concealed carry licensing scheme against their will.
Oh, that felt so good to write.
Why, then is SAF negotiating to get HB1588 passed in Washington State? I was considering joining up until I read about that. Any law that prohibits me from simply handing any of my guns to my wife, or to one of my children when they are of legal age, and saying “This is now yours,” is unconstitutional and unacceptable. I don’t like waiting around for the NICS check, but I understand it. Making private party sales illegal just begs for a larger black market and makes criminals of law-abiding citizens, as do magazine restrictions and bans on specific makes and models.
Hell I know I’m preaching to the choir here. So does anyone have any insight as to why SAF is doing this?
My bet is that Illinois won’t appeal to SCOTUS so they can craft a POS concealed carry bill without scrutiny from Constitutional law.
Mollbot: Read Workman’s analysis and a statement by Alan Gottlieb as to why:
http://www.examiner.com/article/firestorm-erupts-over-story-about-ccrkba-and-background-checks
Fair enough. Having read that I’m somewhat mollified. No pun intended.
What about the ruling today in Colorado? That doesn’t seem like a good thing.
Minstrel -Ah, the comments about support by SAF DOES make more sense now. Thanks for the link.
As to IL appealing, it’s a crap-shoot. I think they may be arrogant enough after the O-care ruling to think they can win, and appeal. OTOH, if they try to obviously skirt the intent of the 7th Circuit decision with some shenanigans that are technically within the letter, it’ll get a fast-track lawsuit right back to the same place. And if they do NOTHING, then if I understand it aright, then it goes directly to Constitutional Carry.
In any case, though, because there is now a conflict between the 7th and 10th rulings, it’s likely to go there soon.
Yes, Calguns is taking much the same position in Cali, and for the same reasons.
The decision in CO is not good on its face, but then that really depends on whether Gray Peterson decides to appeal to the Supreme Court. He is a savvy Calgunner and I am sure he’s strategizing with the appropriate legal minds at the moment.
Funny how the news reports I read stated that Gray “could not be reached for comment.” Really? Let’s see, there’s his Calguns account, his Twitter feed, his email account, his phone number…. I have all those lying around on one machine or another and I’ve only met the man a few times…. Lazy reporters!