Comments on: Owners say law lets them tote guns in fanny packs

By: Rockford 37

Rockford 37 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:40:12 +0000

I’ve posted a comment all ready. I just think its time to protest. It would be good to go to Springfield, and do so. We need people in numbers to go down. We the people can do it.

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:38:31 +0000

We live in the most corrupted state as far as leaders go so what is the big deal if they take away our rights as gun owners. Nothing about Illinois makes any sense anymore. It is a huge deal with me because I live in Illinois and work in Missouri in St. Louis and am constantly on edge when I walk to the parking garage after work. I have encountered strange characters after work and wish I had the legal right to carry protection because I know that they are carrying illegally…

By: JOE

JOE — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:45:48 +0000

I know that legal gun owners no matter where they may reside do not wish to have a shootout or shoot at anyone or anything other than a target at a gun range.Legal gun owners in Illinois want a regulated conceal carry law for peace of mind,and to be able to protect themselves and their loved ones if need be.I live in Chicago where a GUN BAN existed for many years and it never deterred gun violence one bit.Chicago,s politicians are given the right to carry a handgun and THEY DO and the one,s that don,t HAVE BODYGUARDS and isn,t it amazing no alderman has been shot or killed.What has happened in Chicago with police protection not through any fault of the police officers is when you need the police in a minute they are only five minuets away accept for THE POLITICIANS .Victims of violent crimes need to hold the city of chicago and the state of Illinois accountable for not allowing it’s residents to protect themselves.I wonder if victims start to file lawsuits against the city and state for not being able to protect themselves from DEADLY VIOLENCE if the state and city will continue to drag their feet on the issue.

By: JDS

JDS — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:57:00 +0000

So this article appeared in 2000. Has there been any test cases in the courts on the fanny pack issue? Any decisions?

By: Big Bob

Big Bob — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:48:44 +0000

I just moved back to Illinois from Missouri. Missouri has a carry conceal law and it is working well from what I have read. It’s also another way for the state to make money. Something Illinois is desperately in need of at the moment. However, the fear I’ve seen in women’s faces when they are simplying walking to their cars in Rockford is a big reason this state needs to pass a carry conceal law. I’d bet a winning powerball ticket if any of those women were the wife, mother, sister of a state rep, that law would get passed PDQ. Get with it Illinois. I grew up in Chicago 50+ years ago, and have lived with guns my entire life. I’m sick and tired of the fear these gang members pose to the average AMERICAN citizen.

By: Nick Covington

Nick Covington — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:01:12 +0000

i feel as if we should be able to carry i live in danville which is bout 2 hrs south of chicago which was flooded with criminals and all sorts of gangmembers when caprni greens closed. i am 21 and i be that if we have a ccw we should be required to have a small fee for each year and that we should be required to take a gun saftey course at least once a year. a gun is a very dangerous but at the same time can save lives at the same time lets ban together to get congress to pass a ccw in ill.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:17:50 +0000

“The law “means that you can transport a gun from one place to another, not carry the gun around like a pistol in a holster in the Wild West,” John Gorman, the spokesman, said.”

I would like to personally invite John Gorman to come down here and visit Arizona, where we have Constitutional Carry. That means anyone who is legally able (not a convicted felon) may carry a firearm without a license.
Before Arizona passed this law, opponents were wringing their hands and crying about ‘blood running in the streets’, ‘shootouts on every corner’ and also used that worn-out line about the ‘Wild Wild West’.
Well, come on down to the ‘Wild Wild West’ and you’ll see people of all ages and from all walks of life open carrying firearms. Guess what? The crime rates have dropped across the board and no guns are running down the streets randomly shooting at people. Our homicide rate for the year is what Chicago racks up in ONE MONTH.
Now, you may point out Congresswoman Gabby Giffords shooting in Tucson, and I will tell you this common-sense TRUTH: A criminal will ignore a ‘No Guns’ sign. A criminal won’t care how many gun laws you pass. A criminal is not going to obey the Law no matter what you do, that’s why they are called ‘criminals’.

Allowing responsible people their God-Given Right to Defend themselves WORKS, gun control does not.

By: Armed Chicagoan

Armed Chicagoan — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:17:04 +0000

I like to read all the comments before posting so that I can gauge the temperature of the page. It would appear that the overwhelming majority support concealed carry in Illinois.As do I. There needs to be training and a REASONABLE FEE for the ID card. I have 4 CCW permits, a Chicago Permit and several handguns.
Chicago is a HOT BED of VIOLENCE. There are not nearly enough police officers on the street at any given time. And there are more and more shootings EACH DAY. These victims do NOT have a means to protect themselves. The criminal knows this. I say EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US on this blog FLOOD SPRINGFIELD with a DEMAND FOR CCW.
And no,it wont make blood run in the streets. No it wont turn Chicago into the wild west. No it wont leave bodies laying in a heap or any other vivid graphic the anti gunners and anti rights (usually called DEMOCRATS) people want to force upon you. Illinois is the ONLY STATE in the ENTIRE COUNTRY that does not allow some form of CCW. THIS MUST CHANGE. Quinn,Madigan,Cullerton,Burke,and any other Democratic Politician need to be VOTED OUT.
While it is your RIGHT to keep and bear arms, try it in chicago. Seriously. I mean, yes i risk it and carry my .45 to and from the grocery store because ITS DANGEROUS OUT HERE.
The Illinois politicians seem to think that the police can handle the crime. They cannot. They come AFTER the fact and rarely during the fact,this and the fact of the restrictive gun laws in this communist state make you a,,,,VICTIM. Im sorry, I REFUSE to be a victim. I fight each day to push these politicians out and to get CCW passed for Illinois. Ask Otis McDonald about gun rights. He stepped up. I urge ALL OF YOU to step up. Get your FOID CARD, take a safety course offered by the NRA and last but not least do not EVER fall into the rut of the one poster proclaiming “responsibility” which is simply masked rhetoric from an anti gunner. I hate to sound cliche but you can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead hand. Residents of Illinois have a fundamental RIGHT to self protection. You also have a right to keep and bear arms. You NEED to remove those from Office that are a threat to that right. We need to,as a united State,DEMAND our right to bear arms.We need to,as a united State,take BACK our neighborhoods from the dope man and the gang banger.
We are all in this fight together but some times when I step up to that line and look around, I dont see too much back up. But STILL I STAND THE LINE. Its easy to enjoy the rights some fight for. Its harder to fight for the right that all can enjoy.

Cort D Chubko
ARMED CHICAGO CITIZEN

By: ypardo25

ypardo25 — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 03:22:01 +0000

This stupid law about not letting us carry concealed is crazy…WE THE PEOPLE NEED STAND UP FOR OUR RIGHTS WE CAN’T JUST LET THESE ASS HOLES TAKE ALL WE GOT LEFT LIKE OUR RIGHTS THEY ALREADY TAKING OUR MONEY AND MAKING US PAY FOR THEIR FUCK UP’S I’M SORRY FOR SAYING BAD WORDS BUT HONESTLY IT’S OUT OF CONTROL AND AIN’T NOBODY DOING ANY THING ABOUT IT…IS SAD TO SAY THAT THESE SRE THE PEOPLE WE ARE VOTING FOR…WHY DON’T WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND SHOW THEM WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT..WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR….FOR MORE AND MORE FAMILIES TO GET HURT AND KILLED BEFORE THEY EVEN CONCITER LETTING US HAVE WHAT WE WANT WELL COME ON THIS IS CRAZY I HAVE KIDS AND I WILL BE DAM IF I LET A GANGBANGER ROB OR TRY TO KILL ME OR MY FAMILY…WE NEED TO PROTECT ONE AND OTHER WE THE PEOPLE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR FAMILYS AND WE HAVE GREAT NEIGHBORS THAT ARE ON THEIR OWN AND HAVE NO ONE AND WALK IN THE STREETS….I HEARD ABOUT THIS GIRL THAT GOT KILLED AND RAPE IN THE ALLEY AND COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO CARRY HOW SAD IS THAT…THATS SOMEONE’S DAUGHTER,FRIEND,SISTER,CUSSIN WHAT EVER YOU WONNA CALL HER BUT IS NOT RIGHT….DOES ANY ONE AGREE WITH ME PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND SHOW THESE GUYS WITH SUITS THAT WE DISERVE THE BEST AND NOT LET THEM TELL US WHAT’S BEST FOR US STANT UP FOR OUR RIGHTS…GOD BLESS TO EVERYONE AND PLEASE PROTECT YOUR FAMILIES AND SPECIALY KIDS…THANKS

By: Rockford 37

Rockford 37 — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:47:10 +0000

Things are getting out of hand here in IL. we need someone to step in and help. the state is crooked, and dont know what to do but take take take. All these crimals are have a field day with us law biden citizens. They talk slick at the mouth, act so tuff because they are carrying guns and we are not. My girlfriends son was walking down the street at 9 pm with one of his friends about two mounths ago, and two guys walked up to them… told them if they run or yell they were going to kill them. the two guys made them give them all their money, and jewelry then ran off. Now hes scared to be out at night. people are getting robbed in parking lots, outside their homes, car washes, and everywhere else. If New York and these other big cities can do it, chicago can do it too.