- Time to train cops not to shoot dogs. Ya think? (But if they quit killing our pets, how will the cowards control us??? Oh yeah, that’s right. By SWATting our poker games and busting our kids’ lemonade stands.)
- Nostalgia has never been my thing. Those “good old days”? They weren’t really so good. Turns out, though, that nostalgia’s actually good for you.
- Awwwwww. Blind couple fall in love after their guide dogs do.
- It’s a crappy law and just more permit pushing. But both houses of the Illinois legislature hugely overrode Gov. Pat Quinn’s weird attempt to use his veto to rewrite the bill they’d passed. What makes this grand despite its flaws is that there is now no state in the union that completely forbids concealed carry. Sure, they’ll still do their best to obstruct it. But that’s what governments are for — get in a man’s way.
- And of course for every grudging Illinois, there is an Arkansas, thanks to the hard, steady work of the real grassroots.
- I’ve been saving this one up for a couple of weeks, hoping to do something more with it. Not getting there, so here you go. “The debate over the U.S. government’s monitoring of digital communications suggests that Americans are willing to allow it as long as it is genuinely targeted at terrorists. What they fail to realize is that the surveillance systems are best suited for gathering information on law-abiding citizens.”
“(But if they quit killing our pets, how will the cowards control us???”
They’ll just move on to the other targets that has always been in the front of the muzzles of those guys, kids. Remember that they likely don’t care about pointing those guns where-ever. They don’t have good muzzle disciplines and far too many kids gets shot.
Kids running to their daddies’ aid after getting shot? Blam, the officer was worried for his safety.
Yes, I am that cynical when it comes to those badge boys.
Part of the benefit of bring a historian (even at the amatuer level) is having the ability to glean the best from other eras and cultures, while leaving the rest. Gaining perspective on today’s issues, and learning to appreciate at a deeper level the technogy that makes our lives more pleasant. Air conditioning comes to mind at the moment.
The above comment has little if anything to do with nostalgia, but the thought has been bouncing around inside my noggin for a couple of months now. Thank you for providing me with an outlet. Back in the good ol’ days I didn’t have one.
“There are *some parts of* Idaho, Montana, Illinois, and New Mexico that also allow Constitutional Carry.” [my emphasis]
How does a partial Constitutional Carry work? Does it have to do with what County the person lives in, and concealed carry is required for the rest of the State? Or isn’t a County the determining factor in this law?
Does anyone know?
As I’m trying to get back into a bit of writing I’m finding it damn hard to come up with any mind-blowing dystopian scifi themes… with real life the way it is now, even the craziest made up scenarios tend to just come across as me trying to blatantly write thinly veiled mockeries of the current global situation or whatever…
Winston – at this point, art imitates life, I think. And there’s just too much out there in the “you can’t make this crap up” category… to write wild fiction.
Maybe a classic, traditional western? crime novel? instead?
Pat, I think its a county by county thing. In Illinois, several counties were watching the state CCW circus and simply decided to make up their own rules. These rules are nullified now, as the state law preempts local restrictions (thank god, Chicago we’re looking at you).
Montana, IIRC, requires a CCW permit in the populous areas but is constitutional carry in the rural bits. Or open/concealed along the same lines.
ILTim – Thanks for your response.
I was wondering how that would work; if anyone traveled to another County or area, s/he would not have the benefit of Constitutional Carry anyway. It seems Const.C. is more a moral win than an actual win, unless the person never leaves his County/area.
(And yes, in Illinois’ case, state law trumping Chicago law would be better.)
Arkansas has finally one-upped Texas. My son who lives in Arkansas is gloating that he won’t be considered a “Criminal” for doing what he has a right to do after that law takes effect.
I am still so ashamed that Texans haven’t demanded that the government stop violating “gun rights”. Although, perhaps everyone is simply ignoring the “law” already so it’s not important to them.
There is no actual “constitutional carry” anywhere in the US if you take the 2A to actually mean, “…shall not be infringed.” There’s plenty of infringement, even in places where no “permit” is required to carry either openly or concealed.
It’s better than Chicago or NYC, of course, but we have a long way to go. And I’m glad for the folks in IL… but I wouldn’t want to have to trust my life to being able to get a “permit,” or making much use of it. Going to take a LONG time before the cops and courts are willing to rationally deal with this. Oh wait! Cops? Rational? Pardon me, I forgot for a second who we were talking about.
In states like Wyoming that have “preemption,” individual counties and cities cannot make any laws reguarding either form of carry that impose greater restriction than the state law. At this point, open carry is not regulated, but concealed carry is still limited to the restrictions and rules in place when “permits” were required. Gun ownership/possession laws closely follow the federal definition of “felon” and mental health restrictions.
Wyomingites can still obtain a “permit” if they wish to travel to other states that recognize that WY “license,” and Wyoming still recognizes various other state “permits” for visitors. This changes from time to time, so please do a thorough websearch or call the CC gooberment office in charge of that BS to be sure you understand the current situation – as well as anyone does. But don’t trust any cop to know the current rules!