I wonder if this coincides with HR 822? Coincidence?
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/Bil...&DocNum=3130&GAID=11&SessionID=84&LegID=60461
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/Bil...&DocNum=3130&GAID=11&SessionID=84&LegID=60461
IL proposes all states CCW recognition
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about as much chance as one passing in MD
Actually, our CCW bill is HB148. Although the final version is yet to be released.
This is the latest update from our NRA lobbyist, Todd Vandermyde.
http://illinoiscarry.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=24908
Optimism is very high right now that a carry bill can be passed this year. Daley has acknowledged RTC exists and rumors are rampant that Cullerton (Senate) and Madigan (House) are looking to make deals to allow for the vote.
This is the latest update from our NRA lobbyist, Todd Vandermyde.
http://illinoiscarry.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=24908
Optimism is very high right now that a carry bill can be passed this year. Daley has acknowledged RTC exists and rumors are rampant that Cullerton (Senate) and Madigan (House) are looking to make deals to allow for the vote.
jpk1md
Ultimate Member
- Jan 13, 2007
- 11,313
If the State Leg passes a CCW Law that would be great news. 
I stand corrected. After reading the post you linked to, it seems there's definitely have a reason to be optimistic. Good luck and I hope it passes
racinghoss
Missing Alaska
- Nov 3, 2008
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Exactly. My family has lived in Southern Illinois for centuries. Down staters are a different breed than the wickedness bred in Chicago (or most places North of Kankakee). They are very much what Obama dislikes: gun toting, bible thumping, conservative farmers.
Mr H
Banana'd
Hear, hear!
But then, "downstate" can be anything south of Normal, west of Rockford, and north of Waukegan (exclusive of Champaign/Urbana, of course)!!!
Wife's family is from Kewanee and Mt Pulaski... can't get too much more rural or independent!!
- Nov 14, 2010
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My first impression was IL, as in Chicago ... NFW.
Realizing the error in my thinking, this could be a good thing. Let's keep an eye on it.
Of course, with RahmBo in the Mayor's seat, he'll create a crisis that could undermine the whole thing.
Realizing the error in my thinking, this could be a good thing. Let's keep an eye on it.
Of course, with RahmBo in the Mayor's seat, he'll create a crisis that could undermine the whole thing.
Hear, hear!
But then, "downstate" can be anything south of Normal, west of Rockford, and north of Waukegan (exclusive of Champaign/Urbana, of course)!!!
Wife's family is from Kewanee and Mt Pulaski... can't get too much more rural or independent!!
I'm from central Illinois and it is the exact polar opposite of those communist freaks that inhabit Chicago. I still can't figure out how such a small voting block in Chicago totally wipes out the rest of the state. They must be counting those damn ballots as three votes or something.
We (MD) have a lot in common with IL, wish them success. 
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hailtoby
Running with the Devil.
We're not all communist freaks.
IL total pop ~12MM
Cook county pop ~5MM
Thats almost 42%. If you add Lake county (northside), that puts it at about 50%. Not really a small voting block.
racinghoss
Missing Alaska
- Nov 3, 2008
- 1,567
Hear, hear!
But then, "downstate" can be anything south of Normal, west of Rockford, and north of Waukegan (exclusive of Champaign/Urbana, of course)!!!
Wife's family is from Kewanee and Mt Pulaski... can't get too much more rural or independent!!
Right. "Down-stater" is a Chicagoan term used for what the rest of us would call normal folk.
Even Champaign-Urbana is not all bad. My alma-mater is UIUC and I found several pockets of "non-lefties" there.
Rattlesnake46319
Curmidget
Same as "Upstate New York" is everything outside of NYC. And just like IL, NYS is pretty good when you don't include Bloomberg's domain.
But until IL tells Chicago to piss off, I refuse to spend my money in that state if I can avoid it.
We're not all communist freaks.
IL total pop ~12MM
Cook county pop ~5MM
Thats almost 42%. If you add Lake county (northside), that puts it at about 50%. Not really a small voting block.
This is the problem.
Remember, until recently, people who lived in the City of Chicago did not even have the ability to buy a handgun to keep in their own home.
Patrick
MSI Executive Member
Also, the reciprocity bill mentioned by OP (HB3130) also passed out of committee (same 12-2 vote) with a "Do Pass" recommendation.
Conventional Wisdom is that Illinois is going Shall Issue this year. The Senate President (D) there is supposedly letting it go for a floor vote due to serious pressure from this downstate Dem peers. Daley being gone has to help, too. I think he - as mayor - had more actual power than the governor.
Conventional Wisdom is that Illinois is going Shall Issue this year. The Senate President (D) there is supposedly letting it go for a floor vote due to serious pressure from this downstate Dem peers. Daley being gone has to help, too. I think he - as mayor - had more actual power than the governor.
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