BREAKING: Illinois Senate Overriders Governor’s Veto, Concealed Carry Finally Passes

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BREAKING: Illinois Senate Overriders Governor’s Veto, Concealed Carry Finally Passes in Illinois! July 9 2013
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The Illinois State Senate has just voted to override Governor Pat Quinn’s restrictive substitution to the concealed carry bill for the state of Illinois.


This makes Illinois the last state in the US to institute some form of legal firearm carry outside of the home. According to the Chicago Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-illinois-concealed-carry,0,4356935.story), the State Senate voted to override the Governor’s veto with a vote of 41-17.
it wasn’t all rainbows and unicorns however. Also according to the Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-illinois-concealed-carry,0,4356935.story),

Senators, however, did approve a separate bill containing three minor changes that Quinn recommended.
The measure, awaiting a House vote, would require people stopped by law enforcement to immediately declare they were possessing a concealed firearm. It also would not require signage in most public places where firearms are prohibited, including schools, mass transit and government buildings. The bill also would require reporting of people adjudicated as mentally ill to the Illinois State Police, which is in charge of licensing concealed firearms.


The rest of the story from earlier today:
The Illinois House of Representatives has just voted to override Governor Pat Quinn’s more restrictive version of their concealed carry bill which he put in place through his power of amendatory veto according to the Chicago Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-illinois-concealed-carry,0,4356935.story).


The House voted 77-31 to override the veto and further paving the way for implementing a method of concealed carry in Illinois.


The measure will now go to the Senate for a final vote, expected later today, where it is expected to pass as well.
Governor Quinn tried to lobby for the passage of his significantly more restrictive version of the bill citing a weekend of extreme gun violence in the city of Chicago where over 70 people where shot over the holiday weekend.


Illinois is working on a court ordered deadline of today to implement some method of concealed carry. A federal court found that Illinois’s complete ban on carry outside of the home was a violation of the Constitution. Every other state currently has some option for carrying a firearm outside of the home.


The deadline was pushed back to today from an original deadline of early June.


It should be noted there are several things about the bill we don’t like including potentially expensive and time consuming training requirements, numerous off limits locations, and a gutted version of state preemption which was present in earlier versions of the bill. That said, residents of Illinois who cannot carry outside their homes at all will soon have at least some method of doing so.


According to the Chicago Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-illinois-concealed-carry,0,4356935.story), there will still be some time before residents can begin carrying,

If the full General Assembly overrides Quinn’s rewrite, gun owners will not be able to carry a concealed firearm without a valid concealed carry license issued by the Illinois State Police — a process that state police would have 180 days to develop. Possessing a valid Firearms Owner Identification Card, or FOID card, is not sufficient on its own to carry a concealed firearm, state police say.


The cost for the new concealed carry license would be $150 for five years for Illinois residents, under the legislation. Applicants also would have to complete 16 hours of firearms training, including classroom and range instruction, to qualify. The legislation gives the state police 60 days to license firearm instructors and training courses, which the agency said it will place on its website, www.isp.state.il.us.




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General Assembly overrides governor's veto of concealed carry bill

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http://www.trbimg.com/img-51dc7006/turbine/chi-sen-gary-forby-sponsor-of-override-bill-20130709/580/580x386 Sen. Gary Forby, D-59th, sponsor of the override bill, is congratulated at the Capitol in Springfield. (Michael Tercha, Chicago Tribune / July 9, 2013)





By Ray Long and Monique Garcia Tribune reporters 2:32 p.m. CDT, July 9, 2013

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois today became the last state in the country to legalize the concealed carry of guns after both the House and Senate rejected Gov. Pat Quinn’s attempt to rewrite the compromise bill.

Senators voted 41-17 to override Quinn’s amendatory veto of the bill. Earlier in the day, the House voted 77-31 to overturn the governor’s rewrite. The measure now becomes law, though the actual ability of gun owners to carry a concealed firearm remains months away.

The action by the Democratic General Assembly was a major repudiation of the actions of the state’s Democratic governor. Supporters of the compromise legislation accused Quinn of engaging in re-election politics rather than negotiating with lawmakers when the bill was crafted.

Illinois has been the only state that bans so-called concealed carry — but faced a court-mandated deadline of today to enact regulations after a federal appellate court ruled the state's prohibition unconstitutional.

Sen. Kwame Raoul, D-Chicago, who negotiated the measure on behalf of gun-control advocates, said he felt conflicted by rejecting Quinn’s changes because he originally sought to champion many of them. He said voting with Quinn was a “political vote” but one that endangered allowing unregulated concealed firearms.

“There’s no more time,” Raoul said. “We are here on July 9th and if the members of this chamber have the interests of public safety at their heart, they would vote ‘yes’ to override.”
Senators, however, did approve a separate bill containing three minor changes that Quinn recommended.

The measure, awaiting a House vote, would require people stopped by law enforcement to immediately declare they were possessing a concealed firearm. It also would not require signage in most public places where firearms are prohibited, including schools, mass transit and government buildings. The bill also would require reporting of people adjudicated as mentally ill to the Illinois State Police, which is in charge of licensing concealed firearms.
Quinn, trying to build grassroots support for his rewrite over the last few days, alienated many lawmakers — including gun-control advocates who were part of the negotiations — by accusing the General Assembly of caving to the interests of the National Rifle Association.
Sponsoring Rep. Brandon Phelps, a Harrisburg Democrat, accused Quinn of using the governor's amendatory veto powers to tighten the restrictions as a move aimed at bolstering political support for re-election among city and suburban voters who support gun-control.
Many lawmakers expressed their anger at Quinn as they voted today.

“I think he needs to learn how to count,” state Sen. Mike Jacobs, D-East Moline, said of Quinn. “Anyone who doesn’t understand that we’re going to run this bill over his objections doesn’t understand government.”
Licensing and permit rules mean it will be months before gun owners can legally carry their weapons in public.
Gun owners will not be able to carry a concealed firearm without a valid concealed carry license issued by the Illinois State Police — a process that state police would have 180 days to develop. Possessing a valid Firearms Owner Identification Card, or FOID card, is not sufficient on its own to carry a concealed firearm, state police say.
The cost for the new concealed carry license would be $150 for five years for Illinois residents, under the legislation. Applicants also would have to complete 16 hours of firearms training, including classroom and range instruction, to qualify. The legislation gives the state police 60 days to license firearm instructors and training courses, which the agency said it will place on its website, www.isp.state.il.us (http://www.isp.state.il.us/firearms/ccw/ccw-faq.cfm).
The measure originally passed the General Assembly with 89 votes in the House and 45 votes in the Senate. A total of 71 votes in the House and 36 votes in the Senate were needed to override Quinn's changes.