ALERT - QUESTION: WHEN IS A GUN CASE NOT A GUN CASE?
ANSWER: When Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez says it's not.
Please call your state representative this week starting Thursday morning and ask them to OPPOSE HB5849.
In October, 2009 the Illinois Supreme Court ruled on Illinois v Diggins where the court determined that the center console in a vehicle counts as a 'case' under Illinois law. In response, Rep. Harry Osterman (D-14) filed HB5849 to change the law and nullify the court's decision.
How they plan to do this is to add language specifying that the case your firearm is in needs to be specifically designed for the transportation or storage of firearms. Doesn't sound like a problem, does it? Why would a person oppose such a 'reasonable', 'common-sense' change?
Why? Because, in the finest tradition of 'gun control' bills, this one includes subjective and loaded language designed to trip up firearm owners and put them at the mercy of prosecutors. The full language of the change is a case 'designed for the SAFE transportation of firearms'.
Safe? What does that mean? Is a zippered, nylon case from your local sporting goods store considered 'safe'? Not if this bill passes! Does it have to be a hard case? Plastic? Metal? Does it require a lock? Do you really want that decision to be in the hands of the office that supports the Chicago handgun ban?
So basically if you're driving through Cook County, you'ld better have called up the state's attorney's office to find out what the definition of the day is from each and every lawyer there. Otherwise you're SOL.
3 comments:
Interesting. Personally, I don't think I own a single "gun case" that was specifically made for guns. I have a preference for those stainless steel briefcases to which I add foam padding. Those briefcases are available in stores like Office Max, Harbor Freight, etc. I also have a thing for gym bags and other nondescript "cases" so that someone looking behind the seat of my truck doesn't see anything interesting.
But, I live in Wyoming, where state lawmakers don't attempt these stupid antics to deny us our rights.
In Illinois putting 'state lawmakers' and 'stupid antics' in the same sentence is redundant.
I wonder if the AG's office has a 1-800 number. How quickly would they get tired of many people calling every day to find out what the daily definition o=f a safe gun case is?
Hoisted by their own petard.
B Woodman
III-per
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