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Ban on Carrying Guns Within 1,000 Feet of Park Struck Down
...by the Illinois Supreme Court in a decision this morning
People v. Chairez
...by the Illinois Supreme Court in a decision this morning
People v. Chairez
The Illinlois Supreme Court had already held that the Second Amendment protects a right to carry guns in most public places, and in today's
People v. Chairez
Note that lower coutrs remain divided on whether the Second Amendment secures a right to carry guns in public places at all -- since the Heller decision, the Florida and Illinois Supreme Courts, and the federal appellate courts for the Seventh and D.C. Circuits have said "yes," and the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Circuits and the Maryland, Massachusetts, and D.C. high courts have in effect said "no" (by upholding restrictions that basically denied the great bulk of the public the right to carry guns in public places). The Supreme Court recently declined to resolve this question. it likewise rejected a ban focused on carrying within 1000 feet of parks:
