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what are the odds that JB pritzker might attempt to attack the shell issue clause of the firearm concealed carry act, or is that not possible because of the way judge Posner worded his decision that gave us concealed carry to begin with?

 

My other concern is with respect to preemption, does it look like he would have enough votes to overturn preemption?

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what are the odds that JB pritzker might attempt to attack the shell issue clause of the firearm concealed carry act, or is that not possible because of the way judge Posner worded his decision that gave us concealed carry to begin with?

My other concern is with respect to preemption, does it look like he would have enough votes to overturn preemption?

The Democrats have enough votes to pass whatever they want.

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what are the odds that JB pritzker might attempt to attack the shell issue clause of the firearm concealed carry act, or is that not possible because of the way judge Posner worded his decision that gave us concealed carry to begin with?

 

My other concern is with respect to preemption, does it look like he would have enough votes to overturn preemption?

Posner worded the decision specifically to allow a NY-style May (not) Issue system, however the writing may be on the wall for may issue in general, with the DC circuit ruling it unconstitutional SCOTUS may have to take the next case that comes out of NY or CA challenging it to resolve the circuit split

 

As for preemption, they will likely eliminate the AWB preemption if their statewide ban doesn't pass for some reason

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They were already pushing to eliminate preemption last session, expect that to come back up this session.

Preemption is only an issue to them when the state law is less strict than they want, with them being able to pass whatever AWB/mag ban they want at the state level preemption is no longer a problem. It may even work in their favor (for example Chicago's 15 round mag ban being preempted by the state's proposed 10 round ban)

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Knowing them they won't change FCCL to may issue until the majority of the first renewal year is over. That way they have our money and get to revoke our permits. It's a win win for them and a double loss for us. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

I doubt they would revoke active permits but I could see permits being allowed to expired and blocking renewals, or grandfathering those with active permits for renewal and not allowing new permits.

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You could argue that having what we hope is a pro-2A majority at SCOTUS increases the chances of anti-2A state laws being enacted. If the Court strikes them down, a weakly anti-2A or maybe weakly pro-2A legislator gains points with anti-2A voters. Meanwhile, the legislator may still keep some support from the less-attentive 2A rights advocates, on some sort of twisted no harm/no foul calculation.

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You could argue that having what we hope is a pro-2A majority at SCOTUS increases the chances of anti-2A state laws being enacted. If the Court strikes them down, a weakly anti-2A or maybe weakly pro-2A legislator gains points with anti-2A voters. Meanwhile, the legislator may still keep some support from the less-attentive 2A rights advocates, on some sort of twisted no harm/no foul calculation.

 

Actually, I'd argue the opposite. Right now, the status quo is more or less accepted by both sides. Nobody likes it, but there aren't many people challenging these laws to the SCOTUS. Any new law will trigger court cases that could make it to the SCOTUS. And, when that happens, the court can do anything. That can backfire on the antis and what the court rules is nearly set in stone. They could go much further on the pro side than the antis care to deal with.

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I wouldn't be surprised if they're just going to go full whacko and pass a ton of bad bills, figuring that we'll get bogged down in court. The problem being that it takes a long time for a case to get up to SCOTUS, and SCOTUS has very limited bandwidth. Basically they can enact bad laws faster than SCOTUS can swat them down.

 

The hope is that, after a few cases, SCOTUS will have clarified its position on 2A rights to the point that lower courts will start bouncing some of these laws, but that too will take time. I believe Todd once said something along the lines of that we are still in the early days of the modern era of 2A jurisprudence, and I think that's still correct. Expect a bumpy ride.

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I wouldn't be surprised if they're just going to go full whacko and pass a ton of bad bills, figuring that we'll get bogged down in court. The problem being that it takes a long time for a case to get up to SCOTUS, and SCOTUS has very limited bandwidth. Basically they can enact bad laws faster than SCOTUS can swat them down.

 

 

 

I think there's a lot of validity to this statement. Of course, this only works if people comply with the bad laws...and I think gun owners have reached their limit.

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I wouldn't be surprised if they're just going to go full whacko and pass a ton of bad bills, figuring that we'll get bogged down in court. The problem being that it takes a long time for a case to get up to SCOTUS, and SCOTUS has very limited bandwidth. Basically they can enact bad laws faster than SCOTUS can swat them down.

 

I think there's a lot of validity to this statement. Of course, this only works if people comply with the bad laws...and I think gun owners have reached their limit.

I agree. A lot of people have reached their limit. You see that with the Sheriffs that refuse enforcement or create a "sanctuary".

 

It may be the case that they can pass more laws than scotus can swat, but if that starts happening, scotus can take one big swat and then lower courts have to follow their ruling.

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