Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has issued an amendatory veto to the Conceal and Carry legislation, House Bill 183, which passed both houses by a veto-proof majority last month.
The Illinois General Assembly passed the law allowing residents of Illinois their constitutional right to carry a concealed firearm before the June 9 deadline issued by afederal court. Even though the court gave the General Assembly and the Governor six months to pass the law, Quinn did not sign the bill, and the court issued a 30-day extension at the request of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.With one week left in the extension period, Governor Quinn held a press conference Tuesday morning, telling reporters, “I have examined this particular bill over the last several weeks very carefully and there are very serious flaws... I think this is an example of a situation in Illinois where the legislature passed a bill in a hurried way at the inspiration of the NRA contrary to the safety of the people of Illinois.”
Quinn has repeatedly emphasized the need to take as much time as possible and not rush into passing this legislation, which returns a constitutionally guaranteed freedom back to the people.
While taking questions from reporters, Quinn reiterated “statistics” reported by Executive Director of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, Colleen Daley, earlier in the press conference:
You heard earlier about all the incidents of those with concealed permits who have committed murders, more than 500 murders, a number 24, I think it is mass killings. Police officers shot by those with conceal permits that shouldn’t have had them.Illinois Carry Spokesperson Valinda Rowe told Breitbart News Quinn and Daley’s statements about conceal and carry permit holders are simply “outrageous, unfounded and not true.”
“The errors in the comments that the governor made this morning are astounding for a governor to make,” Rowe explained. “While he is taking his time passing this bill, how many elderly citizens have fallen victim to violent crime? How many women have been assaulted, raped or murdered, while he has taken his time, with the luxury of his own armed-security protection?”
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There are multiple state's attorneys and country sheriffs that have publically stated they will not prosecute or harass people for concealed carry. Interestingly, all these people are from counties outside the I-270 and I-80 liberal pustules.
ReplyDeleteVery encouraging.
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