Illinois Update
The bill that exempts from prosecution people who use guns that are not registered or are banned to defend themselves will likely pass:
Senator Ed Petka (R-Plainfield), former Will County prosecutor and initiator of SB 2165, says he is confident the veto will fly in the Illinois House as well.
Some detail on the bill:
SB 2165 says that an individual who uses a firearm while defending his home will be allowed an affirmative defense to a charge he unlawfully possessed the firearm. The legislation was initiated after a Wilmette resident faced local city officials who charged him with using a handgun — banned in Wilmette — to defend his family when a burglar entered his home last year.
In Illinois, a particularly anti-gun state, this is huge. We’re winning.
