Concealed Carry Views Change Amidst Increased Crime in Illinois

I live in a high-risk neighborhood of Chicago, and I've lived here for the past 10 years ever since finishing high school in the suburbs. I was a starry-eyed ignoramus that had high hopes for my future and the confidence to accomplish my goals. 10 years of life in this crime-stricken ghetto has changed my opinions of society, my family, my friends, myself, and life in general. What became a very jarring fact for me is that life is short and death comes easy. I have seen a lot of of people fall around here, some of them great friends that I held in very high esteem. The sad fact is that MOST, if not ALL, of the killings in Chicago in a given week/month/quarter are innocent civilians or police. Sure, the bad guys kill each other. It doesn't happen nearly as much as you think it does, though. When you're LA driveby-ing with a pistol canted to its side, it's infinitely difficult to hit what you're trying to. That's how all those poor 6 year old girls playing outside get perforated that you read about in the paper.

The winds ARE certainly changing here in Chicago. Ever since the passage of the CFP (a joke, but that's another post...) many people are joining our ranks. More and more of my friends/colleagues and the strangers are meet are changing their minds about 2A and about CCW. People are getting scared because crime IS rapidly rising. I know 3 people within the last month alone that have been held up by gun point. I know approximately 10 people who live near me that have been jumped, severely beaten, and then robbed.

Don't ask me why I live here or why I stay. It is my choice and I choose to live here. I can't spend my life worrying about how I'm going to survive every day, and this city is great when those threats aren't invading your head. It's a danger I choose to live with because the benefits of Chicago far outweigh its risks, at least in MY mind and for ME. Chicago changed me in a way that distances me further and further every day from my innocent roots. I'm no longer afraid of life because of the things I've seen. I know that life is short and hard and brutal. Chicago is the reason I became a gun owner. If anything, it changed my life in the best way.

I am a gun owner and I am not afraid.

And on a funnier side note: all I have to say is "I didn't vote for the guy!"
"Which one, Shaun?"
"None of them bastards!"
 
Perhaps... perhaps, if the victim had been legally carrying a concealed weapon his situational awareness might have been at a higher level for those around him in regards their distance, disposition, hands, etc.

Perhaps. (wasn't there don't know particulars other than the dog didn't do a darned thing from what I read)

The old adage, "Smile at everyone you meet but have a plan..." concept comes to mind.

Seems like a Judge has an inkling and is headed in the right direction.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...620_1_gun-ordinance-firearm-ordinance-gun-law
 
The story says the dog got between the attacker and Schmidt.

I'm not sure the Goddard decision indicated that Judge Der-Yeghiayan is trying to move the city or the state toward concealed carry. It's mainly, IMO a decision about using non-violent misdemeanors as cause for denying a permit to own a firearm. Judge Der-Yeghiayan ruled that it's unconstitutional.

As I understand it, a permit in Chicago allows a permit holder to own a firearm and keep it in the home.

I don't thinlk there is case law yet resolving the issue of having it on one's property - such as carrying or wearing your firearm in your yard or while sitting on your porch.
 
As I understand it, a permit in Chicago allows a permit holder to own a firearm and keep it in the home.
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And the "mayor of IL" wants it so that if you have a gun you have to be put on a statewide registry as well and pay every year to keep it. Most people I know in Chicago carry irregardless of any laws because that's what the criminals are doing.

I can't wait until the rockets really start flying. All these communist politicians and little dictators are going to be running for their lives and hopefully all the useful idiots that vote for them.
 
I seem to recall the "statewide registry" idea got shot down once legislators realized how many legislators, lawyers, bankers, realtors, developers, etc had handgun permits.
 
Did you all know that Dick Daley and his brothers are gun owners? Family friend told me this last week. It's almost like a gay mayor against same sex marriage. Or maybe more lik e Poseidon declaring that he's banning water because drowning are tearing this city apart!!!
 
Being attacked from behind by a knife is about the most difficult thing a person can defend against. (Cowardly attack too.)
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Interesting view of what's "cowardly". If (for whatever reason), I decide that you need killing, and I have the opportunity to do it from behind without you even knowing the attack is imminent, then that sounds like an excellent way to go about it.

I don't owe anyone a fair fight. In fact, we have a saying in naval aviation that "if you find yourself in a fair fight, your mission planning obviously sucked".
 
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