Pike Co in ILL approves ccw by about a 6-1 vote. It's a start.

[powderman]

PASA Park, Barry, IL -- In the election held Tuesday, March 20, 2012, the voters of Pike County, Illinois, approved a firearms concealed-carry ordinance by a 3,214 to 550 margin. It was one of the largest voter turnouts in county history. The ordinance directly contradicts current Illinois state law. As presented on the ballot, the ordinance took effect upon passage, and applies only to Pike County. The ordinance was placed on the ballot by a citizen initiative petition process that garnered three times the number of signatures required by law.

The new "Constitutional Carry" Pike County initiative was spearheaded by local Second Amendment activist Dr. Dan Mefford of Pittsfield, who drafted the successful ordinance in conjunction with noted outdoor journalist and firearms law expert Dick Metcalf, who is also a resident of Pike County. According to Dr. Mefford, "The people are speaking, and what the people are saying is, 'Trust the people.'"

Historians have stated that this is the first time since 1862 that county voters in any U.S. state have explicitly reversed a state law. The previous example was when the five western counties of Virginal nullified that state's secession from the Union, and themselves seceded from Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia.

It is widely anticipated that other rural and downstate counties will follow Pike County's lead. In 2007, the Pike County Board enacted a resolution stating that further restrictive firearms laws enacted by the Illinois State Legislature would be deemed by Pike County "to be Unconstitutional and beyond lawful Legislative Authority." That resolution was subsequently passed by 89 percent of all Illinois counties.

County and local law enforcement officers in Pike County are obligated by law to enforce country ordinances. State law enforcement officers and agencies are obligated to enforce state law. Legal observers therefore expect the inevitable court battle to be complex, because the new ordinance was enacted by the voters themselves, not by any county or local legislative entity.

http://www.theoutdoorwire.com/story/...234f30qvjvkjjm 

[BUGEYE]

It's a start.  it's a shame that my brother in Ill. can get a Fla carry permit, but he is considered to be criminal in his own state.

[GRIMJIM]

I have a Utah permit and live in Illinois. I can carry in Indiana and Wisconsin but not at home.

[Cuts Crooked]

I can almost garantee that there will be a court battle between the state and this county and the state will bankrupt it to force it to back down.

[powderman]

I write gov quinn every time we come back  from Ill and letr him know that I disarmed myself and put my family at risk just as soon as I crossed the state line. Wouldn't want him to lose sleep worrying about his BGs being in danger. POWDERMAN. 
 
Heres a link for comments or suggestions for the ILL GOV. http://www.illinois.gov/gov/contactthegovernor.cfm

[Pike60]

I will be going to Pittsfield this weekend for a family get together so the conversation should be lively. I too will disarm in Hannible before crossing the brdige and will feel naked the whole tome untill I get back across the river. It is a start and hopefully more counties will stand up and do the same. Pehaps there is hope for the home state after all.

[powderman]

When the score is 49 - 1 rational people might just beging to think that HEY, maybe I'm wrong. We used to travel I 64 and I 57 but got paranoid after seeing several cars pulled over with ILL finest rifling through what appeared to be families suitcases and vehicles trunks. We no longer drive the interstates in ILL. I wrote gov quinn giving him my name, address, SS #, and phone #. I told him I had been investigated by the fbi, Ky state and local police, and invited him to do the same using his Ill state boys. I told him that I had a ccw and had been shooting guns since before the 1st grade. I said, now when your boys come back with a clean bill of health on me I want you to explain to me why you treat me as a criminal in your state. I of course got no reply but do get regular newsletters in email. POWDERMAN. 

[BUGEYE]

When the score is 49 - 1 rational people might just beging to think that HEY, maybe I'm wrong. We used to travel I 64 and I 57 but got paranoid after seeing several cars pulled over with ILL finest rifling through what appeared to be families suitcases and vehicles trunks. We no longer drive the interstates in ILL. I wrote gov quinn giving him my name, address, SS #, and phone #. I told him I had been investigated by the fbi, Ky state and local police, and invited him to do the same using his Ill state boys. I told him that I had a ccw and had been shooting guns since before the 1st grade. I said, now when your boys come back with a clean bill of health on me I want you to explain to me why you treat me as a criminal in your state. I of course got no reply but do get regular newsletters in email. POWDERMAN. 

yeah, I send lots of e-mails to lots of people, and just get form letters for my trouble.  but I keep at it.