To: Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, The Illinois State House, The Illinois State Senate, and Governor J.B. Pritzker
Stop The NRA – Appeal Concealed Carry to the Supreme Court
We, the undersigned, petition Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the federal court ruling that threw out Illinois' ban on carrying concealed guns in public.
Why is this important?
On February 22, 2013, the federal court in Illinois refused to reconsider its December decision that there is a Second Amendment right to carry concealed weapons in public places. That decision threw out the Illinois law that had banned carrying concealed guns. Fortunately, this decision can now be appealed to the United States Supreme court, because on the same day that the federal court in Illinois announced its decision, a case was decided by the federal court in Colorado that reached the opposite conclusion. The Colorado case held that there is no right under the Second Amendment to carry concealed weapons.
When there is a conflict between federal courts, as there is in the Illinois and Colorado cases, the U.S. Supreme Court is the only court that can decide which court decision is correct. But the Supreme Court will not consider the Illinois case unless Lisa Madigan appeals it. In the Illinois case that was just decided, Madigan has already said that based on her analysis of all prior Supreme Court decisions, it is her opinion that states can ban carrying guns in public, as Illinois had done. She should stand by this position and appeal the Illinois case to the Supreme Court. Lisa Madigan is the elected attorney for the people of the State of Illinois. She is the only person who can appeal the decision. If she does not appeal, Illinois will have to allow people to carry loaded guns on the streets and in other public places. Tell Lisa Madigan to represent your desire to have safe streets, to stand behind her legal opinion, and to appeal the case.
When there is a conflict between federal courts, as there is in the Illinois and Colorado cases, the U.S. Supreme Court is the only court that can decide which court decision is correct. But the Supreme Court will not consider the Illinois case unless Lisa Madigan appeals it. In the Illinois case that was just decided, Madigan has already said that based on her analysis of all prior Supreme Court decisions, it is her opinion that states can ban carrying guns in public, as Illinois had done. She should stand by this position and appeal the Illinois case to the Supreme Court. Lisa Madigan is the elected attorney for the people of the State of Illinois. She is the only person who can appeal the decision. If she does not appeal, Illinois will have to allow people to carry loaded guns on the streets and in other public places. Tell Lisa Madigan to represent your desire to have safe streets, to stand behind her legal opinion, and to appeal the case.