Injunction sought in Illinois to allow immediate concealed carry

By Bob Owens | 6:01 PM | October 04, 2013

The concealed carry debate continued in a Chicago courtroom Thursday. Arguments centered on whether or not valid FOID card holders should be able to carry firearms before the first of the year.

“We’re seeking an injunction so that Mary Shepard and others who are similarly situated can start carry a firearm today,” attorney David Thompson said.

Shepard was brutally beaten at a church in Anna back in 2009. Even though Shepard had valid concealed-carry permits in other states, she could not legally protect herself with a firearm. That’s still the case today, four years later.

Their is no word on when the three-judge appeals court will reach their decision, or if a decision in favor of the plaintiff might be written to amount to de facto constitutional carry.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.