After an exhaustive review of the parties’ filings and the historical record, as required by Supreme Court precedent, the Court finds that Defendants failed to meet their burden to show an American tradition of firearm regulation at the time of the Founding that would allow Illinois to prohibit Plaintiffs—who hold concealed carry permits—from carrying concealed handguns for self-defense onto the CTA and Metra.
Plaintiffs’ proposed conduct—carrying concealed handguns on public transit for self-defense—falls within the presumptive ambit of the Second Amendment, shifting the burden to Defendants to show that the Firearm Concealed Carry Act’s ban falls within the historical tradition of firearm regulation in this country. On the record before the Court in this case, Defendants have failed to meet their burden.
— US District Judge Iain Johnston in Schoenthal v. Raoul
Outstanding, if there’s one thing riders of mass transit need, it’s the ability to defend themselves when sealed in a subway car with potentially-violent thugs intending to prey on them… 😉
Couldn’t think of a place where a gun is more needed.
I’m sure the appeal was filed before the ink was dry on Judge Johnson’s ruling.
Good, it can fight the 2nd circuit for the first to reach a full circuit decision and get the next step taken for this nonsense argument to be settled nationwide.