How about calling it the anti-George Carpenter law
SB 2165, sponsored by Sen. Ed Petka (R-Plainfield), provides an affirmative defense to a violation of a municipal ordinance that prohibits, regulates, or restricts the private ownership of firearms if the individual who is charged with the violation used the firearm in an act of self-defense or defense of another.
The bill was drafted and filed in response to a controversial shooting in Wilmette, IL earlier this month. In that case, a homeowner shot a late night intruder in his home. The homeowner was later arrested for violating Wilmette’s ban on private handgun ownership. The homeowner’s arrest has generated nationwide protests and a flood of calls and emails to the Wilmette village hall.
Of course, why there’s not just a bill to repeal the stupid law is beyond me.
January 16th, 2004 at 7:18 pm
What Illinois really needs is a preemption law, but this bill may be the next best thing. Note, however, that even if it passed, DeMar would not be completely out of the woods. He’d still have the expired FOID issue to deal with.