IL Republicans say firearms ID should be void if illegal immigrants can possess guns

[Wolseley]

I agree with this entirely. If an idiot Federal judge can say that an illegal alien with a criminal record who is in this country against the law can carry a gun without a permit, then there is absolutely no reason whatsoever that Illinois can force legal, law-abiding American citizens to obtain a firearms ID card.

Earlier this month, Northern District of Illinois federal Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman ruled in favor of Heriberto Carbajal-Flores, a foreign national in the u.S. illegally who was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm. She said the law violates the Second Amendment as applied in this one case.

“The Court finds that Carbajal-Flores’ criminal record, containing no improper use of a weapon, as well as the non-violent circumstances of his arrest do not support a finding that he poses a risk to public safety such that he cannot be trusted to use a weapon responsibly and should be deprived of his Second Amendment right to bear arms in self-defense,” the judge wrote. “Thus, this Court finds that, as applied to Carbajal-Flores, Section 922(g)(5) is unconstitutional.”

State Rep. Dan Caulkins, R-Decatur, questioned where local law enforcement, the Illinois Attorney General or gun control advocates were on this case. But Friday on the House Floor, he praised the decision, saying that standard means Illinois’ Firearm Owners ID card should be struck down.

“Why shouldn’t gun owners across the state cut up our FOID cards and be able to buy guns out of state with no worry?” Caulkins said. “If a person who is not legally in this state can have his constitutional rights, so can the rest of us.”

MSN

It's amazing how these judges and politicians will bend over backwards for people who are not citizens, and indeed, have no right to even *BE* here, but they come down on Americans citizens with both feet.