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Y’all, this is a serious infringement that affects millions of Americans every single day. Patriots, as I present this ridiculously moronic Second Amendment loss, I want you to think of different public places where you might be confronted with evil and have to defend yourself or others. And keep in mind what just happened on a public transportation bus in Charlotte, North Carolina. Friends, today we’re diving into a huge Second Amendment ruling out of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. It’s a bad one. And this one is about Illinois and whether you can carry a firearm on public transportation.

There’s a little bit of good news in here, which is why I’m doing the video. Think about who rides public transportation. It’s in the name. The public. While that’s primarily hard-working folks who are utilizing that vehicle that conveyance to get to work, meetings, or events, City Transit also includes a solid percentage of thugs, criminals, drug users, homeless individuals, transients, the like. And there are many videos that you can find online and stories of assaults, robberies, violent encounters, and worse, that take place on public transit. And like I referenced in Charlotte this past week, murder.

So spoiler alert, the court just said no, you can’t carry on public transportation. And they used history and tradition to back it up as much of a stretch as it was. But when you dig deeper here, it’s the same old story. Activist judges stretching history to justify disarming law-abiding Americans. Welcome back to Guns and Gadgets, your premier source for Second Amendment News. If you want to stay ahead on anything and everything that’s happening with our right to keep in their arms, make sure you subscribe to this channel. It’s free, won’t cost you a nickel.

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That includes the massive Chicago Transit Authority and the Metra commuter rail system. No criminals there, right? The only exception is if your firearm is unloaded and locked up or otherwise inaccessible. Yeah, that will keep you safe. Now, three concealed carry license holders sued saying that this violates their Second Amendment right to armed self-defense. They argued that being forced to disarm just to use public transit makes them sitting ducks for criminals. The district court in Illinois agreed with them, declaring the ban is unconstitutional, but the state appealed. And of course, the Seventh Circuit just reversed it.

Also supporting this case, the Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition. And before getting to the meat of the Second Amendment, the court looked at whether the plaintiffs even had standing to bring the case in the first place. Illinois argued that since Metra and some private railroads also have their own rules against guns, even if the state law were struck down, people still couldn’t carry, therefore no real injury. But the court rejected that. It said that injury is clear here. These plaintiffs face prosecution under Illinois law if they carry on transit, and that alone is enough to give them standing.

Next, the court applied the Bruin test. Now, the Bruin test, step one, asks, does the Second Amendment’s plain text cover the conduct? Well, that’s easy. Yes, carrying a handgun for self-defense is a protected act under the Second Amendment. And everyone agreed there. Now, step two, is the state law consistent with the nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation? This is where things get dicey. The Seventh Circuit leaned heavily on so-called sensitive places, well, the doctrine rather. And the court said that just as guns were historically abandoned schools, courthouses, and polling places, public transit can be treated the same.

Their logic? Crowded, confined spaces where the risk of violence is heightened allow for temporary disarmament. Y’all copy that? They acknowledge that the risk for violence is heightened so the only people they choose to disarm are the ones who seek to carry legally. That’s my dog if you hear him. Now, this law does nothing, absolutely nothing to disarm criminals who are riding those buses, trains, and subways while carrying guns because criminals, well, they ignore the law. They pointed to old laws from as far back as the 1300s in England, the Statute of Northampton, banning arms in fairs and markets.

Who gives a rat’s ass about England and their anti-gun laws? We fought them to be free and independent so that history and tradition part should be moot. In fact, Bruin said the history and tradition that is going to be looked at was how the country was around the time of the ratification of the Second Amendment in 1791. Now, here the court also relied on 19th century American laws banning guns at ballrooms, social gatherings, and theaters. In the end, the Seventh Circuit said Illinois’ law fits within this tradition. To them, buses and trains are modern equivalents of historically crowded venues where guns could be banned.

That makes zero sense, but that’s what they said. They emphasize that the law only applies while you’re actually riding, meaning it’s a temporary restriction, not a total ban on carry. I guess quote from the opinion, quote, we are asked whether the state may temporarily disarm its citizens as they travel in crowded and confined metal tubes unlike anything the founders envisioned. We draw from the lessons of our nation’s historical regulatory traditions and find no Second Amendment violation in such a regulation. Hacks. But here’s where things get interesting. Other courts have gone the opposite way.

The Ninth Circuit in Walford versus Lopez recently looked at California’s ban on guns in on public transit, and they said it was likely unconstitutional, mainly because it lacked an exception for unloaded stored firearms. Illinois’ law has that exception. So the Seventh Circuit leaned on that. So right now we’ve got conflicting circuit opinions, and that’s the type of split that the Supreme Court might eventually need to resolve. In fact, what they actually look for to get involved in cases is a circuit split. Now we have one. So what does this mean for Illinois’ gun owners? Well, it means if you ride the bus, train, or subway, you cannot legally carry a loaded firearm for self-defense.

You know, I’m going to take a side and tell you that if you join attorneys on retainer, links are down below. They don’t care about this. They’ll cover you anyway if you defend yourself. But violations can get you up to six months in jail and a $1,500 fine for the first offense, with even harsher penalties for repeat offenses. And let’s be real, Chicago has a serious crime problem, especially on its transit system. I mean, just last year, the CTA, the Chicago Transit Authority, they reported thousands of violent incidents, yet law-abiding citizens are forced to go unarmed.

This ruling shows the danger of how courts, activists, judges rather, are applying Bruin, or rather, how they’re working around Bruin. Instead of sticking to the actual text and history of the founding, activist judges cherry-pick analogies. They take an unconstitutional law banning guns in an 1817 New Orleans ballroom and use it to justify banning guns on a 2025 commuter train. Now that’s a stretch at the very least, and it turns the Second Amendment into a permission slip rather than a right. Friends, this decision is just another reminder that the fight for the Second Amendment isn’t just in Congress or state legislatures, it’s in the courts as well.

And courts can get it wrong, just like they did here. The Seventh Circuit has upheld disarming citizens on public transit. Will the Supreme Court step in? Well, time will tell, but in the meantime, Illinois’ gun owners are left vulnerable, stripped of their rights, the moment they step on to public transit. If you found this breakdown helpful, hit that like button and share this video so that your friends will also know what’s going on. Subscribe to this channel so that you stay up to date on every Second Amendment case across the country. And remember, this channel exists because of you, and I humbly thank you for that.

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