In California. Anyway, the other day I was–

WAIT! WHERE?!?

UPDATE: From the comments:

We’re not all do-gooder gun-grabbing assholes out here. Just a lot of us.

From one who is certainly not one of them.

A while back I linked to a James Rummel post called Real Men Carry Nylon.

Now Caleb writes Friends don’t let friends carry nylon.

I don’t have anything to add other than I’m not sure that anything in the shooting world seems more dependent on personal preference than holsters.

Illinois:

Derek Howald of Chillicothe has had his Utah permit for four years. It’s reciprocal (that means it’s a valid permit) in 29 other states.

In Illinois, it’s worthless.

“It’s sad,” Howald said. “I think with the rich heritage of hunting and fishing, especially when you get to central and downstate … you have very pro-Second Amendment people here.”

The divisive statewide issue of concealed carry has gained a lot of attention in the Peoria area in recent weeks after Mayor Jim Ardis said he wants to see Peoria serve as a pilot city for some sort of responsible state law.

Illinois and Wisconsin are the only two states with no form of concealed carry available to regular citizens.

Also, the understatement of the day:

Struggles to get any kind of concealed carry measure adopted in Illinois hits a roadblock every legislative session in Springfield, where the battle over gun rights often boils down to geography.

Downstate lawmakers of both parties tend to oppose gun control, while officials in Chicago tend to support it.

I’m not sure how a “test city” case would work. It seems to me that it would as tough (or maybe even tougher) to get something like that passed than it would be to pass concealed carry for the entire state.

Still, there’s such a huge gap between the sensibilities of Chicago-area politicians and the rest of the state that it might be the only hope at this point. Maybe we’ll see that efforts to get a limited-area approved fail but fire up enough Illinois voters to bring the thing to a vote on the state level. We can only hope.

UPDATE: Say Uncle points out Many Chicagoans Carry Handguns Illegally.

Which is, as he points out, unpossible.

Tennessee House Votes to Override Governor’s Veto of HB 962

From the NRA_ILA:

Efforts in the House of Representatives to override Governor Phil Bredesen’s veto of House Bill 962 were successful today. In a show of strong bipartisan support, the House voted 69-27 to override the governor’s May 28 veto of HB 962. This NRA-supported bill will enable law-abiding right-to-carry permit holders to carry a firearm for self defense in restaurants. Today’s victory is a crucial step in the passage of this important legislation that will expand the right of self-defense. The measure now goes to the Senate for consideration.

More at SayUncle. Of course.

Uncle keeps tabs on the Tennessee ‘Carry in Restaurants and Bars’ bill which was recently passed and then vetoed by the governor:

Veto Override
Other Gubernatorial Candidates on Guns In Restaurants

Also see What’s a Tennessee Gunnie to Do? over at Sebastian’s.

Say Uncle has a TN Action Alert

I had seen this but failed to point it out. If you haven’t heard, go get some more info at Caleb’s.

UPDATE: David Hardy has More on injunction against park CCW