A federal judge ruled that an Illinois law banning the concealed carry of firearms on public transportation is unconstitutional. “U.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston in Rockford ruled last Friday with four gun owners who filed a lawsuit in 2022 contending that their inability to carry weapons on buses and trains violated their Second Amendment right to self-defense,” the Associated Press reports. “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,” Johnston wrote. Federal Court Rules Against Illinois Ban on Carrying Guns on Public Transportationhttps://t.co/OEs5jA6j8M — Bearing Arms (@BearingArmsCom) September 4, 2024 The judge cited the Supreme Court’s 2022 landmark decision from N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. “The parties also can’t escape that this case requires navigating the murky waters of Bruen. 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,” Johnston wrote. The Epoch Times reports: Under the Supreme Court’s 2022 standard for seeing whether firearms regulations fall under the Constitution, the government must demonstrate that the measure is within U.S. historical traditions. Treating “any place where the government would want to protect public order and safety as a sensitive place casts too wide a net … [and] would seem to justify almost any gun restriction,” Johnston wrote. He also rejected Illinois state attorneys’ arguments that the Bruen test did not apply in this case because the state, which owns the property, can regulate what individuals take onto its property. “[I]ndividual rights isn’t nullified on public property,” he wrote. FPC WIN: An Illinois federal judge has ruled that the state's public transportation carry ban is unconstitutional as applied to the plaintiffs in an FPC-supported lawsuit: https://t.co/RAeQMT54dG pic.twitter.com/5Rwwx7doUE — Firearms Policy Coalition (@gunpolicy) August 30, 2024 From the Associated Press: Illinois became the nation’s last state to approve concealed carry in 2013. The law established a number of places that were off limits to guns, such as public arenas, hospitals, buses and trains. Attorney General Kwame Raoul said through a spokesperson that he was reviewing the decision and would likely appeal. He noted that until there’s a final judgment in the matter, gun owners should continue to abide by concealed-carry provisions; Johnston’s ruling currently applies only to the four plaintiffs who brought the lawsuit. Read the full ruling HERE.

The House Education and the Workforce Committee has issued a subpoena for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz regarding a nonprofit in his state accused of defrauding the government during the COVID-19 scamdemic. The House Education and the Workforce Committee has issued a subpoena of Gov. Tim Walz. https://t.co/LZdbHBH0P7 — Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) September 4, 2024 “The Minnesota-based Feeding Our Future (FOF) has been accused of misusing $250 million in taxpayer funds that were meant to go to hungry children,” The Hill reports. JUST IN: The House Education and the Workforce Committee has issued a subpoena for Tim Walz. pic.twitter.com/bRa1KtFyRQ — wallstreetbets (@wallstreetbets) September 4, 2024 Per NBC News: The House Education and Workforce Committee issued subpoenas Wednesday to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Minnesota Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for how they responded to what federal prosecutors have called the largest pandemic fraud schemes in the country. The subpoenas, obtained first by NBC News, demand that Walz, Minnesota Commissioner of Education Willie Jett, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Agriculture Inspector General Phyllis Fong turn over documents concerning oversight of the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, which is alleged to have misused millions of dollars intended to feed children during the pandemic. Walz’s record has faced new scrutiny since Vice President Kamala Harris tapped him as her running mate last month, though this new request by the Republican-led committee is part of an investigative effort that goes back to 2022. “Governor Tim Walz oversaw the largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country and then blocked attempts by the @HouseGOP’s @EdWorkforceCmte to gather more information. With today’s subpoena, we’re one step closer to getting the answers Minnesotans deserve,” Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) said. Governor Tim Walz oversaw the largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country and then blocked attempts by the @HouseGOP's @EdWorkforceCmte to gather more information. With today's subpoena, we're one step closer to getting the answers Minnesotans deserve.https://t.co/kE1S6CtRIp — Tom Emmer (@GOPMajorityWhip) September 4, 2024 House Education Committee subpoenas Tim Walz over Minnesota nonprofit’s COVID-19 fraud https://t.co/yhgo2vjvtK — The Hill (@thehill) September 4, 2024 From The Hill: The federal government has charged more than 70 people associated with the nonprofit, and five of them have been convicted of fraud. The group allegedly submitted the names of fake children receiving free meals during the pandemic. Education Chair Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) issued subpoenas for Walz, Minnesota Commissioner of Education Willie Jett, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Agriculture Inspector General Phyllis Fong. “Statements in the press by you and your representatives indicate that you and other executive officers were involved, or had knowledge of, MDE’s [Minnesota Department of Education’s] administration of the FCNP [Federal Child Nutrition Program] and responsibilities and actions regarding the massive fraud,” Foxx said in the letter to Walz. The governor was given until Sept. 18 to provide documents and the requested information to the committee.

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