Constitutional Law — right to bear arms

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United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit

Civil

Constitutional Law — right to bear arms

Even though a state was given only 210 days to enact a scheme permitting concealed carry, the state is not required to start issuing paermits immediately on the 210th day.

“We do not mean to belittle the plaintiffs’ complaint about delays built into the new law. But if they don’t like the new law, and wish to invalidate it, they must bring a new suit. Their only basis for complaining about the district court’s refusal to enjoin the old law immediately—and thus allow them (if they have a FOID card) to start carrying guns in public without complying with the new law—is that we ordered it and therefore the district court has violated our order. That is incorrect. We made no order regarding relief except to specify a deadline for the state to enact a new law. It met the deadline. Thus the district court did not violate our mandate and so there is no basis for the relief that the plaintiffs sought.”

Affirmed.

13-2661 Shepard v. Madigan

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Stiehl, J., Posner, J.