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Illinois Judge Rules Quincy Man Acted in Self-Defense in TJ Maxx Parking Lot Shooting, but Gun Storage Conviction Could Send Him to Prison
by Luke McCoy
QUINCY, IL — An Adams County judge has ruled that a Quincy man acted in lawful self-defense when he shot a man twice in a TJ Maxx parking lot in July 2024, but the same ruling convicted him of a felony gun charge that could still land him in an Illinois prison.As reported by Muddy River News, Associate Judge Holly Henze found 23-year-old Alan Christopher “Chris” Pacheco not guilty on all three charges directly tied to the shooting itself. Pacheco was acquitted of two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated battery with a firearm. An attempted murder charge had already been dismissed on the first day of the bench trial after the prosecution rested. The judge found Pacheco guilty only on aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, because Pacheco had a valid Firearm Owners Identification card but did not hold an Illinois concealed carry license.
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The conviction came down to one factor that had nothing to do with the shooting itself. Illinois requires a concealed carry license to carry a loaded, accessible handgun in a vehicle. A FOID card alone is not enough. Because Pacheco’s loaded handgun was stored between the center console and the driver’s seat rather than in a locked container, his possession of that firearm in the car violated state law.
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What’s the purpose of carrying a gun when you have to open a safe when you are under fire.
New England, the birthplace of American Liberty is now a progressive hell.
Boston has an annoyingly European quality to it now. George III would be proud.
My late Liberal friend was from Boston and played cards with Whity Bolgers crew when he was a teenager. Goes into the Army Nat. Guard in 1962, ends up 2 tours in Viet-Nam, Silver Star and Purple Heart and stays in for the 1st Golf war. He went to Washington DC and threw a set of earned medals away along with the other protesting Viet Vets…
TYPO on my above comment, My late friend joined the Army Reserves in 1962 not the ANG….
That’s George the one hundred eleventh.
Illinois is not a free state. If you have to apply for a license to exercise a right just to own a gun, that right is considered a priviledge by the state.
Colorado is now the same, depending on the weapon.
Don’t live in a Blue State sh*thole.
KOB’s favorate John M Browning’s M1911A1 on display on the top pic..
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I’m hoping that the shockwaves from firing that pistol don’t pop the straps on Miss Liberty’s over shoulder boulder holder.
Then again…….