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Passengers with concealed carry licenses are about to make a serious impact on the CTA.

Thugs sought in CTA robbery Chicago, IL—A federal judge just obliterated a portion of Illinois law that previously barred people with concealed weapon licenses from carrying them on public transportation. Now, thugs targeting innocent men and women on the CTA might find themselves on the wrong end of a gun. The tables have turned, and criminals may soon be the ones ending up in black rubber body bags.     Back in the day, when the CTA had its own plainclothes police force, and later when Chicago cops did undercover work on the CTA, the bodies of these thugs routinely piled up at the Cook County Morgue. It looks like history is about to repeat itself.    There were so many justifiable shootings politicians ordered the cops to only wear their uniforms so the offenders were not caught off guard.    Politicians knew that allowing that enforcement tactic to continue would ignite perilous racial tensions.   Chicago’s subway predators are now in for some...