Chicago Plays Tricks With Gun Rights
July 05, 2011 11:40 PM EDT /by Robert Flynn
The Chicago City Council is up to their old tricks again as they passed an ordinance that allows for gun ranges in the city, but only in very limited places. The ordinance restricts gun ranges to areas zoned for manufacturing, but also prohibits gun ranges within 1000 feet of a school, park, place of worship, day care center, liquor store, library, museum, or residential district.
Despite spending millions of the taxpayer's dollars on fruitless attempts to prohibit guns in the city, the mayor and aldermen of Chicago are inviting another round of lawsuits and court battles. Todd Vandermyde, the Illinois legislative liaison for the National Rifle Association (NRA), condemned the city's blatant attempt to undermine the decision of the courts stating, "obviously they haven't learned anything from court rulings and our tenacity."
The City of Chicago recently lost a major case before the U.S. Supreme Court which overturned the city's handgun ban. Despite this ruling, the mayor and city council have done everything they can to undermine that decision by throwing as many roadblocks as they can in the way of law-abiding residents owning guns.
The city council requires that any resident who wants to obtain a permit to own a gun undertake a gun safety class, but then makes it all but impossible to build a gun range to give that class.
The mayor and the city council have no intention of obeying the spirit of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling; that it is perfectly legal for residents of Chicago to own guns. Because of their extreme prejudice and intolerance toward gun owners and their guns, the city council, along with Mayor Emanuel, will do anything they can to deny the people this fundamental right.
This type of ignorance and backwardness is an embarrassment to the entire state of Illinois, and the country in general. When a few tyrannical politicians can impose their small-minded views on the majority of the people, the world must wonder if there is still freedom in America.
Well, if Mayor Emanuel and the city council wants to spend millions of dollars of taxpayers' money on an attempt to interfere in their citizen's right to own guns, let them. The NRA will take the city to court, and after several years and millions of dollars, the courts will most likely force the city to allow gun ranges without undue restrictions.
In the meantime, Mayor Emanuel and the city council have found a legal way to get around the Supreme Court's recent decision, and the citizens of Chicago will continue to be unable to obtain a gun.
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Despite spending millions of the taxpayer's dollars on fruitless attempts to prohibit guns in the city, the mayor and aldermen of Chicago are inviting another round of lawsuits and court battles. Todd Vandermyde, the Illinois legislative liaison for the National Rifle Association (NRA), condemned the city's blatant attempt to undermine the decision of the courts stating, "obviously they haven't learned anything from court rulings and our tenacity."
The City of Chicago recently lost a major case before the U.S. Supreme Court which overturned the city's handgun ban. Despite this ruling, the mayor and city council have done everything they can to undermine that decision by throwing as many roadblocks as they can in the way of law-abiding residents owning guns.
The city council requires that any resident who wants to obtain a permit to own a gun undertake a gun safety class, but then makes it all but impossible to build a gun range to give that class.
The mayor and the city council have no intention of obeying the spirit of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling; that it is perfectly legal for residents of Chicago to own guns. Because of their extreme prejudice and intolerance toward gun owners and their guns, the city council, along with Mayor Emanuel, will do anything they can to deny the people this fundamental right.
This type of ignorance and backwardness is an embarrassment to the entire state of Illinois, and the country in general. When a few tyrannical politicians can impose their small-minded views on the majority of the people, the world must wonder if there is still freedom in America.
Well, if Mayor Emanuel and the city council wants to spend millions of dollars of taxpayers' money on an attempt to interfere in their citizen's right to own guns, let them. The NRA will take the city to court, and after several years and millions of dollars, the courts will most likely force the city to allow gun ranges without undue restrictions.
In the meantime, Mayor Emanuel and the city council have found a legal way to get around the Supreme Court's recent decision, and the citizens of Chicago will continue to be unable to obtain a gun.
http://politics.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979569784
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