Town just banned assault weapons.

[silver_2000_tj]

Here we go, give an inch take a mile, and all their talk on not wanting to take away gun rights but to just have resonable gun laws. The left continues to squeeze and slowly erase the 2nd amendment any chance they can get.


An Illinois town just banned assault weapons. The penalty if you keep one? Up to $1,000 a day

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/05/us/deerfield-illinois-assault-weapon-ban-trnd/index.html

The village of Deerfield in northern Illinois has passed a ban on assault weapons, but it affects much more than sales and manufacturing.

If the 18,000 residents of the Chicago suburb don’t forfeit or secure weapons that fall under the ban by June 13th, they will be charged from $200 to $1,000 a day as a penalty.

Deerfield's ordinance sets its own extensive definition of the term. In short, its version of an assault weapon is "a semiautomatic rifle that has the capacity to accept a large capacity magazine, detachable or otherwise." There are other aspects, including rifle additions and types of magazines.

As defined by the village, the term also includes semiautomatic pistols, semiautomatic shotguns, conversion kits and "any shotgun with a revolving cylinder."

[bubbaearl]

normally the ACLU would have already filed suit on it but since they are a left wing hack association now it wont happen. unless they try to take one away from an illegal then all hell will break loose .

[8mpg]

Im waiting for someone to go postal and take out the city council who voted that in.

[Broncojohnny]

This will be a wonderful case for the Supreme Court. The prohibition on semi auto shotguns and pistols guarantees it will be be unconstitutional.

[Gasser64]

Im waiting for someone to go postal and take out the city council who voted that in.

And hopefully they get away and its just always a mystery as to who did it.

[2011GT]

Unconstitutional as fuck

[bird_dog0347]

Welp... guess I'll go out to the garage and load up hundreds or thousands of rounds of single shot .223 (so I'm legal and shit).

[AnthonyS]

I hope the commie bastards that dreamed this up die of lead poisoning.

[silver_2000_tj]

Seventy Two Killed Resisting Gun Confiscation In Massachusetts

[GhostTX]

The Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) and Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) have filed a lawsuit against the Village of Deerfield this morning, April 5, 2018. This legal action is a challenge to the Defendant’s Ordinance O-18-06, passed on April 2, 2018, which bans assault weapons (used specifically as that term is defined in O-18-06) within the Defendant’s municipal limits.

The suit was filed In the Circuit Court of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Lake County, Illinois, Chancery Division.

http://www.isra.org/News/Commentary/TabId/1137/ArtMID/4160/userid/12294/ArticleID/28707/ISRA-ALERT-April-5-2018.aspx

And...

[jewozzy]

I forget but the town that this ordinance is modled after won every single appeal and the ordinance has stood for several years. Looks like all those residents are screwed.

[Broncojohnny]

I forget but the town that this ordinance is modled after won every single appeal and the ordinance has stood for several years. Looks like all those residents are screwed.

Supreme Court has declined to hear these cases thus far.

[Gasser64]

Sounds like another law I'd ignore and do whatever I damn well pleased. He'll I'd go get a couple more and stick em in the gun safe just to spite em.

[GhostTX]

I forget but the town that this ordinance is modled after won every single appeal and the ordinance has stood for several years. Looks like all those residents are screwed.

Yes, but Deerfield enacted it's law AFTER the state preemption law, unlike the town you're alluding to, Highland Park, which enacted it's law during the grace period of state preemption law.

[Strychnine]

Flipside, also in Illinois:

Effingham County now a 'sanctuary' for gun owners

EFFINGHAM — Declaring Effingham County a sanctuary for gun owners, the county board on Monday directed its employees not to enforce any new Illinois law that would "unconstitutionally restrict the Second Amendment."

The action is largely symbolic, according to Effingham County State's Attorney Bryan Kibler. He said the resolution, adopted by an 8-1 vote, will not control the decision making in the sheriff's office.

Sheriff Dave Mahon agreed that it was a county board decision and would not control his office.

Mahon said that if such a potentially unconstitutional law were to be passed by the state, he would consult with the state's attorney and the legal counsel of the Illinois Sheriff's Association before deciding what actions to take.

The sole "no" vote came from Karen Luchtefeld, who said after the board meeting that she objected on several levels.

For one, she thought it was inappropriate for her to make such a decision for the people who voted for her. Instead, the people should contact their state and federal legislators directly, she said.

She said she supports "common sense" gun control reforms. She highlighted the destructive distinction between a musket capable of firing three times in a minute, against a 30-round magazine on a modern rifle.

The meeting was one of the most attended for the board this term, with about 70 people present. Five people spoke to the board on the issue, three of them opposed in particular to the sanctuary county provision.

Dan Niebrugge, a pediatric physician, said his pride in Effingham's contributions turned to embarrassment when he heard the county was considering "sanctuary" status for gun owners.

Mike Sehy said he was concerned that this would encourage people with assault-style weapons to move to the area.

Sehy said the decision made him realize that the recent First Communion he attended for a grandchild could turn into massacre like Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children and six adult staff were shot and killed.

The one person to speak in support was John Haslett, who focused on the attention paid to the AR-15 and the comparative rarity of the shootings by lawful gun owners. He argued that far more people die from tobacco and alcohol use than are killed by people who legally own guns.

"We, as a society, need to stop thinking about things that don't matter," Haslett said.

The resolution also opposed a number of bills currently active at the General Assembly, including one vetoed by Gov. Bruce Rauner that would have required additional registration for gun shops.

http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/effingham-county-now-a-sanctuary-for-gun-owners/article_325483da-d0cd-53dc-a983-61abf873834d.html