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Posted on 01/06/2014 4:13:36 PM PST by markomalley
Edited on 01/06/2014 4:53:05 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
A federal district court judge in Chicago ruled Monday that the city’s ban on gun sales is unconstitutional.
In a 35-page opinion, Judge Edmond E. Chang from the Northern District of Illinois wrote that the city’s law “goes too far.” Chang was appointed by President Obama in 2010.
Chang delayed the effect of his ruling, however, in order to allow the city time to respond. In his opinion, he acknowledged the city’s “stark reality” of thousands of shooting victims and murders each year.
“But on the other side of this case is another feature of government.: certain fundamental rights are protected by the Constitution, put outside government’s reach, including the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense under the Second Amendment,” he wrote. “This right must also include the right to acquire a firearm.”
Currently, Chicago bans the sale of handguns within city limits. The ban was imposed when the city enacted new regulations after the Supreme Court struck down the city’s handgun ban in 2010.
In September, a committee of Chicago’s city council members amended its laws to allow concealed weapons. This change reflected the law Illinois lawmakers passed last year allowing people to carry concealed guns.
That should be a Gomer Pyle imitation.
Let there be concealed carry rights!
With the rampant crime in this area.... JEEEEZUS, give a law abiding citizen a fair chance to defend himself!
Why is Chicago dead-set on making its citizens defenceless sitting ducks to be killed, robbed and raped by criminals that IGNORE gun laws?
Its almost as if Chicago has a vandetta against productive citizens and WANTS them to be defenceless.
“””Come visit, Chicago. We have the highest crime rate in the country, but sorry, we made it illegal defend yourself.”
Note the deference the judicial system gives to liberal governments and contrast that with the absurd decision in Utah or any SSM case.
Alderman scum have had up to four bodyguards (Chicago police) protecting themselves, acting as their personal chauffeur as well.
Incidentally, Alderman Burke, had an 8 million dollar campaign war chest. I’m not sure how many bodyguards he has at the moment, nor how much money is in his kitty, but I’ll wager that if he wanted to pack heat all these years to protect himself and his family, he did so at will, as well all the aldermanic scum.
I think you meant Gomer Pyle...
Whenever lefists are forced to obey the Constitution and permit gun ownership; it destroys a few of their long held sacrosanct commie narratives.
One- guns are dangerous and cause crime. No- guns save lives and prevent criminals from harming us and our families. Two- the state/collective/hive protects us with their guns. No- I protect myself and my family with my gun(s.)
Yes, protection from the Federal Gov’t, BUT many states have that same guarantee in their state constitutions. Not Illinois.
STOLEN from another web site:
Constitution of the State of Illinois
ARTICLE I
BILL OF RIGHTS
SECTION 22. RIGHT TO ARMS
Subject only to the police power, the right of the individual citizen to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed. (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
Richard Pearson, Executive Director of the Illinois State Rifle Association says , it wasn’t “supposed” to be in there.
Although the title of Section 22 is “Right to Arms,” it isn’t about the individual’s right at all.
What is does, is define the path by which the Illinois State Government can strip away what the U.S. Constitution promises “shall not be infringed.”
The State of Illinois has been stripping away thefundamental right of arms ever since.
Let any good citizen carry concealed and crime will really drop.
Yes, you do. They call themselves democrats but they aren't. They are defiant progressives part of the group here to destroy what is left of America through crime and bankruptcy. Get it?
I think that was Gomer.
Isn’t there a RINO judge who thinks he is creating chaos by agreeing with the Roberts court?
If a conservative wasted tax money defending such an obviously unconstitutional law, the media would be all over it. Not to mention it is a proven failure at stopping the killings in Chicago.
Any over/under on how long it will take the godfather to work up a backdoor way to invalidate this judge’s ruling?
Are you, ahem, postulating a pair of cement overshoes for the judge and a hole in the ice of Lake Michigan?
Was that Harvey?
Mundeline/Libertyville on an old Navy practice airstrip. We had two Batteries there. Battery A of the 78th
Strangely, they do understand what that means, and they are succeeding in destroying that in their little utopia...
But hey...These people that live there made this bed, they have to lay in it now...
I have very little sympathy for them and their crime rates...
I know some here probably live there, and don’t vote for this nonsense...And some refuse to leave, like the folks in NY...But you know what...Y’all need to show a little more political courage and keep the fire stoked on these shmups representing you in Chicago and from your state house...
Other than that...The priorities are clear...You first have to take out the trash before the smell improves...
“...certain fundamental rights are protected by the Constitution...”
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Wrong!!! The Right to Keep and Bear Arms” is NOT a fundamental right...It is a virtuous, moral and unalienable right that has ALWAYS been there for free people to enjoy, and it is a virtue granted by an authority higher than any government instituted amoung men!!!
If people like this do not understand, or have been taught incorrectly, why the hell should anyone ever expect a Judge like Chang to get it right??? When they cannot even enumerate it correctly...
I guess when people like this like to dumb down the problem, and talk down to people who have been indoctrinated into believing this absolute drivle, why should we expect the people they elect to office to understand the true nature of the issue...
I have no use for idiots like this...
The Second Amendment is such an easy concept to wrap around...Why screw with such a good thing, unless your intent is to take away the very thing that could be a risk to you and your socialist agenda...We have a plethra of historical fact that proves when you remove a peoples ability to fight back against tyrrany, millions die...
More than the bad guys who take advantage of opportunity and a dissarmed populace...
Like I said in my previous post...
I have NO sympathy for anyone in that situation...
And I am unapologetic about it...
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