Posted on 04/05/2018 10:39:59 AM PDT by Enlightened1
As the state promises gun rights activists they’re not coming for their guns, behind the scenes they’re pleading for it to happen. And now the feared gun grab is occurring. Residents in Deerfield, Illinois have 60 days to surrender their “assault weapons” or face fines of $1000 per day per gun.
The gun ban ordinance was passed on April 2nd with residents left with few choices of how to dispose of their valuable “assault weapons.” Upon careful reading of the ordinance, residents will be left with revolvers, .22 caliber “plinking” rifles, and double barrel shotguns to defend their homes and families from criminals who could care less about the law.
Fines for not disposing of the weapons range from $250 to $1000 per day per gun for those who choose not to comply with the city’s ordinance. While a fine may seem reasonable to some, as TFTP has reported on multiple occasions, failure to pay fines always results in police action. It is not far-fetched to predict major turmoil and arrests in the event of non-compliance.
One example of the so-called “assault weapon” is the Ruger 10/22 which can accept magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. Even though the 10/22 is not listed in the list of guns the village wants to see banned, the gun cannot legally be possessed in the village.
Residents have been instructed to either sell their guns, transfer the ownership to someone who lives outside the village, surrender their guns to Deerfield’s sheriff, or begin paying the fines.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailysheeple.com ...
Another option for the village, a ballot initiative to throw the entire board out of office.
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You [mis]place a lot of faith in the courts, FRiend... A similar law has already survived court scrutiny:
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1698803.html
And SCOTUS let it stand.
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“...Heller does not purport to define the full scope of the Second Amendment. The Court has not told us what other entitlements the Second Amendment creates or what kinds of gun regulations legislatures may enact. Instead the Court has alerted other judges, in Heller and again in McDonald, that the Second Amendment “does not imperil every law regulating firearms.” McDonald, 561 U.S. at 786 (plurality opinion); Heller, 554 U.S. at 626–27 & n. 26. Cautionary language about what has been left open should not be read as if it were part of the Constitution or answered all possible questions. It is enough to say, as we did in Skoien, 614 F.3d at 641, that at least some categorical limits on the kinds of weapons that can be possessed are proper, and that they need not mirror restrictions that were on the books in 1791...”
Yep, because the Courts have YET to get around to reading the last FOUR words of the 2nd: “shall NOT be infringed”, let alone pick-up a dictionary and thesaurus.
Meanwhile, how do they think they'll enforce their ban? Forced searches and seizures? Good luck with that.
"who could care less"
Couldn't care less...
Rosenthal, most likely a Jewish person, fighting for gun control. Go figure.
What ever happened to “NEVER AGAIN”?
I went and read the actual law. It is not the typical "assault weapons" garbage. It lists the Ruger Mini-14 and the Kel-Tec SU-16 by name. Those are probably the top two alternatives to a "black rifle." But then the rest of the law states any rifle that "can accept a magazine greater than 10 rounds", which is pretty much any semi-auto rifle except a M-1 Garand or a SKS, although they do make larger mags for them they require installation with tools and may not be covered by the law.
I believe you’re right about Illinois FOID & about certain that there’s no registration - yet.
I once drove the north-south length of Illinois. A beautiful state with miles & miles of rolling farmland, how does it have such a messed up state government? Answer: Chicago, which also used to be a nice place to visit.
Again, how does the Deerfield KGB know who owns what?
No the government forces used muskets....
The rebels used their Pennsylvania squirrel rifles which were the hi tech firearms of their day.
From this historical fact I think that the Founders meant for the people “militia” to out gun the government’s forces with the best firearms currently available.....
The hag didn’t quite get her clown make up cleaned off.
"The Court has not told us what other entitlements the Second Amendment creates"
Apparently these @$$#*!&$ think the founders drafted up a "Bill of Entitlements" and not a Bill of Rights...
A Harvard Law education should probably disqualify anybody from public service in any form. Just my opinion. But when you can't figure out that the Bill of RIGHTS was supposed to tell the government what it COULD NOT EVER DO and not tell the people that "you are OK to do that, except for this, this, this, AND this" within some sort of "we give you this freedom, cretin" mindset, you don't belong anywhere near public service.
My government is supposed to secure my freedom, not figure out how much it can limit it...
Well there’s a town that will be bankrupt when the lawsuits are all settled.
Illannoy now has preemption. Localities can’t do this. But I don’t trust judges least of all from criminalannoy.
“That’s a good point. The Deerfield ban appears to be modeled after, if not worded the same, as the Highland Park ban which the supreme court refused to hear.”
But HP passed their ban during the 10 day window granted by previous shithead democrat Gov. Quinn back in 2013. Deerfield didn’t. After that window closed preemption took over.
Doesn't change the Constitution or nullify our God given right to keep and bear arms. It just means that a handful of people in black robes chose not to confront making a decision in that case.
I sincerely hope the left doesn't push this to the point where The People are forced to take up the case.
Should it come to that, they will lose much worse than they can possibly imagine.
Interesting. I did not know that. Thank you for the information.
Popcorn...Please!
Damn. Leave it to Illinois. I stand corrected. Thought it was a joke.
I thought I read that they had passed a gun registration law earlier.
Upscale and unarmed. This could be an attractive addition to a home invader’s business plan.
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