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Wilmette, IL Suspends Handgun Ban
Posted by: Sebastian on 
Jun 27th, 2008 | 
Filed under: Gun Rights
Well, this is one way to kill lawsuits based on standing. But hey, if towns start shedding their handgun bans based on Heller, I don’t see how that’s not a good thing. Do the Brady’s still want to keep calling this a victory? Bryan Miller? Mexico is calling.
June 27th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
[...] Ouch: Do the Brady’s still want to keep calling this a [...]
June 27th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
It might be something they could call a victory, just a round-about one. Getting rid of all the pure handgun bans hurts them, but not as much as easy incorporation would. If the matter ends up being Massachusett’s ownership ban rather than Chicago’s, I know it’ll be harder to get incorporation from the Supreme Court.
June 27th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
The law remains on the books even though the police say they won’t enforce it. The police could change their minds on a whim, The people are still at the mercy, or lack thereof, of the government until the ban is removed from the city ordinances.
June 27th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
It’s hard to be sure from the wording here, but Morton Grove, IL might be doing the same thing:
Morton Grove Mayor Richard Krier said the village would comply with the law.
“We are a small suburban town,” he said of the north suburb, which banned the possession or sale of handguns 27 years ago. “We’ve never had any real handgun violence before then or since then.”
June 27th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
One shot, One Kill.
June 27th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Wilmette, Morton Grove… I’d love to see a cave-in stampede.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
its actually a smart legal action for them… they can sit back and watch Chicago get their asses sued off… once Chicago spends millions of dollars in legal fees and looses, the other towns can make up their mind for free…
June 28th, 2008 at 12:07 am
[...] I said, the Heller victory is a call to be vigilant, not a signal to let the guard down. But this kind of thing certainly is [...]
June 28th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Minor nit: since they’re suspending enforcement against everybody, likely with an eye to repeal the ordinance altogether if their lawyers determine that the no-incorporation dog don’t hunt, the issue would be mootness, not standing. That said, I agree that individual villages complying with Heller rather than forcing new lawsuits of their own is a good thing. It might not matter much, though, unless Chicago and NYC follow suit. In that case, we’ll see all the same new cases, just with fewer defendants.
Best case scenario: every gun-banning city assumes Heller applies to them, drops the worst form of gun control currently in existence, and the gunny suits go after the worst forms that remain. Slippery slopes slip both ways.
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