Daley Administration Thumbs Nose
at Supreme Court
Just days after the Supreme Court decision that incorporated the Second Amendment against the states, Chicago passed new restrictive gun laws. When the new laws were announced in Chicago, Alderman Mary Ann Smith thanked "everyone who has worked to try and create as restrictive a tool as possible.”
Chicago to The Supreme Court - "Screw off! We'll do as we damn well please."
To prove that point, the Chicago donkeys enacted a new series of draconian and Machiavellian laws to prevent Chicago residents from legally obtaining firearms. That the city aldermen and mayor have publicly stated their intent is to make exercising what is now a fundamental civil right as difficult as possible opens them up to a civil rights lawsuit.
I'll go one further. Such an agreement amongst the city's leaders amounts to a conspiracy to violate the civil rights of Chicago residents and/or to delay the intent of the constitutional guarantee of those rights. Such a conspiracy is a federal felony and should be investigated by the FBI and an independent prosecutor.
The new NRA lawsuit, Benson v. Chicago, details how Chicago's new laws are designed to make it impossible for Chicago residents to exercise their rights. Consider the following provisions of the new law.
● To have a firearm requires a Chicago firearm permit.
● You must be 21 in order to obtain a permit.
● 18-21 years olds, need a parent or guardian's permission.
● The parent or guardian must be eligible for a firearms permit.
So right away, Chicago wants to license a right to possess a firearm. But adults between 18-21 years must have a parent or guardian, who could qualify for a permit themselves, grant permission. So, in Chicago, an 18 year old can be a U.S. Marine, qualified on the M9 pistol, M16 rifle, M240 SAW, and Browning M2 .50 Caliber machine gun, but must get his Mama's permission to buy or own a gun in Chicago? And the law doesn't even address those poor souls who have no living parents and are living independently.
Outrageous Implication
Most disgustingly is the implied punishment by blood provision. If your sole living parent committed a single crime when he or she was just 18, Chicago will punish the offspring for the parent's offense by denying them a constitutional right. The same thing happens if that parent is the only one willing to sign the consent form.
But wait... There's more draconian bullshit ahead.
● A training certificate w/at least 1 hour of range training
● Prohibits shooting a gun "except in lawful defense"
● The above makes it illegal to fire on a shooting range.
● But that's okay, because Chicago bans gun stores and shooting ranges within Chicago.
● Can't keep more than 1 "operable" firearm in the home.
● Can't buy more than 1 gun per month.
● Prohibits licensing an "unsafe" handgun as defined by the Superintendent of police.
● Vague safety criteria allows banning almost any handgun.
● Chicago permit is only valid at the address listed on the permit.
So let's get this right. To get a permit you first have to get training. But that training has to be held outside of Chicago because the city has banned shooting ranges. You will also have to buy your gun outside of Chicago and find a way to store it there for up to 4 months while Chicago processes your permit. Once you have your permit and gun at home, you can't shoot it or train with it anywhere within Chicago because that would be illegally discharging the firearm. Yet again, you must go outside of Chicago to practice. You can't possess your firearm at a address not on the permit, so you can't take it to your parents home overnight when local thugs threaten them.
On top of all that, after spending between $500 and $1,000 for your gun, the city can later declare it an "unsafe" gun by whim of the police superintendent. Since permits cannot be issued for an unsafe hangun, if the superinendent decides that any or all GLOCK models are "unsafe", in theory, your permit becomes invalid. Yet there isn't any notification provision for the city to notify residents who own a GLOCK that their permit isn't valid anymore.
One can easily imagine Otis McDonald, a senior citizen and retiree, attemping to allocate the funds to do all of this. He must pay a permit fee, a registration fee, a fingerprint fee, pay for mandatory "training", plan a trip outside Chicago for the training, a trip out of the city to buy the gun, pay for storage outside the city for up to 4 months, make another trip to bring his gun into the city after obtaining his permit. All to exercise a fundamental right guaranteed by the consitution.
This is about equivilant to requiring Chicago voters to drive to Springfield in order to register to vote and to vote in elections. (Which might at least deter the dead voters in Chicago from voting.)
Can it get worse? Sure. The jackasses that call themselves representatives of the people have prohibited use of a firearm for lawful self-defense outside the home. By that, these clueless morons have said the home does NOT include the following;
● Any garage on the lot, even an attached garage.
● Any space outside the dwelling unit.
● Specifically any external stairs
● Specifically any porches
● Or any back, side or front yard areas
● Or any common areas.
Got all that? This means that if your elderly mother is bedridden and on 24/7 oxygen support upstairs, you cannot shoot the gangbanger in your front yard as he prepares to throw a molotov cocktail at your home. Hell, you can't even shoot him if he comes up onto the front porch to throw it through the window.
McDonald's Estimated Cost to accquire:
Training class w/range time: $75
Training class ammunition: $25
Chicago Gun permit fee: $100(ea 3 yrs)
Chicago Registration fee: $15 (ea 3 yrs)
Police Fingerprinting fee: $15
Storage fee outside city: $12/mo x 4
30 mile trip for training: $24 @40¢/mile
30 mile trip to buy a gun: $24 @40¢/mile
30 mile trip after permit: $24 @40¢/mile
Approximate total expense: $350
This does not include the cost of the firearm, sales taxes, a lockable transport container, lock, ammunition, cleaning kit or other supplies.
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