Winnetka Illinois Amends Handgun Ban

[junglebob]

This week the Chicago suburb of Winnetka amended their firearms ordinance to allow people to have handguns in their homes. So now people there can lawfully conceal carry a handgun in their own home. This is a step in the right direction for them.

Down here in Southern Illinois at about the time Morton Grove passed their handgun ban ordinance the village of Goreville passed an ordiance requiring every household to have a firearm.

[Bill of Rights]

I want to see you guys pass a LTCH law and I also want to see recognition of Indiana. It's such a crock that if I have to go to IL for work, the law says I can't be armed :nono: on the way there or on the way back, either. :mad:

[junglebob]

Bill of Rights, I, of course, would also like Illinois to pass a LTCH bill. The president of the state senate Emil Jones is retiring. He has been an opponent to LTC legislation, never letting bills get to the senate floor for a vote. There was hope for a short time that James Clayborne (D) East St. Louis and member of the black caucus would be voted in to replace Jones he was rated as a "good guy". Chicago Mayor Richard Daley said he wanted, and subsequently denied saying, someone from the Chicago Caucus in that chair. John Cullerton, consired an alli of Dayey was voted in. He was sponsor of a .50 calibre ban and co-sponsor of AWB legislation, neither of which passed.

In addition to Winnetka, Wilmette, Morton Grove and most recently Evanston have repealed their handgun ownership bans.

Chicago continues to keep their ban. There is an article in the Chicago Tribune, at www.chicagotribune.com today titled Chicago Defies the Forgotten Second Amendment! They seem to be determined to spend money fighting the Heller decision.

[junglebob]

I said that Chicago has a handgun ban. Someone on the Illinoiscarry.com forum pointed out that they actually don't. They do require everyone to register all their firearms and to renew registration every year. They originally allowed you to register 2 handguns. They no longer register handguns and some other firearms, and if one handgun breaks you can't buy another to replace it.

Since 1983 Chicago hasn't registered any new handguns. Registration can be renewed yearly on those registered before 1983.

[Bill of Rights]

I said that Chicago has a handgun ban. Someone on the Illinoiscarry.com forum pointed out that they actually don't. They do require everyone to register all their firearms and to renew registration every year. They originally allowed you to register 2 handguns. They no longer register handguns and some other firearms, and if one handgun breaks you can't buy another to replace it.

Since 1983 Chicago hasn't registered any new handguns. Registration can be renewed yearly on those registered before 1983.

... or whenever if you happen to be the governor's father in law and a Chicago alderman. :rolleyes:

DC wasn't registering new handguns since '76 and would not allow ownership without registration, and that was struck down, too. Daley's sole argument is that DC is not a state. I reply that neither is Chicago, but perhaps they'd like it better if they were a country unto themselves.

That would certainly make things easier in this region, wouldn't it?

Blessings,
B

[junglebob]

Bill, You are right if you happen to be alderman Mel, father in law of the governor, you can forget to re-register your firearms and get a special re-registration time set up for those that didn't re-register. I think it was a 3 month period, so if you forgot at the wrong time you were out of luck. The registration ordinance says if you forget to re-register when required you can't register those firearms later. I'm sure the main reason was to get rid of hand guns which were only registered before the early 80's, when people forgot.

I do wish Chicago was its own state or country. Daley seems to think it is another country and he is king, not bound by any supreme court decisions.