Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s shameless scapegoat for rising shootings in Chicago

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  • DadSmith

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    I know, right?? :):

    I guess they are finally challenging it.

    "Last week, a downstate judge ruled the FOID card system was unconstitutional, reducing residents’ Second Amendment rights to bear arms to a “façade.”
     

    DoggyDaddy

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    I guess they are finally challenging it.
    Good. I hope it's found to be unconstitutional!
     

    04FXSTS

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    As a former resident of the cesspool called Illinois, there are no gun shops inside the city limits of Chicago. The FOID card is statewide which includes Chicago. There are challenges in the works that would rule the FOID unconstitutional. An older lady in downstate Illinois was charged with not having a FOID card for having a 22 rifle in her home. It was ruled unconstitutional but the way her lawyer argued the case it only applies in this one case. Yes in Illinois the courts are messed up also. Jim.
     

    BigRed

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    As a former resident of the cesspool called Illinois, there are no gun shops inside the city limits of Chicago. The FOID card is statewide which includes Chicago. There are challenges in the works that would rule the FOID unconstitutional. An older lady in downstate Illinois was charged with not having a FOID card for having a 22 rifle in her home. It was ruled unconstitutional but the way her lawyer argued the case it only applies in this one case. Yes in Illinois the courts are messed up also. Jim.

    Glad you made it out of that ****hole.
     

    actaeon277

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    Isn't the "no gun stores" old info.
    A couple years ago they lost a NRA lawsuit.
    Since the new permit required shooting to be done, the ban was considered a ban on carrying.
     

    actaeon277

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    Ezell vs. Chicago 2011 deals with the issue of gun ranges in Chicago. I'm not sure if it dealt with gun stores.

    the Seventh Circuit reversed a district court decision that the post-McDonald measures adopted by the City of Chicago were constitutional. The Chicago law required firearms training in a shooting range in order to obtain a gun permit, but also banned shooting ranges within the City of Chicago. The City had argued that applicants could obtain their training at gun ranges in the suburbs. The opinion noted that Chicago could not infringe Second Amendment rights on the grounds that they could be exercised elsewhere, any more than it could infringe the right to freedom of speech on the grounds that citizens could speak elsewhere.

     

    actaeon277

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    actaeon277

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    I remember in D.C., the one FFL dealer was being kicked out of his place by the city.
    And was slapped down by the courts, who called it a defacto ban.
    So the city had to lease space to the FFL.
     

    Chewie

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    I saw this exchange, where Lori Lightweight flat-out says violence is dropping across the board in Chitown. I guess if you lie about it enough, and don't prosecute violence, it's like it never happened.

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    Of course violence is dropping. You just don't call it violence any more, it's new name is "mostly peaceful disagreements"!
     

    BigRed

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    With the long holiday weekend (Fri thru Mon), is anybody taking bets on shootings in Chicago?

    Official scoring:


    Line at 125? I'll take the over.
     

    BigRed

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    With the long holiday weekend (Fri thru Mon), is anybody taking bets on shootings in Chicago?

    Official scoring:


    Line at 125? I'll take the over.

    Score update:


    Looks like the count is at 92 as of 05:45 local time today.
     

    BigRed

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    Final scores are in:

    Friday 18
    Saturday 22
    Sunday 30
    Monday 39

    Total = 109

    Thugs had a strong rally to close out the long holiday weekend, but fell short of the 125 line.
     
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