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(AP) — The man whose lawsuit successfully challenged Chicago’s ban on handguns has applied for a permit that would allow him to keep a handgun in his home. Seventy-six-year-old Otis McDonald’s case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court before the city was forced to get rid of its 28-year-old ban on handguns. […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — At Gene’s Playmate Lounge at Cermak and Kildare, you can’t have a drink unless you’re at least 25 years old. Young guys who might be packing pistols can get a cold beer somewhere else, owner Gene Payton said. Playmate regulars spend late nights there talking about the shootings popping off on […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Mayor Daley today denied that he’s making Chicago gun owners jump through hoops to exercise their Second Amendment rights and expressed confidence the city’s new gun law can withstand a court challenge. “We’re not jumping through hoops. We have to have accountability. … This is protection of the city from lawsuits […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — More than 75 people visited Chicago Police headquarters Monday to pick up applications to register firearms on the day the city’s new handgun ordinance took effect. The ordinance, which requires gun owners to keep their weapons in their homes, was hastily crafted by the city after the U.S. Supreme Court struck […]
(AP) — A federal lawsuit has been filed against the city of Chicago asking the city’s new gun control ordinance be declared “null and void.” A group of people, including the Illinois Association of Firearms Retailers, filed the lawsuit Tuesday, saying the new ordinance infringes on their constitutional rights. The plaintiffs want the city prohibited […]
Crime is still an issue so why is Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton in favor of relaxing gun control restrictions?
(Afro) — The Supreme Court on June 28 struck down Chicago, Ill.’s strict anti-handgun legislation, but D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton said the decision in fact sanctions Washington D.C.’s new and revised gun laws, created after the same court struck down the city’s more restrictive gun ban two years ago. The nation’s highest court struck […]
(New York Times) — “Something has to be done, Mr. President, about the sale of guns.” Forty-four years after race riots prompted Mayor Richard J. Daley to make that vain plea to PresidentLyndon B. Johnson, Mr. Daley’s son Mayor Richard M. Daley spent much of the past week reacting furiously to the latest setback in his […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Chicagoans could still purchase up to a dozen handguns a year — without liability insurance — under a watered-down replacement to the city’s overturned handgun ban, expected to be rushed through today. Concerned that Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling could leave the mistaken impression that it’s open season on guns, Mayor […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Emotions ran high at Chicago State University, where gun rights advocates looked to convince area African Americans that ordinary citizens should be allowed to carry guns to avoid becoming crime victims. Community speakers advocating for concealed carry cited statistics about how women with guns are less likely to be raped, contended […]
(Time) — This is a big week for guns and the people who want to carry them. The question: Just how big? The Supreme Court ruled on Monday, June 28, in a challenge to Chicago’s gun-control law, that Americans in all 50 states have a constitutional right to possess firearms for self-defense. Gun-rights supporters are ecstatic […]