SAF wins Chicago lawsuit

[Hoplophile]

A three-judge panel from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling and ordered the lower court to issue an injunction forcing the City of Chicago to allow gun ranges within the city.

In the ruling, one judge noted "The city must come to terms with that reality." (The reality of the Heller and McDonald decisions by the US Supreme Court.)

 

[badguybuster]

woot woot good for them

 

[firearmsunlimited]

It's about time. You just have to wonder what roadblock Rahm Emanuel and the other anti gun cohorts will throw up next.

 

[NKJ nut]

It's about time. You just have to wonder what roadblock Rahm Emanuel and the other anti gun cohorts will throw up next.

evil people never rest; we can't either. When they attack our 2A rights we must fight back. When we win a battle we must not think we have won the war.

 

[JcMack]

The word is Chicago ranges will be limited to indoor in non residential area, industrial parks zoned as such. On one hand someone with a bunch of money could build such a facility in an unoccupied building that met restrictions. There are plenty of defunct industries with buildings that would suffice. Once restrictions were met and all hoops jumped thru, maybe the range owner could make money if his customers weren't harassed by police and anti gunners. In reality a gun range will be built on the moon before Chicago. There are ranges in Chicago's suburbs that are doing a great business training Chicagoans in gun handling and whatever's necessary to obtain a permit. Just because it's legal to build a range in Chicago's city limits does not mean it will happen. With the financial hole the city is in I can see them building a public range and Rahm as range master. Well maybe.

 

[blksn955.o]

reality

This is the problem with Chicago they have no understanding of the word.

But what do you expect from Cubs fans.......GO CARDS!

On a serious note, I thought I read one of the permit issues to own/purchase a gun now in Chicago was that you had to take the course at a range in Chicago's city limits? So by not allowing any ranges they were keeping people via a loophole from owning firearms. That was what I got from the article as I skimmed it (generally could care less if Chicago burned to the ground IMHO).

 

[exSun]

The word is Chicago ranges will be limited to indoor in non residential area, industrial parks zoned as such.

That is, sanctioned ranges will be limited to non-residential areas. In Chicago, many housing projects are already unsanctioned ranges.

 

[kewpie]

That is, sanctioned ranges will be limited to non-residential areas. In Chicago, many housing projects are already unsanctioned ranges.

When I lived in Chicago, Cabrini Green was just such a place. (Tho they have moved such 'ranges' further south, encoraching upon the suburbs that used to be inviolate.

Was one of our more beautiful cities at one time - what a shame.

 

[JcMack]

That is, sanctioned ranges will be limited to non-residential areas. In Chicago, many housing projects are already unsanctioned ranges.

There in lie's the rub. About 15 years ago Daley took upon himself a "gentrification" project for all Chicago. The whole thing went really well for the city and anyone connected with the trades. The "housing projects" were all destroyed. Only a few remain. When the high rise projects were in place they fell under the control of HUD. A team of police could rope off a suspect buiding and search without warrants or under a blanket HUD warrant for guns, drugs, felons, etc.. When the projects were knocked down, low income housing was promised but never materialized. So project tenants spread and used the beloved SECTION 8 to move virtually anywhere.

Now Chicago lays half gentrified with no low income housing. The idea was to lure the suburbanite middle class back to Chicago from the burbs. The lure was the proximity to downtown and their jobs. No longer a long commute but 20 mins. on the train. It doesn't work and fell apart. What married couple would move to Chicago and send their kids to public school. People (not the animals) living in the newly reformed neighborhoods are preyed upon by the worst freaks and criminals. They can't understand that there are those that don't think like them.