Deerfield Illinois taking firearms away?

[Don~Z~]

So residents of Deerfield Illinois have until June 13th to forfeit or transfer their semi-automatic rifles, semi-automatic pistols and high cap magazines. If they don’t comply they will be fined $1000 per day. How does that sound for land of the free? Is this even possible? I couldn’t imagine police coming to my door demanding me to forfeit my guns.


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[Scorpion520AZ]

I can't imagine living in a State where my firearms are legal in "this" city but not in "that" city, "this" county but not in "that" county. What a nightmare for Illinois residents traveling intrastate. Legislation of this type only accomplishes turning law abiding citizens into "criminals".

 

[rwsmith]

The purpose of this is.....

..."To increase the public's sense of safety." I believe that it would have the opposite effect on most of us.

 

[retiredbadge8091]

That's why State Preemptive Gun Laws are so critical, and why we gun owners in Utah pushed for such a law years ago. All with the assistance of the National Rifle Association.

 

[Vegetaman]

Fortunately I don't live up in the black hole of gun rights (known as Chicago), but this garbage made me finally join the NRA.

 

[Ozark Marine]

There is no way Deerfield PD will go house to house and confiscate all semi auto weapons and hi-cap mags.
Another anti-gun law that is unenforceable in ILL.

There are alot of lakes and boat owners in the area.

I love my adopted state of Missouri.

 

[italiansport]

One of the happiest days of my life was the last time I saw Illinois in my rear view mirror! I moved to Arizona 23 years ago from there and have never regretted it for one minute!
Jim

 

[hoc9sw]

I saw this article in another format. They went on to note that another town had passed a similar ordinance some years ago, that it had been contested in court, but upheld. So this one is expected to stand.

 

[Don~Z~]

All of my family and my wife’s family lives 15 minutes or less from us, if that wasn’t the case, we would have been gone years ago. Thankfully the town I’m in doesn’t have any laws like Deerfield in place...... yet.... I mainly made this post because the mindset of these lawmakers is ridiculous and I don’t want anyone telling me that something that was completely legal for years upon years is suddenly unacceptable and I have to give it up!


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[fordson]

Probably a silly question, but Is there any compensation for the turn in firearms?

 

[Don~Z~]

I was wondering the same thing... there is no mention of compensation yet.


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[Muss Muggins]

Unfortunately, all of my guns were lost in a tragic boating accident at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers . . .

 

[stansdds]

One good thing about Virginia, we managed to enact preemption laws, but we still see localities attempting to enforce their own restrictions.

 

[squidsix]

Dispossessing people of their property without compensation is the part of this I expect to be challenged and overturned. Fair market value for their "now illegal" property is the only course for this horribly misguided town. I also expect people will vote with their feet, and that this town will be devoid of people who care about the Bill Of Rights very shortly.

 

[hoc9sw]

Dispossessing people of their property without compensation is the part of this I expect to be challenged and overturned. Fair market value for their "now illegal" property is the only course for this horribly misguided town. I also expect people will vote with their feet, and that this town will be devoid of people who care about the Bill Of Rights very shortly.

One of the articles vaguely implied that the ordinance was written to negate whatever was challenged before. But no comment on restitution. We'll have to hear from someone with local knowledge on that.

Because the previous (other town) law was upheld by state courts, there would have to be a new approach by those contesting it.

One more cut.

 

[P.W.Herman]

Boy, sucks to live in Deerfield! I left Illinois and all of it's self inflicted problems back in '96.

 

[hoc9sw]

Here is a link to the text.

There is provision for surrender / seizure / destruction, but no compensation.

Document: Deerfield assault weapon ordinance - Deerfield Review

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Will the city council members who voted for this ordnance be the ones going door to door doing the confiscations, or will they be sending out enforcement agents armed with prohibited firearms?

Either way, it would be very entertaining to see videos of neighborhood groups peacefully resisting, refusing to comply, blocking streets with crowds of people, forcing the government to impose its will by force against passive and peaceful demonstrators. I doubt such footage will ever be seen on mainstream media, so we may have to be ready to document events ourselves.

 

[safearm]

I'm not defending Deerfield, or neighboring Highland Park which enacted a similar law in 2013, but the ordinance doesn't say a person can't own these items, just that they can't be possessed, sold, or manufactured in Deerfield.

There are plenty of storage places in close proximity to these areas where the guns, magazines, etc., can be legally stored. Granted, it's a pain to have to travel to get your guns, but it's better than giving them up or risk fines.

I was a police officer many years ago in Lake Forest, which adjoins both Deerfield and Highland Park. I don't see a door-to-door search for prohibited items happening, but I foresee the probability of a gun owner being cited/fined when they become the victim of a burglary, and one or more of the stolen items are prohibited under Deerfield's ordinance.

And this ordinance doesn't restrict revolvers, so it could be a boon for Smith and Wesson to keep building their line of home defense revolvers.

 

[Ozark Marine]

Boy, sucks to live in Deerfield! I left Illinois and all of it's self inflicted problems back in '96.

In 2013 I left Chicago and only been back twice
for my pizza, gyros and Italian beef sandwiches fix.
And Old Style beer's too.