Chicago Taxpayers Again Forced to Reimburse NRA for Legal Fees(almost $1M)

[RugersGR8]

And the arse kickin' of anti-gun lib dems goes on!


http://www.nraila.org/legal/articles/2014/chicago-taxpayers-again-forced-to-reimburse-nra-for-legal-fees.aspx
Chicago Taxpayers Again Forced to Reimburse NRA for Legal Fees
Posted on November 6, 2014

For the second time in as many years, Chicago taxpayers will be forced to foot the bill for their politicians’ insistence on pursuing unconstitutional gun control. In early July, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ordered Chicago to pay $940,000 to the NRA.

The order stems from an NRA victory in the lawsuit Illinois Association of Firearms Retailers v. Chicago. Back in January, Judge Edmond E. Chang of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois invalidated Chicago’s complete ban on firearm sales in the city. Chang wrote that “Chicago’s ordinance goes too far in outright banning legal buyers and legal dealers from engaging in lawful acquisitions and lawful sales of firearms.” Under federal law, in certain circumstances, the prevailing party in civil rights cases is to be reimbursed for the costs of the litigation, a provision which in this case applied to NRA.

Unfortunately, Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and the Chicago City Council have flouted Judge Chang’s ruling, circumventing it with an ordinance enacting onerous rules on potential firearms dealers operating within the city. The ordinance imposes numerous burdens on would-be store owners, including severe zoning restrictions, extensive paperwork requirements, handgun rationing, waiting periods, and a mandate to video-record every sale.

These new restrictions will no doubt lead to further legal wrangling. In a city that experiences a notorious amount of crime, providing additional funds to law enforcement, rather than to quixotic legal battles to curb the rights of residents, would surely be a better investment.

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[Glocktogo]

The NRA should take out a full page ad in the Chicago Tribune, thanking the generous Chicago taxpayers for their donation to the NRA.

 

[p238shooter]

The NRA should take out a full page ad in the Chicago Tribune, thanking the generous Chicago taxpayers for their donation to the NRA.

I agree with this, does anyone have a real contact with NRA? I usually do not donate much other than membership but instead of sending me a letter that "we will advance your firearm rights nationwide,etc"

I will donate $100 if they will run a "full page add" In Chicago describing the situation and what the legal citizen firearm rights are in the USA as described by 2A. If legal firearm owners were allowed to carry in that area of our nation, more firearm deaths might peak for a period of time due to self defense, after that it would ramp down as some of the gurge were eliminated. JMO

NRA should have a plan and target areas if they are expecting donations. Tell me exactly what you are wanting to do, I can decide to support you with $ or not.

Bofunkin Main, most likely not from me in Oklahoma. Chicago IL, yes. I plan to be in Chicago later this month. I guess I should be happy I can fly over Illinois if I do not touch down with my .45 to get to Indiana where I can walk into any of 50 bars in Bloomington, IN OC if I desire legally (I do CC most of the time), I unholster if I decide to drink where I might be considered to be in excess.

For my visit to Chicago I will have to leave my 45 in Indiana to be legal for that visit to Chicago for the evening. Not something I am looking forward to.

 

[tran]

The NRA should take out a full page ad in the Chicago Tribune, thanking the generous Chicago taxpayers for their donation to the NRA.

You know that would not be a bad move... Think about the all the free advertisement you would get, The media would go crazy. 1 million would be like 100 million dollar win far for the NRA