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City of Evanston repeals handgun ban to avoid lawsuit

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:58 PM EDT
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Following the lead of at least two other Chicago suburbs, the City of Evanston has repealed its handgun ban in the wake of the June U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled blanket prohibitions of handguns in the home for self-defense violated 2nd Amendment rights.

City Council members said Tuesday they voted to change the law to avoid the expense of fighting a lawsuit recently brought by the National Rifle Association against the North Shore city. The pro-gun lobby also filed suits against Morton Grove, Oak Park and Chicago. The 7-1 Evanston vote means the city will not be joining Chicago in its fight to keep the handgun ban.

..."I find the Supreme Court decision repugnant," Evanston Ald. Steve Bernstein (4th) said. "[But] this city was facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal expenses. We'll be better off getting [the ordinance] off the books."

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Bernstein later went on to add that he thought freedom of speech, freedom from unreasonable search and seizure, fair trials, and the prohibition from quartering troops in citizens' houses were odious, and we would have printed it, but for the fact that the Evanston police burst into the room, seized the presses, shot the dog, and stole all our pot. Then they threw us in the slammer, where we were visited by a nice priest, because they were afraid to infringe on our freedom of religion.

It's a shame anyone was ignorant enough to vote for this ass-hat.

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Reply#1 - Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:34 PM EDT
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Griff69

Isn't Evanston still in Illinois? This doesn't accomplish anything. It's PR

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    Reply#2 - Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:43 PM EDT
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