Suburbs with gun bans split over impact of court ruling

Chicago Tribune ^ | June 26, 2008 | James Kimberly and Andrew L. Wang

[neverdem]

Local officials study the potential impact of the federal decision overturning Washington's law

Some Chicago suburbs that have passed handgun bans in the past weren't sure if those laws could be jeopardized by Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Others didn't think it would matter either way.

In the years since Morton Grove passed the first handgun ban in the nation in 1981, Evanston, Oak Park, Winnetka and Wilmette also outlawed handguns. Because of the high court's ruling that Washington, D.C., cannot ban people from owning guns, all five suburban bans could now be declared unconstitutional.

Though Chicago officials Thursday vowed to fight any challenges to its 1982 handgun ban, suburban officials said it was too soon to say whether the ruling applied to them. Some felt that overturning their bans wouldn't be a big deal. Still others were outraged, such as Oak Park Village President David Pope, who said the ruling would threaten safety in his near west suburb, which banned gun ownership in 1984.

"The ruling puts [Justice Antonin] Scalia and the four other conservative justices squarely on the side of..."

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Hale DeMar of Wilmette gained notoriety four years ago when he shot a burglar in his home and was cited with violating the village's gun ownership ban. The case was resolved when the state passed a law enabling courts to ignore local gun ordinances in cases where the weapon was used in self-defense.

"I understand the politics of it, but as a parent of two small children who was faced with that situation, I was glad to have the handgun in my house. I would do it again," DeMar said Thursday. The burglar "weighed more than 200 pounds. I'm a 60-year-old guy and I weigh 140 pounds. What am I going to do? Argue with the guy?"

[neverdem]

notoriety

1 : the quality or state of being notorious
2 : a notorious person

generally known and talked of; especially : widely and unfavorably known

[neverdem]

The Tribune calls a hero notorious. They got some sick puppies.

[bvw]

Where’s the Affirmative Action program for the 80+ years that government has oppressed gun-owning or gun-wanting Americans?

[magslinger]

I'm sure that Hale DeMar is quite notorious...

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.among the criminal set of Wilmette.

[bill1952]

>Though Chicago officials Thursday vowed to fight any challenges to its 1982 handgun ban, suburban officials said it was too soon to say whether the ruling applied to them.

Well, of course the rulings of the Supreme Court when upholding clear language in the US Constitution could never apply to them...

[RKV]

We need to shame these politicians and the cities they govern.

[Nick Danger]

Though Chicago officials Thursday vowed to fight any challenges to its 1982 handgun ban

What are they gonna do, take it to the Supreme Court?

[neverdem]

Thanks for the pic & suggestion!

[Chgogal]

Yup, I live way behind enemy lines.

[neverdem]

Don’t feel so bad. I’m in the Bronx, but it’s attached to the mainland. Escape from NY is my plan.

[facedown]

"The ruling puts [Justice Antonin] Scalia and the four other conservative justices squarely on the side of the gang-bangers who terrorize far too many of urban American neighborhoods today," he (Oak Park Village President David Pope) said.

No moronic leftist hyperbole there.

[Prole]

I won't be happy on this issue until Peter Nickles, Ray Nagin and Dick Daley are rotting in federal prison where they belong.

Until then, they will always pose a clear and present danger to the law abiding citizens of this Nation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm5PC7z79-8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN7MSPDDOas&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ashM23pslk&feature=related

[lookout88]

Start suing the villages

[RWB Patriot]

“What am I going to do?”

Liberal response: Give him whatever he wants because he is probably a poor man whom society, including you, has abandoned and only wishes to survive.

Conservative, gun rights supporter response: Give him a bullet right between the eyes.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

More whining by the Trib. Thank you. Keep it coming. I can’t get enough of the whining from the sore Heller losers. This is music to my ears. Please keep it coming. The more whining I see and read from the gun-grabbing left, the more happy I am in gloating of the Heller Victory.

Thanks!

I really hope they keep up the whining for months.

[Chgogal]

I'm trying to figure out where to escape to since I'm getting tired of winter and tired of living behind enemy lines.

:) So there are “civilized” people living in the Bronx! Who would have thought that???

[Travis McGee]

Liberalism is a mental disorder.

[goldstategop]

They're fight a rear guard battle to defend an obsolete legal structure, a structure as obsolete as Jim Crow. You would think liberals would learn from history.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[2harddrive]

The anti-gun bans of the Chicago fellow-travelling suburbs are now and have always been VOID.

[jjones9853]

I don’t know about shaming them but hanging them might not be a bad idea!