Posted on 07/06/2010 4:56:18 PM PDT by cryptical
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Fairfax, Va. -- The National Rifle Association is supporting a lawsuit against Mayor Richard Daley and the City of Chicago's newly adopted gun control ordinance, which violates the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in McDonald v. City of Chicago. Last Friday, the City Council rushed through passage of this ordinance in response to the Court's June 28th decision rendering Chicago’s draconian handgun ban unconstitutional.
“The Supreme Court has now said the Second Amendment is an individual freedom for all. And that must have meaning,” said Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association. “This decision cannot lead to different measures of freedom, depending on what part of the country you live in. City by city, person by person, this decision must be more than a philosophical victory. An individual right is no right at all if individuals can’t access it.”
Just four days after the Court struck down the nearly 30 year-long handgun bans in Chicago and Oak Park, Mayor Daley and the City of Chicago enacted the most restrictive anti-gun ordinance in the United States. In the words of Corporation Counsel Mara Georges, the top attorney for the City: “We've gone farther than anyone else ever has.” The so-called “Responsible Gun Ownership Ordinance” provisions include: a prohibition on all gun sales inside the City; a prohibition on possession of firearms for self-defense outside the “home” -- even on a patio or in an attached garage; a prohibition on more than one assembled and operable firearm in the home; and a training requirement to obtain a Chicago Firearm Permit. However, range training would be impossible since it will now be unlawful to operate a shooting range inside city limits.
“The Supreme Court told Mayor Daley and the City of Chicago that it has to respect the Second Amendment. By enacting this ordinance, their response is 'Make Us',” said Chris W. Cox, NRA chief lobbyist. “The NRA will not rest until Chicago's law-abiding residents can exercise the same freedoms that our Founding Fathers intended all Americans to have.”
Recent statements from some of Chicago's city officials reflect their complete lack of respect for the Supreme Court decision. Alderman Daniel Solis stated, “the decision made by the Supreme Court is not really in the best interests of our citizens.” Alderman Sharon Denise Dixon denounced what she called the Court’s “blatant… misreading of the law.” And another city council member even went so far as to say, “[w]e’re here today because of their poor judgment."
The case is Benson v. City of Chicago.
NRA haters in 3..2..1...
I’ll start.
Did Harry Reid approve this action?
This harassment will NOT end until SCOTUS, Bitch-Slaps the anti-weapons Nazis, which I don’t understand why they didn’t lay out chapter and verse last week—UNLESS the only way they could get Kennedy’s vote was not to go beyond the basic ruling.
I am a member of the NRA and I don’t hate them, but I do hate some of the stupid crap they pull.
Dingy harry for example, or their support of the assault weapons ban before they were against it.
What about poor people who can afford guns? Who speaks for them? People don’t actually have a right to self defense unless the government gives them the means to exercise that right. The government should buy everyone guns.
/sarcasm
Chicago loves their tyrants.
FYI
Most here don't "HATE" the NRA, they just hate their progressively worse dumb A$$ decisions.
But when Kudo's are justified, Kudo's they will get... so let me be the first! Kudo's NRA! thanks for finally jumping in a fight... Just sayin. ;)
Yes.
They’ve irritated me by supporting liberals in the past, to where I stopped paying dues for a while.
But I don’t see them as the enemy by any means (and I don’t think others really do, either).
And yes, kudos for this one.
I also don't see them as the enemy, but when they are working against the 2A, they must be brought back into line, and the only way to do that is withhold their funds until changes are made.
And the goa ducks another chance to do something. Again.
AND FOR ALL YOU IGNORANT ANTIGUN NRA HATING IDIOTS:
1. The NRA didn’t become a lobbying group until 1974.
2. While whiners complain about mail, guys like me get out the checkbook.
3. The NRA fought against Parker, not Heller. That’s because Parker was filed before Roberts and Alito. We would have lost. The NRA knows how to count to the number nine.
4. The goa has never done a single thing in it’s entire history. It’s the NRA and the SAF that filed all those lawsuits.
5. The “R” in the NRA stands for rifle. Not Republican. Get rid of Reid AFTER taking control of Congress or you’ll be whining about gun control and pleading for the NRA again. As always.
6. The antigunners hate the NRA just as much as some freepers. That explains the mentality of some freepers.
7. The media doesn’t know the name of any progun group other than the NRA. That should tell you something but you’re too stupid to understand.
8. The goa is the only gun group that asked the Supreme Court to take the narrow view. So far, they haven’t filed a single lawsuit to take responsibility for their actions. It’s the NRA and the SAF that filed all those lawsuits.
9. Lazy, stupid people always have an excuse not to get involved.
Tell me a single thing the goa has ever done on their own.
McDonald vs. Chicago. Nope, SAF.
Katrina victims? Nope, NRA.
Winnetka Lawsuits? Nope, SAF and NRA
Morton Grove Lawsuit? Nope, NRA.
San Francisco? Nope, NRA
Evanston? Nope, NRA and SAF
Parker? Nope, Robert Levy and it’s a good thing the case became Heller with Roberts and Alito or we would have lost. That’s why the NRA tried to stop it.
Heller? Nope, Levy again.
United Nations attacks? Nope, NRA as a Non Government Organization.
Free legal support for their members? Nope, NRA.
Even Basil’s Second Amendment Sisters give women’s classes
JPFO? They aren’t even a lobbying group.
Who does the leftist media fear? I’ll give you a hint, the initials are NRA.
NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN WHAT THE goa HAS EVER DONE ON THEIR OWN IN THEIR ENTIRE HISTORY. NO ONE.
***NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN WHAT THE goa HAS EVER DONE ON THEIR OWN IN THEIR ENTIRE HISTORY. NO ONE.***
Didn’t the GOA get into trouble years ago because they spent more money on fundraising than on actual cases?
It’s sad to see a respected organization like the NRA, shoot themselves in the foot by supporting Harry Reid in order to get a special exemption in the anti-1st Amendment “Disclose Act”.
I wonder what form the lawsuit will take. The best would be for a federal judge to not only overturn their laws, but to enjoin them against future actions with respect to gun laws.
If the judge wanted to, he could basically say that Chicago no longer has the ability to construct gun ordinances that exceed State law. That it is outside of their jurisdiction.
Then this would require a State lawsuit to make the State conform to MacDonald.
Step one: Get rid of Harry Reid
Step two: Fail to have a Republican majority in the Congress
Step three: Watch as an antigun leftist fills Harry’s job
Step four: Watch as dozens of antigun bills flood the Congress
Step five: Complain to the NRA they aren’t doing enough to stop dozens of bills in Congress
The amendment that exempted the NRA was in the house version, and Harry Reid is in the Senate...
I substantially agree with your treatise. I have come to the general defense of the NRA on several occasions from fly off the handle critics that blasted them (to some extent, rightfully so) re the Disclose Act. True members, such as myself that disagree with that will rightfully express our dismay with that decision to the NRA directly.
NRA is not perfect but they are the most proactive and influential group protecting 2nd Amendment rights. SAF and GOA are our competitive (for membership) allies in that pursuit, not adversaries. Just because some on here have irrationality and anger management problems, doesn’t mean we need to do the same. In summary, you could have said that GOA has a lot of work to do to become anywhere near as effective in promoting, preserving, and enhancing 2nd amendment rights as the NRA or for that matter the SAF.
I suspect a lot of the FR critics of NRA are not and never have been members of NRA, GOA, or SAF for that matter. But it just sounds good to say, “Well, I’ll show them. I’m cancelling my membership and going to >>>”
That is similar to the reactions of some that say anyone that doesn’t agree with them 100% is a RINO.
I am a member of the NRA and I don’t hate them, but I do hate some of the stupid crap they pull.
Dingy harry for example, or their support of the assault weapons ban before they were against it.
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I’m a life member and I too am pissed with the bonehead response to the Disclosure Act. No money from me for a long while.
5.56mm
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