I Hate Illinois Nazis: “Assault Weapon” Ban Going to Court
Last updated: November 30, 2021 · Originally published: September 1, 2021
Cook County, Illinois, is infamous for its anti-gun attitudes … but the Second Amendment Foundation is on a Mission from God. We have a full tank of gas and half a pack of cigarettes. Hit it!_________________________________________________________________________
The Second Amendment Foundation filed a lawsuit Tuesday, August 31, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois challenging a prohibition in Cook County against the possession, acquisition, gifting, transfer or carrying of so-called “assault weapons.” The case is known as Viramontes v. Cook County.
“The county has enacted and enforced a prohibition on semiautomatic modern sporting rifles, which they erroneously describe as ‘assault weapons,’ even though such firearms are in common use all over the country,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “As a result, the county is denying our individual plaintiffs their rights under the Second Amendment to keep and bear arms.”
The “Blair Holt Assault Weapons Ban” was adopted in November 2006 and revised in July 2013, according to the SAF complaint. It criminalized possession of so-called “assault weapons,” forcing owners of such firearms to remove them from the county, make them permanently inoperable or surrender them to the sheriff. The ban also deems such firearms “contraband” and requires the sheriff to seize them.
“This ordinance bans any semi-auto rifle that can accept a magazine of more than ten rounds, if it has any one of various cosmetic features that have nothing to do with how the firearm functions,” Gottlieb explained. “It lists a number of firearms banned under the law and the list looks like someone just scanned a bunch of scary-looking guns and added them to the roster.
“The guns on the ban list are commonly owned and used all over the country for all kinds of legitimate purposes including hunting, target shooting, competition, predator control and recreation,” he said. “Citizens have a right to own such firearms, and to ban them is an affront to the Constitution.”
SAF is joined by the Firearms Policy Coalition and three private citizens, Cutberto Viramontes, Rubi Joyal and Christopher Khaya, all Cook County residents. Named as defendants are Cook County, Toni Preckwinkle, president of the Cook County Board and the county’s chief executive officer; Kimberly M. Foxx, state’s attorney and Sheriff Thomas Dart, in their official capacities. Plaintiffs are represented by attorneys Christian D. Ambler of Stone & Johnson. CHTD in Chicago and David H. Thompson, Peter A. Patterson and William V. Bergstrom with Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Washington, D.C.
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First of all there only two weapons with the word Assault in their names and one requires a massive fee to own the other is a shotgun made by Mossberg and sold only to law enforcement. The Uzi which is a full automatic only those with special permits are allowed to own these m. The other is a Mossberg shotgun made for use by the military and police.
Everyone filing a lawsuit against these and similar actions should add an addendum to their paper work. To add- Where as Joseph Biden did as President of the United States did through neglect or intentional action violate federal law by turning over 800,000 U.S military weapons to terrorist /enemy combatants along night vision goggles , night vision scopes, helicopters, airplanes ! Yet the government of the United States seeks to deprive U.S. citizens their God given right to self defense through the second Amendment. Add good ole Joe to your subpoena list and have him explain himself.
Yes, that would make a lot of peoples day