BELLEVUE, WA – Following Thursday’s (5-4) ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment protects an individual civil right to keep and bear arms, and that a municipal gun ban violates that right, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) filed a federal lawsuit (complaint) challenging the City of Chicago’s long-standing handgun ban.
“Chicago’s handgun ban has failed to stop violent crime,” SAF founder Alan Gottlieb stated. “It’s time to give the Constitution a chance.”
In addition to SAF and ISRA, plaintiffs include Chicago residents Otis McDonald, a retiree who has been working with police to rid his neighborhood of drug dealers, and who wants to have a handgun at his home; Adam Orlov, a former Evanston police officer; software engineer David Lawson and his wife, Colleen, a hypnotherapist, whose home has been targeted by burglars. Attorney Alan Gura, who argued the District of Columbia challenge before the high court, and Chicago area attorney David G. Sigale, represent the plaintiffs.
The Second Amendment Freedom Rally
James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL 60601
Please join us in celebrating at the
James R. Thompson Center with
featured speaker Dr. Suzanna Hupp Date: July 11th, 2008
Time: 11:00am-1:00pm
This event sponsored by Illinois State Rifle Association
and IllinoisCarry.com
“SELF-DEFENSE IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT”
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
The first rally of its kind in the history of Chicago - Join the grassroots
movement that is sweeping the state of Illinois - a movement
to restore the Second Amendment right of law abiding citizens
to keep and bear arms!
I will be attending this event to support my brothers in IL who are denied their God given rights. ( I live just across the state line in Indiana and avoid Chicago and IL in general for the most part.)
Here is a link for anyone who would like a flyer for this event.
Not sure if Chicago or Illinois has the same type of absurd definitions of firearms like D.C, but if so let’s hope that they do something about that as well.