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Good to see another one of the Chicago suburbs give up on the futile gun bans.  Hopefully if enough suburbs give up on gun bans then the leaders of the Communist Party of Illinois will give up their hold on Chicago.

Updated 7/29: Morton Grove repeals landmark gun ban

July 29, 2008

By Nick Katz nkatz@pioneerlocal.com

Morton Grove trustees Monday threw out the village’s historic handgun ban.

But Trustee Georgianne Brunner, the only one to vote against the repeal, said she may be back with a proposal to require Morton Grove residents to register guns with the village.

The 5-1 vote repealing the 27-year-old ban on possession of handguns in the village came in a packed council chamber while news cameras clicked and a large number of reporters scribbled.

Unlike the usual village board meetings, Monday’s was covered by radio, television, daily newspaper and national wire service reporters as the village joined some other Chicago suburbs that have or plan to repeal similar bans.

Morton Grove gained national attention in 1981 when the handgun ban, the first in the nation, was approved during a series of contentious meetings that brought out both supporters and opponents of gun control.

The measure, challenged by local lawyer Victor Quilici, withstood a court challenge and was upheld by a U.S. Court of Appeals. The U.S. Supreme court declined to hear an appeal of that decision.

But in a June 26 ruling in a Washington D.C. case, District of Columbia v. Heller, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld, in a 5-4 vote, the right to have handguns at home for protection. It also said that regulations such as requiring that guns be disassembled or have trigger locks are unconstitutional.

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The NRA-ILA Site Updates also chimed in on this subject

After court ruling, towns rush to repeal gun bans

In 1981, this quiet northern Chicago suburb made history by becoming the first municipality in the nation to ban the possession of handguns. Twenty-seven years later, Morton Grove has repealed its law, bowing to a U.S. Supreme Court decision in June that affirmed homeowners` right to keep guns for self-defense.

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Here is a great post from NRA-ILA Site Updates

Gun Ban Plaintiff Dick Heller Files New Lawsuit Against Washington, D.C.

The plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that overturned Washington’s 32-year-old handgun ban has filed a new federal lawsuit against the city.

In a complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court, Dick Heller and two other plaintiffs allege that the city’s new gun regulations still violate rights guaranteed under the Constitution.

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Georgia group takes local bans down

What began a few years ago as an online forum for gun-rights advocates has exploded into the leading group for expanding Georgia`s gun laws. Since its incorporation in 2006, Georgia Carry has fired off a steady stream of lawsuits against local gun bans by leaning on a state law that bars any entity but the General Assembly from regulating the carrying and possession of firearms.

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Here is a great post from NRA-ILA Site Updates

D.C. Is Sued Again Over Handgun Rules

The man who successfully challenged the D.C. handgun ban before the U.S. Supreme Court filed a second federal lawsuit yesterday, alleging that the District`s new gun-registration system is burdensome and continues to unlawfully outlaw most semiautomatic pistols.

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