Judge Gives Chicago 6 Months To OK Gun Sales Law
Federal Judge Edward E. Chang approved the 180-day delay. Chang had ruled Jan. 6 that the city's ban on gun sales was unconstitutional, and Monday was deadline for the city appeal the ruling.
Instead, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration decided to seek the six month delay in its implementation, rather than fight Chang's ruling.
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The city said it needed the six months to allow gun sales because any ordinance will "have many detailed components, including zoning, licensing, and operational requirements for gun dealers, as well as robust regulations targeting illegal sales and transfer practices ..." The motion also said it will take time for the City Council to enact an ordinance.
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I imagine they'll be trying to make the ordinance as restrictive as possible - it will be interesting to see if they successfully walk that tight-rope, or if the whole thing ends up in court again. Perhaps the leadership will finally catch on that sales bans or onerous restrictions are symbolic and unproductive wastes of time, money, political capital, and energy...
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They had their ass handed to them in court for creating restrictive zoning rules that kept ranges out of the city with the Ezell case.
Now I expect some of the "brain trust" that works for Rahm and wrote the laws that keep getting overturned will try the same with gun stores.
Because after all, Chicago is the first city in all of history to have to deal with this, right? 
And it's not like there are already extensive Federal and State laws regulating FFLs or as if they had an entire Federal agency overseeing their business. Chicago obviously needs 6 months, just to be safe. Then another court case and another loss with our money backing up another big cartoon check from Rahm to the NRA and ISRA.
Then maybe one of these weasels can also explain to me why they are so fixated on the "distance from a school"? Are there a lot of recorded examples of gun store customers walking across the street and shooting up a school that I missed in the news?
Also worth noting ... they passed their last round of gun ordinances in 48 hours. This time they need 6 months .... stalling again.