Wilmette Suspends Local Handgun Ban

[beevul]

Wilmette Suspends Local Handgun Ban
NRA Files Suits In Chicago, Three Suburbs Challenging Gun Bans

POSTED: 2:47 pm CDT June 27, 2008
UPDATED: 6:39 pm CDT June 27, 2008

WILMETTE, Ill. -- Wilmette has suspended enforcement of its 19-year-old ordinance banning handgun possession in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that appears to invalidate such bans.

"The Law Department and the Police Department have suspended enforcement of the ordinance pending further review by the Village Board," Wilmette village attorney Tim Frenzer said Thursday. "Based on the decision today, at a minimum it calls into serious question the continued viability of the ordinance."

Frenzer said questions remain about how directly the court's decision will impact local gun laws in Wilmette and other parts of the country. Washington is not a state, and each state has its own legal language governing the right to bear arms.

"That aside, the opinion will require further review and discussion by the Village Board, but it's prudent at this point to suspend enforcement of it," Frenzer said.

Wilmette's law, enacted in 1989, levied fines of up to $750 for handgun possession and allowed the village to seek a judge's order to have seized weapons destroyed.


http://www.nbc5.com/news/16729972/detail.html

It will be interesting to see if after consideration, Wilmette reinstates their handgun ban.

[slackmaster]

1. Sounds like a prudent move indeed - I wish San Diego's government had that kind of smarts

Defending it in court in the wake of Heller could be very expensive.

[pipoman]

3. I think it depends on how deep the pockets of the constituents are

I would guess that SF and Chi-town has a lot more tax revenue to waste fighting a loosing battle than does Wilmette, IL.

[jody]

2. Handguns are the tool of choice for 830,000 sworn LEO who do not have an inalienable RKBA. I see no

legal reason to deny handguns to law-abiding citizens now that SCOTUS has confirmed that we have an inalienable right to keep and bear arms and that right predated the Constitution.