Residents of illinois village have 60 days to surrender guns or face $1000 a day fine

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RESIDENTS OF ILLINOIS VILLAGE HAVE 60 DAYS TO SURRENDER GUNS OR FACE $1000 A DAY FINE

Board of trustees passes ordinance to disarm residents

Paul Joseph Watson (https://www.infowars.com/author/paul-joseph-watson/) | Infowars.com - APRIL 5, 2018

Residents of Deerfield, Illinois have 60 days to turn in their “assault weapons” or face fines of up to $1000 dollars a day.

Earlier this week, the The Village Board of Trustees passed an ordinance (http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/deerfield/news/ct-dfr-deerfield-assault-weapon-ban-tl-0412-story.html)which banned certain types of “assault weapons” and large capacity magazines, including the the Ruger 10/22, which can accept magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.

Semi-automatic pistols that can hold more than 10 rounds have also been banned. Law enforcement and retired law enforcement members of the community are exempted from the ban.

Residents will have to either sell the weapons, transfer ownership to someone living outside of the town, turn them into police or pay the exorbitant fines, which range from $250 to $1000 per day per gun. The deadline is June 13.

Authorities justified the ban by pointing to the recent spate of mass shootings, including last year’s Sutherland Springs shooting, which was stopped by a man who used one of the very guns Deerfield has now banned.

Writer Jack Burns predicts (http://www.thedailysheeple.com/town-bypasses-constitution-us-citizens-given-60-days-to-turn-in-guns-or-become-criminals_042018) that some residents will refuse to follow the order or pay the fines, resulting in “major turmoil and arrests in the event of non-compliance.”

Indeed, some residents have already vowed to disobey the ban.

“There’s an ancient and honored American tradition called disobeying an unjust law…I have urged (people) to listen to their conscience and if so moved do not obey this law,” remarked Joel Siegel, a resident of Lincolnwood.

Deerfield Mayor Harriet Rosenthal suggested that she was moved to bring about the ban by the words of students from the local high school.
“Enough is enough,” Rosenthal said, adding, “Those students are so articulate just like our students. There is no place here for assault weapons.”

Second Amendment advocates have vowed to fight the ban in court with the help (http://wgntv.com/2018/04/05/nra-joins-fight-against-deerfields-weapons-ban/) of the NRA.

[ziero0]

A good time to not be a res-ident (thing identified)

[Cebu_4_2]

The actual ordinance here: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4429919/Deerfield-Assault-Weapon-Ordinance.pdf

Owners of assault weapons living in north suburban Deerfield have until June 13 to remove the firearms from within village limits or face daily fines after a ban was approved Monday night.

The Village Board of Trustees unanimously approved a ban on certain types of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, amending a 2013 ordinance that regulated the storage of those items.

The new ordinance prohibits the possession, sale and manufacturing of certain types of assault weapons and large capacity magazines within the village, according to the ordinance. One change from the law as it was originally discussed exempts retired police officers from the ban, according to Village Manager Kent Street.

Violations carry a fine of between $250 and $1,000 per day, according to Matthew Rose, the village attorney. He said the fine is levied each day until there is compliance.

Street said the new law is modeled after one approved by Highland Park in 2013. That ban survived a legal challenge by one of the city’s residents and the Illinois State Rifle Association. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that legislation constitutional and the U.S. Supreme Court let the decision stand when it declined to take up the appeal.

Unlike Highland Park, Deerfield opted not to enact a total ban on assault weapons during a 10-day window that Illinois lawmakers’ gave home-rule municipalities in 2013 before the state’s new Firearm Concealed Carry Act eliminated their ability to do so.

However, Deerfield trustees did enact an ordinance defining assault weapons and requiring the safe storage and safe transportation of those weapons within the village. That measure, which was enacted during the permitted time frame, preserved Deerfield's right to amend the ordinance in the future, Street previously said.

“This is not only held constitutional by the Seventh Circuit but similar laws have been ruled constitutional in California, the District of Columbia and Maryland,” Rose said last month.

The original resolution said that since Deerfield enacted its regulations, “assault weapons have been increasingly used in an alarming number of notorious mass shooting incidents at public schools, public venues, places of worship and places of public accommodation.”

Document: Deerfield assault weapon ordinance
In the ordinance, the definition of an assault weapon includes, among others, semiautomatic rifles that have a fixed magazine with a capacity to accept more than 10 rounds of ammunition; shotguns with a revolving cylinder; and semiautomatic pistols and rifles that can accept large-capacity magazines and possess one of a list of other features. Among the dozens of specific models cited are the AR-15, AK-47 and Uzi, according to the ordinance.

The rationale mentions four recent shooting incidents that have claimed a total of 150 lives: The shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 dead; a massacre at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas that killed 26 people; the Las Vegas music festival shooting that left 58 dead and the Pulse Nightclub mass shooting in Orlando, Fla. that killed 49 people.

Though the trustees had virtually no debate Monday night, more than 70 people attended the meeting. Of the 20 people who spoke, 14 were opposed to the ordinance and six supported it. Eight of 14 people who expressed opposition to the ban said they lived outside Deerfield.

Opponents of the ban like Larry Nordal of Deerfield cited their rights under the Second Amendment and expressed fear that more restrictive laws would be passed in the future.

“The ordinance to store firearms was only passed for one reason,” Nordal said. “That was to have an amendatory vehicle that could be used in the future for just this purpose so you could banish assorted firearms in the future. First it’s going to be assault rifles. (There will be) new bans in the future. It’s just a matter of time.”

Deerfield meeting
Deerfield trustees prepare to vote on an assault weapons ban in front of a packed crowd April 2, 2018. (Steve Sadin / Pioneer Press)
Ariella Kharasch, a Deerfield High School senior who favors the legislation, said she wants more action both on a local and national level.

“This is our fight,” Kharasch said. “This is our generation’s fight. We’re going to keep fighting and this is part of it. Change happens gradually step by step. The fight does not end at the borders of our village.”

Joel Siegel of Lincolnwood said governments in other countries have banned weapons and then proceeded to use weapons against defenseless citizens. He urged civil disobedience as a way to stay safe.

“There’s an ancient and honored American tradition called disobeying an unjust law,” Siegel said. “I have urged (people) to listen to their conscience and if so moved do not obey this law.”

Mike Weisman, a Glen Ellyn resident and a board member of the Illinois State Rifle Association said Deerfield should be prepared for a lawsuit like the one filed against neighboring Highland Park. That city received assistance with its legal defense from gun violence prevention organizations, according to Street.

While the trustees did not discuss their reasons for supporting the ordinance at this meeting, Trustee Barbara Struthers said she knew of people who were opposed but chose not to come and speak because it would subject them to ridicule in the community. She wants none of that.

“I’m going to vote for the ordinance but people who disagree with the gun owners should not be beating them over the head just because they disagree,” Struthers said.

Deerfield Mayor Harriet Rosenthal has previously stated that she decided to take up the ban after the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Fla.

“Enough is enough,” Rosenthal said when the ban was first discussed. “Those students are so articulate just like our students. There is no place here for assault weapons.”

Steve Sadin is a freelance reporter for Pioneer Press.

[madfranks]

Surprise, the mayor is a woman, who makes policy based on her feelings rather than logic and facts.

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Article 11. Assault Weapons.
Sec. 15-86. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Article, shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a
different meaning:
Assault weapon means:
(1) A semiautomatic rifle that has the capacity to accept a large capacity magazine
detachable or otherwise and one or more of the following:
(A) Only a pistol grip without a stock attached;
(B) Any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that can be held by
the non-trigger hand;
(C) A folding, telescoping or thumbhole stock;
(D) A shroud attached to the barrel, or that partially or completely encircles the
barrel, allowing the bearer to hold the firearm with the non-trigger hand
without being burned, but excluding a slide that encloses the barrel; or
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(E) A muzzle brake or muzzle compensator.
(2) A semiautomatic rifle that has a fixed magazine that has the capacity to accept more
than ten rounds of ammunition.
(3) A semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and
has one or more of the following:
(A) Any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that can be held by
the non-trigger hand;
(B) A folding, telescoping or thumbhole stock;
(C) A shroud attached to the barrel, or that partially or completely encircles the
barrel, allowing the bearer to hold the firearm with the non-trigger hand
without being burned, but excluding a slide that encloses the barrel;
(D) The capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of
the pistol grip.
(4) A semiautomatic shotgun that has one or more of the following:
(A) Only a pistol grip without a stock attached;
(B) Any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that can be held by
the non-trigger hand;
(C) A folding, telescoping or thumbhole stock;
(D) A fixed magazine capacity in excess of five rounds; or
(E) An ability to accept a detachable magazine.
(5) Any shotgun with a revolving cylinder.
(6) Conversion kit, part or combination of parts, from which an assault weapon can be
assembled if those parts are in the possession or under the control of the same
person.
(7) Shall include, but not be limited to, the assault weapons models identified as
follows:
(A) The following rifles or copies or duplicates thereof:
(i) AK, AKM, AKS, AK-47, AK-74, ARM, MAK90, Misr, NHM 90,
NHM 91, SA 85, SA 93, VEPR;
(ii) AR-10;
(iii) AR-15, Bushmaster XM15, Armalite M15, or Olympic Arms PCR;
(iv) AR70;
(v) Calico Liberty;
(vi) Dragunov SVD Sniper Rifle or Dragunov SVU;
(viii) Fabrique National FN/FAL, FN/LAR, or FNC;
(viii) Hi-Point Carbine;
(ix) HK-91, HK-93, HK-94, or HK-PSG-1;
(x) Kel-Tec Sub Rifle;
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(xi) Saiga;
(xii) SAR-8, SAR-4800;
(xiii) SKS with detachable magazine;
(xiv) SLG 95;
(xv) SLR 95 or 96;
(xvi) Steyr AUG;
(xvii) Sturm, Ruger Mini-14;
(xviii) Tavor;
(xix) Thompson 1927, Thompson M1, or Thompson 1927 Commando; or
(xx) Uzi, Galil and Uzi Sporter, Galil Sporter, or Galil Sniper Rifle
(Galatz).
(B) The following pistols or copies or duplicates thereof, when not designed to
be held and fired by the use of a single hand:
(i) Calico M-110;
(ii) MAC-10, MAC-11, or MPA3;
(iii) Olympic Arms OA;
(iv) TEC-9, TEC-DC9, TEC-22 Scorpion, or AB-10; or
(v) Uzi.
(C) The following shotguns or copies or duplicates thereof:
(i) Armscor 30 BG;
(ii) SPAS 12 or LAW 12;
(iii) Striker 12; or
(iv) Streetsweeper.
“Assault weapon” does not include any firearm that has been made permanently
inoperable, or satisfies the definition of “antique firearm handgun,” stated in this
section Code, or weapons designed for Olympic target shooting events.
Detachable magazine means any ammunition feeding device, the function of which
is to deliver one or more ammunition cartridges into the firing chamber, which can be
removed from the firearm without the use of any tool, including a bullet or ammunition
cartridge.
Large capacity magazine means any ammunition feeding device with the capacity
to accept more than ten rounds, but shall not be construed to include the following:
(1) A feeding device that has been permanently altered so that it cannot
accommodate more than ten rounds.
(2) A 22 caliber tube ammunition feeding device.
(3) A tubular magazine that is contained in a lever-action firearm.
Muzzle brake means a device attached to the muzzle of a weapon that utilizes
escaping gas to reduce recoil.
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Muzzle compensator means a device attached to the muzzle of a weapon that
utilizes escaping gas to control muzzle movement.
Sec. 15-87. Safe Storage of Assault Weapons; Exceptions.
(a) Safe Storage. It shall be unlawful to possess, bear, manufacture, sell, transfer,
transport, store or keep any assault weapon in the Village. unless such weapon is secured
in a locked container or equipped with a tamper-resistant mechanical lock or other safety
device, properly engaged so as to render such weapon inoperable by any person other than
the owner or other lawfully authorized user. For purposes of this section, such weapon shall
not be deemed stored or kept when being carried by or under the control of the owner or
other lawfully authorized user.
(b) Self defense exception. No person shall be punished for a violation of this
section if an assault weapon is used in a lawful act of self-defense or in defense of another.
(c) The provisions of this section, excluding those pertaining to the manufacture
and sale of any assault weapon in the Village, do not apply to (i) any law enforcement
officer, agent or employee of any municipality of the State of Illinois (ii) any law
enforcement officer, agent or employee of the State of Illinois, of the United States, or of
any other state (iii) any member of the military or other service of any state or the United
States, including national guard and reserves, if the persons described are authorized by a
competent authority to so carry an assault weapon loaded on a public way and such person
is acting within the scope of his duties or training, or (iv) any qualified retired law
enforcement officer, as that term is defined in 18 U.S.C. § 926C(c); however, any such
assault weapon subject to the aforesaid exceptions under this section shall be safely stored
and secured in a locked container or equipped with a tamper-resistant mechanical lock or
other safety device properly engaged so as to render such weapon inoperable by any person
other than the owner or other lawfully authorized user, or broken down in a nonfunctioning
state and not immediately accessible to any person, or unloaded and enclosed in a case,
firearm carrying box, shipping box or other container by a person who has been issued a
currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card, except as may otherwise be lawfully
provided by the rules, regulations, general orders, ordinances or laws regulating the
conduct of any such law enforcement officer, service member or qualified retired law
enforcement officer.
Section 15-88. Transportation of Assault Weapons; Exceptions.
(a) It is unlawful and a violation of this section for any person to carry, keep, bear,
transport or possess an assault weapon in the Village, except when on his land or in his
own abode, legal dwelling or fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling
of another person as an invitee with that person’s permission, except that this section does
not apply to or affect transportation of assault weapons that meet one of the following
conditions:
(i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or and
(ii) are not immediately accessible to any person; or
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(iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other
container by a person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card.; or
(b) The provisions of this section do not apply to (i) any law enforcement officer,
agent or employee of any municipality of the State of Illinois (ii) any law enforcement
officer, agent or employee of the State of Illinois, of the United States, or of any other state
(iii) any member of the military or other service of any state or the United States, including
national guard and reserves officer, agent or employee of any municipality of the
commonwealth, if the persons described are authorized by a competent authority to so carry
an assault weapon loaded on a public way and such person is acting within the scope of his
duties or training, or (iv) any qualified retired law enforcement officer, as that term is
defined in 18 U.S.C. § 926C(c); however, any such assault weapon subject to the aforesaid
exceptions under this section shall be safely transported in a locked container or equipped
with a tamper-resistant mechanical lock or other safety device properly engaged so as to
render such weapon inoperable by any person other than the owner or other lawfully
authorized user, or broken down in a nonfunctioning state and not immediately accessible
to any person, or unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box or
other container by a person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card, except as may otherwise be lawfully provided by the rules, regulations,
general orders, ordinances or laws regulating the conduct of any such law enforcement
officer, service member or qualified retired law enforcement officer.
Section 15-89. Penalty.
Any person who is found to have violated this Article shall be fined not less than
$250 and not more than $1,000 for each offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed
committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. Every person
convicted of any violation under this Article shall, in addition to any penalty provided in
this Code, forfeit to the Village any assault weapon.
Section 15-90. Disposition of Assault Weapon and Large Capacity Magazine.
Any person who, prior to the effective date of Ordinance No. ____, was legally in
possession of an Assault Weapon or Large Capacity Magazine prohibited by this Article,
shall have 60 days from the effective date of Ordinance No. ____, to do any of the
following without being subject to prosecution hereunder:
(a) Remove, sell or transfer the Assault Weapon or Large Capacity Magazine from
within the limits of the Village;
(b) Modify the Assault Weapon or Large Capacity Magazine either to render it
permanently inoperable or to permanently make it a device no longer defined as an Assault
Weapon or Large Capacity Magazine; or
(c) Surrender the Assault Weapon or Large Capacity Magazine to the Chief of
Police or his or her designee for disposal as provided in Section 15-91 of this Article.
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Section 15-91. Destruction of Assault Weapons and Lage Capacity Magazines.
The Chief of Police or his or her designee shall have the power to confiscate any
assault weapon of any person charged with a violation under this Article. The Chief of
Police shall cause to be destroyed each Assault Weapon or Large Capacity Magazine
surrendered or confiscated pursuant to this Article; provided, however, that no Assault
Weapon or Large Capacity Magazine shall be destroyed until such time as the Chief of
Police determines that the Assault Weapon or Large Capacity Magazine is not needed as
evidence in any matter. The Chief of Police shall cause to be kept a record of the date and
method of destruction of each Assault Weapon or Large Capacity Magazine destroyed
pursuant to this Article.

[midnight rambler]

It's a good first step.

[osoab]

So no road trips to Deerfield. Can do.

[osoab]

It's a good first step.

Like a plank?

[midnight rambler]

Like a plank?

Something like that.

"We won't be turning back from here."

[Bigjon]

Surprise, the mayor is a woman, who makes policy based on her feelings rather than logic and facts.

A Jewish woman.

[Horn]

Hopefully Deerfield will be reimbursing its citizens for reclaiming what were once legal to own and register.

So then its citizens can purchase another unregistered version from another closest village.

Infact gunmakers of assault weapons would love this law.

Someone needs to open an assault weapons store on the outskirts of Deerfield.

[latemetal1]

Time to look up recall elections in that town, fire those clowns..I'll send a check.

[Ares]

Time to look up recall elections in that town, fire those clowns..I'll send a check.

I'd be curious if someone can charge elected officials like this with sedition and insurrection.

Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2383

Sounds like the entire Democratic party could be charged with that, as well as some members of the Republican party.

[Neuro]

A Jewish woman.

Thus she isn’t making her decisions based on neither emotion, nor logic or facts. She is basing her decisions on tribal edicts as formulated by the learned elders of Zion.

[Joshua01]

Every fucking time!!!!
A Jewish woman.