Madison Co. Judge Declares
Illinois’ Lawsuit Venue Limit Law Unconstitutional.
A state law that limits where lawsuits challenging state laws can be filed has been ruled unconstitutional as applied to the Piasa Armory case in Madison County. Approved and signed last year by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, the law “does violate due process, as applied to persons who reside or were injured outside of Cook or Sangamon County,” Madison County
Judge Ronald Forest, Jr. wrote. Limiting where people can sue the state to just two of the state’s 102 counties is “tyrannical.” The law limits where people can sue the state to just Cook and Sangamon counties.
City of Chicago v GLOCK
The City of Chicago has
filed a first of its kind lawsuit against GLOCK. The city claims that the police have recovered over 1100 GLOCKs that have been converted to illegal machine guns. In 2023, the State of Illinois passed the Firearms Industry Responsibilities Act (FIRA) which can hold gun companies responsible for conduct that can endanger the public. The FIRA serves as the basis for this lawsuit.
Mayor
Brandon Johnson is a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns which is an anti-gun front group supported by Michael Bloomberg. This lawsuit claims it is too easy to convert GLOCKs to fully automatic firearms. The goal of the lawsuit is to make GLOCKs harder to convert to fully automatic firearms. The fact is that any firearm can be converted to a fully automatic firearm. If GLOCK were to change their design, some creative idiot would still find a way to convert them to be fully
automatic.
At a recent interview, I was asked about car manufacturers making their cars more difficult to steal, and why GLOCK couldn’t do something like that. One of the things that you need to remember is that a car has an average of 30,000 parts, whereas a GLOCK only has 34 parts. You have a lot less to work with, and a lot less space to put in any changes that would prevent
people from converting them to be fully automatic.
Another reality this lawsuit ignores, is that there have already been 20 million GLOCKs sold in the United States, with 1 million more manufactured each year. The lawsuit is political, not practical. As far as practicality goes, if there was ever a fool’s errand Olympic relay team, the state of Illinois would certainly be world
champions, with the city of Chicago running anchor.
If they recovered 1100 of these firearms, they undoubtedly caught some of the people converting and possessing them. The penalty is up to 10 years in Federal Prison. Additionally in Illinois, it is a Class X Felony in which a person can get up to 8 years in Illinois Prison. Of course, that is not happening. These people get caught, get a
slap on the wrist, and seldom serve 1 to 2 years in prison.
So, what we are seeing here is the City of Chicago blaming a gun company instead of holding criminals responsible and putting them in prison where they should be. We don’t see any of the vehicle companies being held responsible for getaway cars in robberies or the transportation of illegal drugs. This is just a cover for lax
enforcement of existing laws.
This lawsuit is in the Circuit Court in Chicago and should be dismissed down the line. It is a shame it was ever filed.
The Illinois Assault Weapons Ban Affects Many Hunting Guns.
Federal regulations on snow goose hunting allow for the use of semi-automatic shotguns with unlimited magazine capacity and most hunters use shotguns with 8 round capacities. Under PA 102-1116, these shotguns are prohibited from being possessed on public lands as of April 10th, 2023.
Also, commonly used semi-automatic turkey shotguns such as the Mossberg 930
are considered “assault weapons” also banned from public land hunting.
Many Gun Control Advocates Promised This Ban Wouldn’t Affect Hunters – Now Illinois Hunters Find Themselves with Banned Firearms and Many Questions…
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Golden State Cannot Enforce Gun Sale Rationing
U.S. District Judge William Q. Hayes handed down his ruling this past Monday. He struck down California’s one-gun-a-month restriction, finding it fell outside the scope of the nation’s historical tradition of gun regulation and, therefore, violated
the Second Amendment.
The Total Solar Eclipse - April 8th!
The 2024 solar eclipse will be visible over approximately 128 miles on April 8, as it passes over Illinois, lasting for 4 minutes and 9 seconds, beginning at 1:58 pm CDT when it
crosses the state line into southern Illinois, ending at 2:06 pm CDT. The partial phases of the eclipse will last longer. The eclipse's "path of totality" includes the southern tip of Illinois, but partial eclipses up to 95% will be experienced as far north as Chicago and west to Quincy, as its path arcs northeast into Indiana and Michigan.
Wear protective eyewear and don't miss
one of nature’s most spectacular events. The next total solar eclipse isn't until August 12, 2045!
