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Gun groups want a restraining order against Deerfield's assault weapons ban
un-rights advocacy groups are asking a Lake County Circuit Court judge to bar the village of Deerfield from enforcing its ban on assault weapons that is set to kick in June 13.
The ordinance enacted April 2 by the Deerfield Village Board gives residents until June 13 to turn in any guns that fit the village’s definition of assault weapons, remove them from the village or modify the guns so they’re no longer considered assault weapons. The ordinance empowers the town’s police chief to confiscate the assault weapons of anyone charged under the ordinance.
Owners found in violation can be fined up to $1,000 a day, according to the ordinance.
Two lawsuits were filed in April challenging the ordinance on various grounds, including a claim that the ordinance deprives gun owners of property they are legally entitled to possess. The plaintiffs in both lawsuits are asking for a temporary restraining order to block Deerfield from enforcing the ban until the court can hear their arguments for a permanent injunction.
The Deerfield ordinance also notes that state and federal authorities have failed to regulate the possession, manufacture and sale of assault weapons. The ordinance says the local ban may increase the public’s sense of safety in public places and deter a mass shooting within village, notwithstanding objections that other weapons are available and a local ban is difficult to enforce.
The ordinance said the ban also may “increase the public’s sense of safety by effecting a cultural change which communicates the normative value that assault weapons should have no role or purpose in civil society in the Village of Deerfield.”
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Gun groups want a restraining order against Deerfield's assault weapons ban before it takes effect in 2 weeks
un-rights advocacy groups are asking a Lake County Circuit Court judge to bar the village of Deerfield from enforcing its ban on assault weapons that is set to kick in June 13.
The ordinance enacted April 2 by the Deerfield Village Board gives residents until June 13 to turn in any guns that fit the village’s definition of assault weapons, remove them from the village or modify the guns so they’re no longer considered assault weapons. The ordinance empowers the town’s police chief to confiscate the assault weapons of anyone charged under the ordinance.
Owners found in violation can be fined up to $1,000 a day, according to the ordinance.
Two lawsuits were filed in April challenging the ordinance on various grounds, including a claim that the ordinance deprives gun owners of property they are legally entitled to possess. The plaintiffs in both lawsuits are asking for a temporary restraining order to block Deerfield from enforcing the ban until the court can hear their arguments for a permanent injunction.
The Deerfield ordinance also notes that state and federal authorities have failed to regulate the possession, manufacture and sale of assault weapons. The ordinance says the local ban may increase the public’s sense of safety in public places and deter a mass shooting within village, notwithstanding objections that other weapons are available and a local ban is difficult to enforce.
The ordinance said the ban also may “increase the public’s sense of safety by effecting a cultural change which communicates the normative value that assault weapons should have no role or purpose in civil society in the Village of Deerfield.”
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Gun groups want a restraining order against Deerfield's assault weapons ban before it takes effect in 2 weeks
