by With the override of the amendatory veto of HB 183, the clock is ticking for towns and cities in Illinois who want to impose their own semi-auto firearm restrictions. The bill gave Illinois municipalities 10 days after its passage to have these ordinances in place or forever forego them.
From the alert below from the Illinois State Rifle Association, it appears that a number of cities and towns in and around Cook County are racing to get them in place before the deadline.
From the ISRA alert:
URGENT ALERT Will your town try to ban your rifle this
week?Attend one of these meetings!
Ban Guns:Evanston Lake Zurich Morton Grove* Darien Clarendon Hills Thornton Waukegan Gurnee Flossmoor River Forest Lake Forest Steger Buffalo Grove Batavia University Park
Tuesday Night Meetings to Ban Guns:Lincolnwood Winnetka
Thursday Night Meetings to Ban Guns:Morton Grove** Palos Hills Hanover Park
Here is the current status: The Illinois CCW
act has been passed into law by an override of the
governor’s veto on July 9. The 10-day window
for municipalities for enact their own local
semi-auto bans expires on July 19.In a last-ditch effort to solve to a non-existent
problem, Cook County and collar county communities
are going to show that they can get tough on crime
by coming down hard on the law-abiding citizens who
choose to own popular semi-automatic firearms.Are you tired of hearing about attempts to take away
your firearms?
Here is what you need to
do:1. No matter where you live, plan to be at one of
the meetings listed below. Be sure to bring a friend
or two along with you.2. Wear IGOLD or NRA hats and/or teeshirts.
3. Be prepared to vigorously defend your rights.
4. If you see media there, approach them and tell
them that you are a law-abiding Illinois firearm
owner and that you do not support gun bans.5. Be sure to get to the meeting site at least 45
minutes early so you will get a seat. We need to
make our voices heard.6. Pass this alert on to you friends and family and
tell them to attend meetings too.7. Post this to all forums to which you belong.
Monday:
What: Evanston City Council –
GUN BAN
on agenda.
Agenda
Packet (p10)
Where:
2100 Ridge Ave Evanston 60201
When:
Monday, 15 July 7:00 pmWhat: Darien City Council –
GUN BAN
on agenda.
Agenda
Memo
Where: 1702
Plainfield Rd Darien 60561
When:
Monday, 15 July 7:30 pmWhat: Waukegan City Council –
GUN BAN
on agenda.
Agenda
Where: 100 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Av
When:
Monday, 15 July 7:00 pmWhat: River Forest “Special” Village Board –
Nothing in the published
agenda yet. Go there anyway.
Where: 400
Park Avenue, River Forest 60305
When:
Monday, 15 July 7:00 pmWhat:
Buffalo Grove Village Board –
GUN BAN
on agenda.
Agenda p229
Where: 50 Raupp Boulevard
When:
Monday, 15 July 7:30 pmWhat: Lake
Zurich Village Board –
GUN BAN
on agenda.
Agenda p229
Where:
Police Dept 200 Mohawk Trail Community Room
60047
When:
Monday, 15 July 7:00 pmWhat:
Clarendon Hills Village Board –
GUN BAN
on agenda.
Agenda
Packet p72
Where:
1 N. Prospect Clarendon Hills 60514
When:
Monday, 15 July 7:00 pmWhat:
Gurnee Village Board –
GUN BAN
on agenda.
Agenda
Where:
325 N O’Plaine Rd Gurnee 60031
When:
Monday, 15 July 7:30 pmWhat: Lake Forest
City Council –
Agenda
Gun Ban discussion to be
continued from last meeting
Where: 220 E. Deerpath
When:
Monday, 15 July 7:30 pm
What:
Batavia
City Council –
GUN BAN on agenda.
Agenda
Where: 100
N. Island Ave Batavia 60510
When:
Monday, 15 July 7:30 pmWhat:
Morton Grove
Village Town Hall Meeting –
GUN BAN
on agenda. *
Agenda
Patch Article
Where:
American Legion 6140 Dempster
When:
Monday, 15 July 7:00 pm
What:
Thornton Village Board –
Nothing in the published
agenda yet.
Go there anyway.
Where: 115 E
Margaret St.
Thornton 60476
When:
Monday, 15 July 7:30 pm
What:
Flossmoor Village Board –
GUN BAN on agenda.
Agenda Packet (p45)
Where: 2800
Flossmoor Rd Flossmoor 60422
When:
Monday, 15 July 7:30 pmWhat:
Steger Village Board –
GUN BAN on agenda.
Agenda Packet p49
Committee Agendas
Where: 35 W
34th St. Steger 60475
When:
Monday, 15 July 7:00 pm
What: University Park “Special” Village Board –
GUN BAN
on agenda.
Agenda
Where:
90 Towncenter Dr.
University Park 60484
When:
Monday, 15 July Committee: 6:00 pm
Board: 7:30 pm
Tuesday:What:
Winnetka Village Board –
GUN BAN on agenda.
Agenda Packet p197
Where: 510
Green Bay Rd Winnetka 60093
When:
Tuesday, 16 July 7:00 pmWhat:
Lincolnwood Village Board –
GUN BAN on agenda.
Agenda
&
(big) Packet p515
Where:
6900 N. Lincoln Ave
Lincolnwood 60712
When:
Tuesday, 16 July 7:30 pm
Thursday:What: Morton Grove “Special” Village Board – **
GUN BAN on the (yet to be
published) agenda.
Where:
6101 Capulina Ave Morton
Grove 60053
When:
Thursday,
18 July 7:00 pm
What: Hanover Park Village Board –
GUN BAN on the (yet to be
published) agenda.
Where: 2121 Lake Street, Hanover
Park
When:
Thursday,
18 July 7:30 pm
What: Palos Hills City Council –
No published agenda yet.
Go there anyway.
Where:
10335 S Roberts Rd Palos
Hills 60465
When:
Thursday,
18 July 7:00 pm
For
status of previous meetings,
other meeting times, talking points against semi-auto bans, copies of
proposed ordinances, links to other resources; please visit
http://isra.org/townhall .
UPDATE: Thanks to Todd Vandermyde of the NRA, we have a report of which towns adopted any new gun control and which ones did not. It looks like it turned out to be a good night as most towns failed to adopt any new ordinances controlling firearms.
Batavia – FAILED motion to table.
Buffalo Grove – passed a bifurcated ordinance cook ban in cook, no ban in Lake county side
Clarendon Hills – FAILED
Darien – FAILED
Evanston – PASSED modified to exempt C&R licensees
Evergreen Park – FAILED no motion
Flossmoor – FAILED
Gurnee – NO ACTION, DEAD
Lake Forest – TABLED
Lake Zurich – NO BAN. Shell ordinance Failed.
Morton Grove – pending
River Forest — ????
Round Lake Beach – FAILED
Steger – FAILED
Thornton – removed from agenda
University Park— BanFAILED, storage ordinance passed
Waukegan – FAILED
