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Showing Original Post only (View all)Suburbs face lawsuit seeking tougher regulation of gun shops [View all]
An anti-violence coalition sued three suburban villages Tuesday, saying they need to do more to regulate gun stores whose weapons have been recovered in large numbers at crime scenes in low-income neighborhoods in Chicago.
The Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Catholic Church, and the Rev. Robin Hood, a West Side pastor, are among the plaintiffs in the civil-rights lawsuit against the villages of Riverdale, Lyons and Lincolnwood.
Lyons officials said they already have met with Chicago police to address their concerns about a gun shop there, while an attorney for Lincolnwood said officials there could not see any conceivable basis for liability on the part of the village.
The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, says those villages have lax or insufficient methods of administration in licensing and regulating gun dealers.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/751389/suburbs-face-lawsuit-seeking-tougher-regulation-gun-shops
The Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Catholic Church, and the Rev. Robin Hood, a West Side pastor, are among the plaintiffs in the civil-rights lawsuit against the villages of Riverdale, Lyons and Lincolnwood.
Lyons officials said they already have met with Chicago police to address their concerns about a gun shop there, while an attorney for Lincolnwood said officials there could not see any conceivable basis for liability on the part of the village.
The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, says those villages have lax or insufficient methods of administration in licensing and regulating gun dealers.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/751389/suburbs-face-lawsuit-seeking-tougher-regulation-gun-shops
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"The Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Catholic Church, and the Rev. Robin Hood..."
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2015
#3
Imagine if the money spent by the municipalities to defend themselves could instead be spent on
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2015
#5
Hey, isn't this the same guy who advocated "snuffing out" a gun store owner?
Eleanors38
Jul 2015
#13
It was over-the-top and the response comparing him to ISIS was over-the-top, as well.
SecularMotion
Jul 2015
#23
And your posts here are all irrelevant, lacking any form of insight and a petty annoyance
DonP
Jul 2015
#24
He did *not* get beaten up by a girl! And he's not crying -- the sun is just in his eyes.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2015
#31
Then you're basically claiming facts, respect for rights and empowering people are RW.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2015
#30