July 7th, the Coalition for Safe Communities in Chicago along with other pro-gun control plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in Chicago stating that there was a lack of oversight on legally purchased firearms in the Riverdale, Lyons, and Lincolnwood areas of Chicago.
No joke, the plaintiffs of the lawsuit are alleging that “20 percent of guns” found at crime scenes were legally purchased and that the lack of regulation on the purchase of firearms in the Chicago area is a violation of their “civil rights.” So what are the plaintiffs seeking to do? They want to impose further regulation on the gun dealers themselves in an effort to prevent crime.
The suit states the plaintiffs wish to see FFL’s (Firearm Dealers) do the following:
“[perform] background checks of store employees, [have] safety plans approved by the police to deter theft, [train] employees to identify straw purchasers, who are legal gun buyers who illegally supply weapons to people barred from owning firearms, and [keep] a log of a store’s gun sales in which the weapon was recovered in a crime.”
Yeah… They already do all of that with the exception of a list of recovered at crime scenes.
Via Breitbart
The suit claims that “20 percent of guns” found at Chicago crime scenes between 2009 and 2013 were guns legally purchased from gun shops in these villages. Therefore, the suit posits a need for more regulatory oversight of gun stores in Riverdale, Lyons, and Lincolnwood.
It is important to note that people who buy guns from these retailers — like all retailers – must pass a background check… Pfleger and company aren’t denying that background checks have been passed by people who bought guns. Rather, they suggest more regulation should be imposed on those who are selling the guns.
Officials for Lyons said they met with Chicago Police to discuss the concerns voiced about a gun shop in their community and Lincolnwood’s attorney cannot find “any conceivable basis for liability” on the part of the village.
Nevertheless, the suit seeks to have “the court to declare [the] three suburbs in violation of the Illinois Civil Rights Act and issue an injunction requiring them to strengthen their regulation of gun stores.”
Thoughts?