(The Center Square) – With some sheriffs saying they won’t enforce Illinois’ gun ban and registry, the state’s attorney general says there are ways to “do the job.” Gun-owner rights groups are collecting plaintiffs to sue.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed Illinois’ gun ban and registry that prohibits the future sale of certain semi-automatic guns and magazines over a certain capacity. Grandfathered guns would need to be registered with Illinois State Police by the end of the year.
Sheriffs and state’s attorneys from across the state have said they won’t enforce a gun ban and registry, saying it violates Illinoians’ rights in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Absent a court order, the ban is law.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul said Friday if local law enforcement won’t act, someone will.
“As law enforcement agencies, there’s overlapping jurisdiction as well, so if they don’t do their jobs, there are other people there to do the job,” Raoul said.
Rhonda Ezell, who was a lead plaintiff in a case several years ago successfully challenging Chicago gun restrictions, said gun owners in Illinois need to stand up for their rights.
“They don’t care what color you are, where you reside, where you live, where you work. Their goal is to disarm America and they made that very clear,” Ezell told The Center Square.
She said Illinois 2.4 million gun owners need to step up and become litigants in lawsuits seeking to block the measure. Those are expected in state and federal court from a myriad of different gun-owner rights groups.
On Friday, Pritzker was asked on CNN if he is confident the measure will survive a conservative U.S. Supreme Court.
“We know the way they’re going to vote, but I have to say, we have eight states that have passed assault weapons bans. We’re the ninth state,” Pritzker said. “So we believe the Supreme Court will take into account that these are established law, have been for some time.”
Illinois State Rifle Association Executive Director Richard Pearson said there’s a clear distinction between Illinois’ law and those eight other states.
“We’re the first state since the Bruin decisions the Supreme Court came down with in October,” Pearson told WMAY Friday.
Gun-rights groups say that supreme court decision against a New York law is a new precedent that requires gun laws to reflect text and tradition of the Second Amendment, rather than balancing the interests of public safety and individual rights.
We are the communist Government of the United States of America and we are here to help you. We, the communist Government of the United States of America, are helping you, by taking away all of your freedoms under the Constitution of the United States, because the Constitution should be put in the trash and then thrown into a garbage dump. How do you American citizens like the communist government, we have given you????? It sure is great living under communism, isn’t it??????
As often said. YOU Can vote yourself INTO communism. BUT have to FIGHT your way out of it.
Sounds like Governor Pritzker isn’t about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. So, he has “other people who can do the job”—make sure that doesn’t backfire on you ol’ boy.
“Attorney General Says If Sheriffs Won’t Enforce Gun Ban ‘There Are Other People There To Do The Job”,,,,and if the dishonest attorneys General do not enforce the laws,,,like our 2nd amendment rights, there are THE PEOPLE who will. Let them bring the switchbladed subpoenas to the gun fight and see who wins.
When a double crossing Illinois democrat (Ukrainian Governor) promises “ life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” All you ever get is death, oppression and the pursuit of escape from that state of taxation, violence and terror, which is the reason I left 30 years ago. Just pack up your troubles in your old kit bag, and come to texas.
Hey Governor Pricksker, do you remember a little incident, about 162 years ago, called Fort Sumpter?
Do you remember Lexington and Concord?
Perhaps they didn’t teach you those things in pubic screwell?
Think about it…
Strange the AG is willing to enforce THIS LAW, but none of the others!
What is an assault weapon? I would think it would have to be at least 55mm. Oh, and by the way if you keep your weapon in your garage it is perfectly secure. No gun safe required.
Shut the hell up, Pritzger, and stop threatening people! You, like the rest of the Democrat Party, are corrupt and beyond criminal and you all belong in jail! I guess voters in Crook County and East St. Louis got what they wanted, but the rest of the state did not!