SAF Files Lawsuit Challenging Chicago's Handgun Ban

U.S. Newswire;  June 26, 2008 ;     501 words ......lawsuit challenging the City of Chicago's long-standing handgun ban. The case is McDonald v. City of Chicago. "Chicago's handgun ban has failed to stop violent...right to keep and bear arms. Chicago's handgun ban, and some of its gun registration...

Chicago police still will enforce handgun ban; city vows to keep fighting...

SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL);  July 25, 2008 ;     195 words ......Sun-Times News Group Chicago police will continue to enforce the city's handgun ban and firearm registration...lawsuits to shoot down Chicago's gun laws after the...the Supreme Court. "Chicago's gun ordinance was...lawsuit challenging Chicago's existing laws. "What...

Group launches campaign for handgun ban referendum

The Boston Globe;  April 21, 1992 ;     700+ words ......launch a campaign today for a sweeping handgun ban in Boston. Members of CEASE-FIRE will...drive for a nonbinding referendum on a handgun ban in November. The ballot question would...Council candidate who is spearheading the handgun ban drive. It is the second initiative in...

Advocates of handgun ban set sights on Chicago.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  September 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ......point-blank their next target: Chicago. Gun-rights advocates scored...it will, it could place Chicago's handgun ban, as well as similar laws...Against Handgun Violence. The Chicago ban is considered a close...period over the weekend. In Chicago, the overall homicide ...

Charter doesn't authorize handgun ban: village attorney

Glencoe News (IL);  August 24, 2000 ;     411 words ......does not have the authority to enact a handgun ban. In a letter to the village, Filippini...Village Board was scheduled to discuss a handgun ban ordinance during a workshop session...also a charter community, adopted a handgun ban in 1989 following the Laurie Dann incident...

Wilmette shoots down '89 handgun ban

Wilmette Life (IL);  July 24, 2008 ;     345 words ......night to strike the village's 1989 handgun ban from the books in the wake of last...election two people talked to me about our handgun ban, one person being for it and one person...diverse dining options than about the handgun ban."

Trustees still back local handgun ban

Wilmette Life (IL);  January 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......prosecute of a homeowner under the village's handgun ban ordinance is a minor charge - more of...believe the reasons behind the 15-year-old handgun ban remain valid and made no moves to overturn...Cindy Falzer said she believes the handgun ban, like the more recently passed indoor...

Handgun ban hearing boils with rancor in Winnetka

Chicago Sun-Times;  December 16, 1988 ;     503 words ......before the Winnetka Village Board on a handgun ban recommended earlier by the village's...harm in the ban than in guns. "This handgun ban will hurt people," said Susan Craig...Wilmette. "They are trying to portray (a handgun ban) as the beginning of a second Holocaust...

Wilmette police chief gets an earful on handgun ban Weapons 'create a...

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 14, 2004 ;     325 words ......Wilmette Village Board to defend the town's handgun ban, which has come to the forefront since...residents are supportive of the 1989 handgun ban, Carpenter said, although he acknowledged...podium Tuesday to blast the village's handgun ban and to defend gun ownership, which some...

New Survey Reveals More Americans Favor Handgun Ban Than Own Handguns

U.S. Newswire;  March 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ......NORC) at the University of Chicago details for the first time...the study's findings are: -- Handgun Ban. While only 25 percent of...Atlantic residents favor a handgun ban. Nearly 47 percent of New England residents favor a handgun ban, as do 40 percent of East...

Daley waffles on defending handgun ban

SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL);  August 2, 2008 ;     442 words ......Spielman Sun-Times News Group Chicago Mayor Richard Daley may...costly fight to defend Chicago's 1982 handgun ban - if he can fashion a replacement...emphatically promised to defend Chicago's ordinance - all the way...overturned a Washington, D.C., handgun ban on grounds that ...

Texan takes aim at D.C. handgun ban

Washington Afro-American;  July 29, 2005 ;     700+ words ......R-Texas) proposed lifting the District's handgun ban under the District of Columbia Personal...time ago, which is gotten rid of that handgun ban." But Tyra Montgomery, a leader in the...Charles Ramsey, who also supports the handgun ban. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D...

Judge: Chicago's handgun ban legal

Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  December 19, 2008 ;     369 words ......judge Thursday upheld Chicago's 1982 handgun ban as Mayor Daley disclosed...overturned the D.C. handgun ban on grounds that the...overturn handgun bans in Chicago, Morton Grove, Evanston...lawsuits challenging Chicago's handgun ban. The Daley ...

Court upholds Chicago handgun ban

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  December 20, 2008 ;     115 words ...CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge has upheld Chicago's 26-year-old handgun ban, but a pro-gun group immediately...Association that sought to end the Chicago ban. It was filed in June...Supreme Court overturned a handgun ban in Washington, D.C.City Law...

Milwaukee OKs Vote on Handgun Ban

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 10, 1994 ;     274 words ......largest city in the nation with a total handgun ban received city council approval for a...No large U.S. city has passed a total handgun ban, said Cheryl Brolin of Handgun Control...national gun control lobbying group. Chicago and Washington, D.C., have laws barring...keep their weapons, ...