The Check was in the mail!

[BobK]

The check was probably 1/4 of what it should have been.

[BobK]

Here is a GREAT article discussing the payment. http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-s ... er-il-case" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

An excerpt on the importance of elections and the impact of judges:

Money from the McDonald victory will go right back into current litigation, which brings us around to Friday’s setback in the case of Moore v. Madigan, challenging the constitutionality of Illinois state laws that prohibit the carrying of loaded firearms for personal protection.

The federal judge in that case, Sue E. Myerscough, dismissed the complaint last Friday, noting in her 48-page ruling that:

This Court finds that the Illinois “Unlawful Use of Weapons” and “Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon” statutes do not violate Plaintiffs’ Second Amendment rights. The United States Supreme Court and the Seventh Circuit have recognized only a Second Amendment core individual right to bear arms inside the home. Further, even if this Court recognized a Second Amendment right to bear arms outside of the home and an interference with that right, the statutes nonetheless survive constitutional scrutiny. . . . This Court finds further support for its conclusion in recent decisions of the Illinois Appellate Court, which has also concluded that Heller and McDonald affirm a Second Amendment right to bear arms in the home but not outside of the home…

…Alternatively, assuming, arguendo, that there is a right to bear arms outside of the home, such a right is not a core Second Amendment right as defined by the Heller Court, which defined the core of the right as the right to bear arms in the home for self-defense.

SAF has already appealed.

Judge Myerscough is an Obama administration appointee

Some nice comments by Sandy Froman, former NRA President:

Arizona attorney Sandy Froman, a former president of the National Rifle Association, told this column in an exclusive interview Monday that she has spent years explaining to firearms owners and others the importance of elections, particularly those for president and the Senate.

“When I go around and talk about elections, I always tell people that elections matter, but not always for the reasons you might think. The presidency and the senate are very important because what they do can last long beyond their terms…those judges serve for life, and their decisions have precedential value that carries well beyond their lifetimes.”—Sandra Froman, attorney and former NRA president

Froman said something else that gun owners should ponder over the next several months, leading up to the November election. George Bush appointed both John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. Had they not been there, both the Heller and McDonald rulings could have, and possibly would have, gone the other way. And she added this:

"""""'Some of the commentators are already noting that if Obama is elected for a second term, he could have perhaps three and maybe four more appointments to the Supreme Court, and that scares me." ""

Indeed.

[Bianchi?]

He could use it to buy new glasses because 1970 called and they want them back.

He looks like Ayoob.

[Brian D.]

He could use it to buy new glasses because 1970 called and they want them back.

He looks like Ayoob.

Heh heh. Back in the day I thought Ayoob looked more than a little bit like Daniel Ortega. Must be the glasses/moustache.

[carmen fovozzo]

Not to change the subject of the pay out but......Chicago just paid out another 6.2 million today in a settlement related to the arrest of 700 people demonstrating against the war in Iraq..

.....Keep writing them checks and soon you'll be pounding the pavement...Idiots..

[Klingon00]

Chicago Called Most Corrupt City In Nation
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/02/14/ ... in-nation/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm sure that check was part of the $500 million Chicago taxpayers are fleeced due to corruption and incompetence.

FTA:

University of Illinois at Chicago professor Dick Simpson, who served as alderman of the 44th Ward in Lakeview from 1971 to 1979, estimates the cost of corruption at $500 million.

It’s essentially a corruption tax on citizens who bear the cost of bad behavior — police brutality, bogus contracts, bribes, theft and ghost payrolling to name a few — and the costs needed to prosecute it.

[boothdt]

With that check, the city of Chicago is now the biggest single contributor to the Second Amendment Foundation. Isn’t that nice?

I wonder if that's true. That would be fantastic if it was. The SAF should put that on their homepage