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Cook County is currently considering two proposals that are all out assaults on our Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
The first, which is called the Safe Streets/Weapons Registration Ordinance, would require the registration of all firearms and firearm owners in Cook County. As written, however, it is an outright ban of all firearms. The ordinance also prohibits transporting a firearm in your vehicle within Cook County unless the firearm is "broken down in a nonfunctioning state." How, exactly, do you easily break down a revolver to a "nonfunctioning state"? And if you are transporting a hunting rifle that has been carefully sighted in, breaking it down is likely to erase all of your hard work. Ammunition possession would also become illegal, as individuals are required to possess "a valid registration certificate for a firearm of the same gauge or caliber as the ammunition possessed" in order to comply with the new ordinance. But if all firearms are banned, they cannot be registered, and you cannot have a qualifying registration certificate.
The other proposed ordinance would amend the county's "Deadly Weapon Dealers Ordinance." It seeks to completely ban all gun shows within the county, and prohibits federally licensed dealers from operating within 10 miles of another federally licensed dealer. Cook County requires a firearms dealer to be licensed not only federally, but also by the County. Thus, no new dealers within 10 miles of each other. How this would be applied to existing dealers is unclear, however, as the current ordinance states that a County license is revoked if the dealer "fails to comply with any provision of this article." Existing within the new 10-mile zone would appear to be a violation, but whether all dealers within the zone will now have their licenses revoked, or if it will be based on whoever was there first or some other factor, is not spelled out. Both of these proposed ordinances must be defeated!
There is currently no timetable set for when either will be taken up for consideration, so please contact the Cook County Board of Commissioners immediately and urge them to oppose these attacks on the Second Amendment. Contact information can be found below.
Earlean Collins
118 N. Clark Street
Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602
phone: (312) 603-4566
fax: (312) 603-3696
Robert Steele
Main Office:
118 N. Clark Street
Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602
phone: (312)603-3019
fax: (312)603-4055
District Office
3333 W. Arthington, Suite 140
Chicago, IL 60624
phone:(773) 722-0140
fax: (773) 722-0145
email: rsteele@cookcountygov.com
Jerry "Iceman" Butler
118 N. Clark Street
Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602
phone: (312)603 6391
fax: (312)603-5671
email: jbutler@cookcountygov.com
William Beavers
Main Office
118 N. Clark Street
Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602
phone: (312) 603-2065
fax: (312) 603-4678
District Office
2548 E. 79th Street
Chicago, IL 60649
phone: (773) 731-1515
fax: (773) 933-5535
Deborah Sims
118 N. Clark Street
Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602
phone: (312) 603 6381
Joan Murphy
118 N. Clark Street
Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602
phone: (312) 603 6381
Joseph Moreno
Main Office
118 N. Clark Street
Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602
phone: (312)603-5443
fax: (312)603-3759
District Office (Chicago)
2456 W. 38th Street
Chicago, IL 60632
phone: (773)927-7154
Fax: (773)927-7166
Robert Maldonado
Main Office
118 N. Clark Street
Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602
phone: (312)603-6386
fax: (312)443-9531
District Office
2615 W. Division Street
Chicago, IL 60622
phone: (773)395-0143
fax: (773)395-0146
Peter Silvestri
Main Office
118 N. Clark Street
Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602
phone: (312)603-4393
fax: (312)443-1154
District Office
6650 N. Northwest Highway
Chicago, IL 60631
phone: (773) 774 8554
fax: (773)774-2901
Mike Quigley
Main Office
118 N. Clark Street
Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602
phone: (312) 603-4210
fax: (312) 603-3695
District Office
1057 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657
Phone: (773) 935-1010
Fax: (773) 935-3155
John Daley
Main Office
118 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60602
phone: (312) 603-4400
fax: (312) 603-6688
email: jdaley@cookcountygov.com
Forrest Claypool
Main Office
118 N. Clark Street
Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602
phone: (312) 603-6380
fax: (312) 603-1265
District Office
4239 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL 60618
phone: (773) 832-4642
fax: (773) 832-4663
Larry Suffredin
Main Office
118 N. Clark Street
Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602
phone: (312)603-6383
fax: (312)603-3622
District Office (Evanston)
820 Davis Street,
Suite 104
Evanston, IL 60201
phone: 847-864-1209
fax: 847-864-1445
Gregg Goslin
Main Office
118 N. Clark Street
Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602
phone: (312)603-4932
fax: (312)603-3686
District Office
(East)
3801 W. Lake Ave.
Glenview, IL 60025
phone:(847)729-9300
fax: (847)729-2279
Timothy Schneider
Main Office
118 N. Clark Street, Room 567
Chicago, Il 60602
phone: (312) 603-6388
fax: (312) 603-6500
email: toschneider@cookcountygov.com
District Office
711 S. Chelmsford Lane, Suite A
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
phone: (847) 640-1632
fax: (847) 640-1910
Anthony Peraica
Main Office
118 N. Clark Street
Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602
Phone: (312) 603-6384
Fax: (312) 603-4744
District Office
10001 W. Roosevelt Road
Westchester, IL 60154
Phone:(708)345-5808
Fax: (708)345-5838
Elizabeth Gorman
Main Office
118 N. Clark Street
Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602
phone: (312)603-4215
fax: (312)603-2014
District Office (North)
711 Chelmsford Lane
Suite A
Elk Grove Village, IL
60007
phone: 847-871-1717
fax: 847-640-2058
email: eadgorman@cookcountygov.com |
