AMonger
Veteran Expediter
For Immediate Release:
7/7 /2011
BELLEVUE, WA –
Capitalizing on its federal
appeals court victory
Wednesday in Ezell v. City
of Chicago, the Second
Amendment Foundation
today moved for a
preliminary injunction
against the State of Illinois to
prevent further enforcement
of that state’s prohibitions on
firearms carry in public by
law-abiding citizens.
The motion was filed in U.S.
District Court for the Central
District of Illinois in
Springfield. Joining SAF in
this motion are Illinois Carry
and four private citizens,
Michael Moore, Charles
Hooks, Peggy Fechter and
Jon Maier. The underlying
case is known as Moore v.
Madigan.
Illinois is the only state in
the nation with such
prohibitions. The state
neither allows open carry or
concealed carry, which runs
afoul of recent U.S . Supreme
Court Second Amendment
rulings, including last year’ s
landmark ruling in
McDonald v. City of Chicago,
another SAF case. SAF was
represented in McDonald
and Ezell by attorney Alan
Gura, who noted after
yesterday’ s appeals court
win – forcing a temporary
injunction against the city’s
ban on gun ranges that the
city immediately changed
after the decision was
announced – that “Even
Chicago politicians must
respect the people’s
fundamental civil rights…
Gun rights are coming to
Chicago. The only question is
how much the city’s
intransigence will cost
taxpayers along the way.”
“Now that the Seventh
Circuit has recognized that
the deprivation of the right
of armed self-defense is an
inherently irreparable
injury, it is clear that Illinois’
law-abiding gun owners are
entitled to a protective
injunction, ” said attorney
David Jensen of New York,
who, along with Glen Ellyn,
IL attorney David Sigale, is
representing SAF and the
other plaintiffs.
“Yesterday’s win was a
wake-up call to Chicago,”
said SAF Executive Vice
President Alan Gottlieb.
“Today’ s motion is a signal
to the Illinois Legislature that
the state’s total ban on
carrying of firearms for
personal protection is
counter to both Supreme
Court rulings on the Second
Amendment, and yesterday’ s
ruling by the Seventh Circuit
appeals panel that shredded
Chicago’s gun ordinance.
Our victory Wednesday and
today’s motion are key
components of SAF’s overall
mission to win back firearms
freedoms one lawsuit at a
time.”
The Second Amendment
Foundation (www. saf.org) is
the nation's oldest and
largest tax-exempt
education, research,
publishing and legal action
group focusing on the
Constitutional right and
heritage to privately own
and possess firearms.
Founded in 1974, The
Foundation has grown to
more than 650,000 members
and supporters and conducts
many programs designed to
better inform the public
about the consequences of
gun control. In addition to
the landmark McDonald v.
Chicago Supreme Court Case,
SAF has previously funded
successful firearms-related
suits against the cities of Los
Angeles; New Haven, CT;
New Orleans; Chicago and
San Francisco on behalf of
American gun owners, a
lawsuit against the cities
suing gun makers and
numerous amicus briefs
holding the Second
Amendment as an individual
right.
7/7 /2011
BELLEVUE, WA –
Capitalizing on its federal
appeals court victory
Wednesday in Ezell v. City
of Chicago, the Second
Amendment Foundation
today moved for a
preliminary injunction
against the State of Illinois to
prevent further enforcement
of that state’s prohibitions on
firearms carry in public by
law-abiding citizens.
The motion was filed in U.S.
District Court for the Central
District of Illinois in
Springfield. Joining SAF in
this motion are Illinois Carry
and four private citizens,
Michael Moore, Charles
Hooks, Peggy Fechter and
Jon Maier. The underlying
case is known as Moore v.
Madigan.
Illinois is the only state in
the nation with such
prohibitions. The state
neither allows open carry or
concealed carry, which runs
afoul of recent U.S . Supreme
Court Second Amendment
rulings, including last year’ s
landmark ruling in
McDonald v. City of Chicago,
another SAF case. SAF was
represented in McDonald
and Ezell by attorney Alan
Gura, who noted after
yesterday’ s appeals court
win – forcing a temporary
injunction against the city’s
ban on gun ranges that the
city immediately changed
after the decision was
announced – that “Even
Chicago politicians must
respect the people’s
fundamental civil rights…
Gun rights are coming to
Chicago. The only question is
how much the city’s
intransigence will cost
taxpayers along the way.”
“Now that the Seventh
Circuit has recognized that
the deprivation of the right
of armed self-defense is an
inherently irreparable
injury, it is clear that Illinois’
law-abiding gun owners are
entitled to a protective
injunction, ” said attorney
David Jensen of New York,
who, along with Glen Ellyn,
IL attorney David Sigale, is
representing SAF and the
other plaintiffs.
“Yesterday’s win was a
wake-up call to Chicago,”
said SAF Executive Vice
President Alan Gottlieb.
“Today’ s motion is a signal
to the Illinois Legislature that
the state’s total ban on
carrying of firearms for
personal protection is
counter to both Supreme
Court rulings on the Second
Amendment, and yesterday’ s
ruling by the Seventh Circuit
appeals panel that shredded
Chicago’s gun ordinance.
Our victory Wednesday and
today’s motion are key
components of SAF’s overall
mission to win back firearms
freedoms one lawsuit at a
time.”
The Second Amendment
Foundation (www. saf.org) is
the nation's oldest and
largest tax-exempt
education, research,
publishing and legal action
group focusing on the
Constitutional right and
heritage to privately own
and possess firearms.
Founded in 1974, The
Foundation has grown to
more than 650,000 members
and supporters and conducts
many programs designed to
better inform the public
about the consequences of
gun control. In addition to
the landmark McDonald v.
Chicago Supreme Court Case,
SAF has previously funded
successful firearms-related
suits against the cities of Los
Angeles; New Haven, CT;
New Orleans; Chicago and
San Francisco on behalf of
American gun owners, a
lawsuit against the cities
suing gun makers and
numerous amicus briefs
holding the Second
Amendment as an individual
right.
