Illinois sheriff says new gun law is more like a request
BY Herschel Smith
11 months, 3 weeks ago
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ill. (WSIL) — The January 1st Deadline for Illinois gun owners to register their assault-style weapons is approaching.
This is for Illinoisans who already owned assault weapons before the Protect Illinois Communities Act was passed last January.
Jefferson County’s Sheriff Jeff Bullard says the law is more like a request until the Supreme Court determines if the law is constitutional.
“The fact that 90 sheriffs have declared that it’s unconstitutional, including myself being one of them, uh, and stating we won’t be enforcing it,” Bullard said.
Well that’s funny and nothing makes me happier in this sad affair than to see people refusing to comply.
However, the sheriff may be waiting a very long time. As I’ve said, I see the supreme court running from this issue.
It’s one thing to want to see a full decision tree with evidence gathered before making judgment. But as Professor Mark Smith has pointed out, the Heller decision was made completely without presentation of evidence. This decision should be easy and quick for the supreme court.
“Since semi-automatic firearms and standard capacity magazines are in common use, according to our decision in Heller they cannot be banned. The law is ruled unconstitutional.”
There. I did it for them. They don’t need 80 pages of prose to do this. They’re just scared.
On January 2, 2024 at 12:19 pm, Not Herbert said:
“I will accept any rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”
Professor Bernardo de la Paz, The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, Robert Heinlein.