Letter to Evanston pols

[MrTriple]

I finished and mailed a lengthy letter to the mayor of Evanston and to my alderman about the city council's recent decision to try passing an AWB.

 

I might try posting it later for everyone to read, but in the meanwhile I wanna share some thoughts.

 

I mentioned that any AWB passed by the city council will likely be litigated endlessly and asked if the city REALLY wanted to risk that. I know that since McDonald v. Chicago (and a lawsuit filed by local residents challenging our previous ban, which resulted in a settlement) that the mayor in particular has been really cautious about trying to enact new gun laws since she doesn't want the financial risk of another lawsuit.

 

Hopefully I made it clear enough that they'll very likely get sued if they try and that it'll cost them a lot of money to fight it. The city as a whole has this virulent fear of guns so unfortunately the threat of a lawsuit seems like the only way to convince people that this would be a bad move legislatively. Sad but it IS Cook County...and a college town, too.

[RECarry]

Ask Evanston leaders if they are still planning to require (unarmed) landlords to immediately evict tenants who are suspected of involvement in criminal activity, or face draconian fines. Eviction typically requires due process, and is then conducted by armed Sheriffs. They have a few screws loose in Evanston with their attempts to create a "crime free community" at the expense of residents and property owners.

[C0untZer0]

Banning "assault weapons" is like banning getaway cars. It's nice sounding - I mean who wouldn't want to ban getaway cars used by bank robbers? But as nice sounding as it is... it's not practicable. I would bring up the already listed talking points and mention that Deerfield and Oswego have decided against pursuing it - the statistics show it's a trumped up problem in the minds of a few rabid gun control activists, the "AWB" is an expensive litigation-magnet of a "solution" in search of a problem that really exits only in the minds of a few rabid anti-gun provocateurs. If other towns are dropping it - it's because they are showing common sense and acting in the interest of their tax payers.