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Ordinance
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Passed
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Amendment of Municipal Code Titles 2, 4, 8, 13, 15, and 17 regarding sale and transfer of firearms
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MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 14 Dept. of Administrative Hearings, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 5 License Fees for Title 4 Licenses, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 6 Regulated Business License, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 144 Weapons, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 151 License - Application and Issuance Procedures, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 240 Pawnbrokers, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 264 Secondhand Dealers, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 8 - Offenses Affecting Public Peace, Morals & Welfare - Ch. 20 Weapons, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 13 - Building & Construction - Ch. 96 Miscellaneous Buildings & Structures, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 15 - Fire Prevention - Ch. 4 Bureau of Fire Prevention, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 17 - Chicago Zoning Ordinance - Ch. 3 Business & Commercial Districts, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 17 - Chicago Zoning Ordinance - Ch. 4 Downtown Districts, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 17 - Chicago Zoning Ordinance - Ch. 5 Manufacturing Districts, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 17 - Chicago Zoning Ordinance - Ch. 9 Use Regulations, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 17 - Chicago Zoning Ordinance - Ch. 13 Review & Approval Procedures, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 17 - Chicago Zoning Ordinance - Ch. 17 Terminology & Measurements, Land Use & Zoning-Tables & Index
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City Council City of Chicago Council Chamber Third Floor, City Hall 121 North LaSalle Street Suite 300, Office 28 Chicago, Illinois 60602 Telephone: 312-744-6663 alderman, 1 1th Ward 3659 S. Halsted St. 60609 Telephone: (773) 254-6677 FAX: (773) 254-8776 ,MES BALCER@CITY0FCHICAG0.ORG
June 25, 2014
To the President and Members of the City Council:
Your Committee on Public Safety begs leave to report and recommend that Your Honorable Body pass the proposed substitute ordinance amending various provisions of the Municipal Code regarding firearms.
This recommendation was concurred unanimously by a viva voce vote of the members of the Committee with no dissenting vote. (02014-4271)
(Mayoral)
Respectfully submitted,
James A. Balcer Chairman
Committee on Public Safety
SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, In 2008, the Supreme Court ofthe United States decided the case District of Columbia v. Heller, and held that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual's right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in the militia; and
WHEREAS, In 2010, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in McDonald v. City of Chicago, and held that the Second Amendment's right to possess a handgun for self-defense in the home also applied to the states; and
WHEREAS, On January 6, 2014, in Illinois Association of Firearms Retailers v. The City of Chicago, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois declared that the City of Chicago's (the "City") ban on the sale and transfer of firearms was unconstitutional under the Second Amendment; and
WHEREAS, Every year, more than 100,000 people in our nation are injured, maimed or killed with a firearm; and
WHEREAS, Firearm-related injuries and deaths are the cause of significant social and economic costs to the City and our communities and have a severe impact on our criminal justice and health care systems; and
WHEREAS, The majority of all firearm...
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