Citing PTSD, Illinois women sue state for more gun control

By Chris Eger

The complaint points out that five predominantly black Chicago neighborhoods have astronomical homicide rates when compared to the national rate, and lower school test scores as a result. (Photo: Chicago Police)
Arguing that exposure to gun violence violates civil rights and disabilities law, three Chicago women filed a class action lawsuit against the state of Illinois. The women — Demetria Powell, Tanya Reese, and Tywanna Patrick — filed suit in federal court on Wednesday naming various state agencies and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner as plaintiffs.
Each woman has lost a family member to violence and has a minor child or grandchild that has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder they chalk up to area shootings. As such, they argue that Rauner and state agencies, by not upping gun regulations, are violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Illinois Civil Rights Act.
“We all know that crime guns are flooding into our city and killing our children,” said Tom Geoghegan, one of the attorneys representing the women, The Trace reported. “But it’s also destroying – emotionally, psychologically, in the most profound ways – the survivors, the children who are not left dead by this epidemic of violence.”
Geoghegan is a partner of Despres, Schwartz

Source: Guns.com