Court Says Chicago Can’t Restrict Gun Ranges To Commercial Areas — Cites LACK OF PROOF For Restrictive Ordinances

By James England

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — In a city plagued by a never-ending stream of violence, city planners crafted zoning ordinances that greatly restricted where a gun range could exist within city limits. A three-panel court ruled against the restrictions citing a lack of evidence to support their rationale.

via the Associated Press

“The city has provided no evidentiary support for these claims, nor has it established that limiting shooting ranges to manufacturing districts and distancing them from the multiple and various uses listed in the buffer-zone rule has any connection to reducing these risks,” the court wrote in its opinion.

Chicago politicians get caught again violating people’s rights when it comes to guns! This recent ruling comes after a string of defeats in similar cases. In 2010, Chicago outright banned gun ranges. That decision was overturned by the courts.

The Second Amendment Foundation took on the City of Chicago in 2014 and won its case after Chicago AGAIN tried to ban gun ranges within city limits.

Chicago politicians, with a complete lack of understanding for how guns work, think that banning the places where people practice shooting will somehow equate to lower crime violence.

That’s obviously not working.

In fact, there’s no evidence to support that claim.

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Source:: Concealed Nation