Federal Judge Says Chicago Lawsuit Seeking Gun Control Can Proceed

By Cam Edwards

We’re used to seeing lawsuits challenging various gun control laws, but this is the first lawsuit I can remember challenging a lack of gun control, or at least a lack of enforcement. A federal judge in Illinois has ruled that a lawsuit filed on behalf of several Chicago children against the state of Illinois over the violence in their Chicago neighborhood can proceed over the objections of the state.

on Monday U.S. District Court Judge Joan Gottschall issued a 34-page detailed decision denying the motion and allowing arguments to be heard on the unique lawsuit, which argues that Illinois is violating both the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Illinois Civil Rights Act by not doing more to reduce gun trafficking.

The resulting violence has caused “cognitive and emotional disabilities” in children, the suit argues, and has had a “disparate impact” of violence on minority communities.

In her decision, Gottschall said the complaint provided ample statistical evidence for the lawsuit to proceed. “It is reasonable to infer that the concentrated violence begets trauma and the psychological and behavioral injuries described in the complaint, creating discrete pockets of predominately African-American individuals disproportionately likely to be harmed by ongoing …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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