Town’s new ban on ‘assault weapons’ becomes target of multiple lawsuits

By Chris Eger

The village of Deerfield, Illinois passed an anti-gun ordinance Monday, and by the end of the week was facing legal challenges.
Deerfield’s Village Board went all-in on a local law to fine those with “assault weapons” and detachable magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds inside the city’s limits as much as $1,000 a day. This sparked the promise of a lawsuit from two gun rights groups Wednesday and the materialization of separate litigation filed Thursday by a Deerfield resident backed by another pair of Second Amendment organizations. With the ban set to take effect in 60 days, advocates felt time was of the essence.
“We moved swiftly to challenge this gun ban because it flies in the face of state law,” said Alan Gottlieb, executive vice president of the Second Amendment Foundation. Gottlieb’s group, along with the Illinois State Rifle Association, is supporting a lawsuit by Deerfield resident and gun owner Daniel Easterday against the Chicago suburb’s pending new regulations.
At the root of the case is the legality of Deerfield enacting local controls over guns. As a byproduct of Illinois passing a concealed carry reform law in 2013, a 10-day window allowed cities and counties in the state to pass

Source: Guns.com