Residents of a town in Illinois were just handed down an unconstitutional decree from their local government, they now have 60 days to give up their guns or be fined up to $1000 per day...
As the state promises gun rights activists they’re not coming for their guns, behind the scenes they’re pleading for it to happen. And now the feared gun grab is occurring. Residents in Deerfield, Illinois have 60 days to surrender their “assault weapons” or face fines of $1000 per day per gun.
The gun ban ordinance was passed on April 2nd with residents left with few choices of how to dispose of their valuable “assault weapons.” Upon careful reading of the ordinance, residents will be left with revolvers, .22 caliber “plinking” rifles, and double barrel shotguns to defend their homes and families from criminals who could care less about the law.
Fines for not disposing of the weapons range from $250 to $1000 per day per gun for those who choose not to comply with the city’s ordinance. While a fine may seem reasonable to some, as TFTP has reported on multiple occasions, failure to pay fines always results in police action. It is not far-fetched to predict major turmoil and arrests in the event of non-compliance.
One example of the so-called “assault weapon” is the Ruger 10/22 which can accept magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. Even though the 10/22 is not listed in the list of guns the village wants to see banned, the gun cannot legally be possessed in the village.
Residents have been instructed to either sell their guns, transfer the ownership to someone who lives outside the village, surrender their guns to Deerfield’s sheriff, or begin paying the fines.
Deerfield mentioned a number of cities where mass shootings took place, including Sutherland Springs, TX where 26 people were killed in the First Baptist Church. That shooting was actually stopped by a man who used the very gun Deerfield voted to ban. No mention was made of that fact in the ordinance.
Also included in the gun ban were semi-automatic pistols which can accept higher than 10 round magazines. That’s virtually all full size semi-automatic pistols.
Even though the village trustees ignored the pleas of residents to leave their guns alone, and passed the ordinance anyway, many residents were encouraged to ignore the gun ban and engage in civil disobedience.
Joel Siegel, a resident of Lincolnwood, warned the village’s residents that governments all across the world have moved to confiscate guns then turned around and ran roughshod over the people. He said,
“There’s an ancient and honored American tradition called disobeying an unjust law…I have urged (people) to listen to their conscience and if so moved do not obey this law.”
Deerfield Mayor Harriet Rosenthal implied the students from the local high school helped sway her decision to bring about the ordinance.
“Enough is enough,” Rosenthal said adding, “Those students are so articulate just like our students. There is no place here for assault weapons.”
The statement mirrors the knee jerk reaction to ban guns following a nationwide public outcry of students who supposedly feared for their own lives following the recent mass shooting in Florida.
Opponents of the gun grab vow to fight the action in court while others praised the trustees decision to ban semiautomatic rifles, pistols and shotguns. Ariella Kharasch, a Deerfield High School senior said she wants more action to be taken on both a local and national level.
“This is our fight…This is our generation’s fight. We’re going to keep fighting and this is part of it. Change happens gradually step by step. The fight does not end at the borders of our village.,” Kharasch said.
Predictably, law enforcement and retired law enforcement members of the community are exempted from the ban. Currently, in the U.S., law enforcement kills around 1,200 citizens per year. Ironically, that number is actually four times higher than those who die from rifles.
As TFTP has reported, cops have killed 450 percent more people than have died in the past forty years of mass shootings.
America, it's time to talk about ex post facto laws. Why has the time come to talk about such things and understand it? States, municipalities, and Congress are moving toward passing laws and ordinances against gun ownership that could move into ex post facto laws. For example; in the town of Deerfield, Illinois, the Board of Trustees passed an ordinance that banned certain "assault-type" weapons, large magazines that hold over 10 rounds, and semi-automatic pistols capable of holding over 10 rounds, requiring residents to turn in those firearms to government or face a fine of $250 to $1,000 per day per gun.
Residents have 60 days to sell their weapons, transfer ownership to someone outside the town, turn in their weapons and accessories to police or pay the fines. The ordinance can be read here.
Naturally, the ordinance exempts law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers, military members or any members of the National Guard or reserves in any State, and any agent or employee of the State of Illinois, the united States or of any other State.
Simply put, only agents of government and law enforcement are "allowed" to have these types of weapons in Deerfield.
The Chief of Police is "authorized" to confiscate such weapons upon violation of the ordinance.
To get a full understanding of ex post facto law, Publius Huldah has an excellent piece covering it on her website. An ex post facto law "RETROACTIVELY criminalizes conduct that was not criminal when it was done." The example Ms. Publius uses is barbequing.
Say you barbequed outside last Sunday. That was lawful when you did it. Next month, Congress makes a pretended law which purports to retroactively criminalize barbequing outdoors. So, now, what you did is a crime (for which you are subject to criminal prosecution); even though when you did it, it wasn't a crime. That is an ex post facto law.
How does this apply to what the village of Deerfield, Illinois, has done? According to Article 1, Section 9, paragraph 3 of the Constitution for the united States of America, "No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed." While this pertains to Congress, there is a provision against States passing ex post facto laws.
Article I, Section 10, paragraph 1 of the Constitution for the united States of America states, "No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin money; emit Bills of Credit; make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any Bill of Attainder; ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility."
Would it be safe to say that if a State or Congress cannot pass any ex post facto law that a town, municipality, village or city could not do so?
The "ordinance," which is nothing but a "town law," criminalizes the possession of certain "banned assault-type" weapons, including large magazines holding over 10 rounds and semi-automatic firearms holding over 10 rounds in violation of the Second Amendment of the Constitution for the united States of America. Additionally, failure to surrender those types of weapons results in a daily fine, interpreted as "punishment" for failing to follow their ordinance. This ordinance criminalizes an activity that was previously not criminal – having "assault-type" weapons, large magazines and semi-automatic pistols holding over 10 rounds and exacts punishment should one fail to surrender such firearms and accessories. The fine is such that at the $250 per day "punishment" levied in one month amounts to $7,500; in one year, the amount is $91,250. Who can afford those fines in order to keep their weapons? And, remember, the fine is levied per weapon and accessory.
Alexander Hamilton, writing in Federalist Paper No. 84, 4th paragraph, stated, "The creation of crimes after the commission of the fact, or, in other words, the subjecting of men to punishment for things which, when they were done, were breaches of no law, and the practice of arbitrary imprisonments, have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny."
There is no way the founding fathers would think of allowing towns to infringe upon God-given unalienable rights if States and the federal government are prohibited from doing so.
So, while Deerfield, Illinois, has not implemented imprisonment as a punishment, the fine exacted for the violations against the village ordinance is punishment. What would happen should someone not be able to pay their fine? Imprisonment? How would they know who has or does not have these types of weapons and accessories? Do they know already? What would happen should someone refuse to follow this unconstitutional ordinance then need to petition the city for a permit for a business license, to improve their home, or other business involving the city?
Clearly, when these individuals purchased these weapons, it was not unlawful. Now, it is unlawful to possess these types of weapons and fail to follow the means of disposal of said weapons. This is an ex post facto law enacted by a "village" in a republic where it is against the Constitution to enact such laws.
Criminals obey no laws. These draconian measures create a playground for criminals, which increase the likelihood of more mass shootings, not less. And, with police under no obligation to "protect" the citizens and citizens denied their God-given unalienable right to protect themselves and their property, mass shootings and other crimes will skyrocket because criminals will not relinquish their firearms and weapons nor follow any law. All the weapons being in the hands of "government" does nothing when it takes minutes for law enforcement to respond and does nothing to "protect" the people when under no obligation to do so. However, government does have the authority to use their weapons and force to impose the will of the government upon the people. It is the quintessential definition of tyranny and despotism.
These "children," the cult of Hogg, and the George Soros minions are calling for ex post facto laws, against the Constitution, to solve a perceived problem. While these Second Amendment illiterate trolls call for gun bans and confiscations (ex post facto laws), essentially removing the right of the people to defend themselves because of "mass shootings," they lobby for firearms and weapons to be in the hands of law enforcement officers, which has killed more individuals than all the mass shootings, and governments, which summarily killed 252 million people worldwide in the 20th century alone. Remember, these Parkland, Florida Hogg cultists gave law enforcement a "pass" for failing to protect them as well as the FBI, a federal government law enforcement agency.
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