tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post422933825070239493..comments2023-10-16T07:06:52.428-05:00Comments on Armed and Safe: Chicago taxpayers backstop Oak Park's anti-freedom agendaKurt '45superman' Hofmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-66419066096715789422009-03-13T16:07:00.000-05:002009-03-13T16:07:00.000-05:00Melancton:My father is more disturbed by the whole...Melancton:<BR/><BR/>My father is more disturbed by the whole self-righteous non-nonchalant attitude than anything else in his dealings with them.<BR/><BR/>That and the fact he has to keep his handguns at my home in Texas.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230665595988628546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-64469416933886290002009-03-13T09:18:00.000-05:002009-03-13T09:18:00.000-05:00Their lawyers may be pro bono, but Alan Gura is no...Their lawyers may be pro bono, but Alan Gura is not. SAF/ISRA probably pays him minimally (if it is working like Heller/Parker did). The loser of a civil rights case pays 2x the winner's legal fees typically. DC is on tap for millions.<BR/><BR/>I guess since the cases are combined, even if Oak Park ditches Chicago would still be on the hook for paying the lawyers for the McDonald suit (Gura, et. al.) as well as the lawyers for the NRA suit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-46701299234728893122009-03-13T06:14:00.000-05:002009-03-13T06:14:00.000-05:00My parents LIVE in Oak Park. My dad is on our sid...My parents LIVE in Oak Park. My dad is on our side in this. He's spoken with the village board and they weren't too concerned either way about this issue because they have a lot of liberal anti-gun Pro-Bono attorneys that have been working on these cases for them for YEARS anyway.<BR/><BR/>Northwestern, Loyola, UIC, and U of C profs with their heads in the wrong place on the issue.<BR/><BR/>Just thought you'd be curious to know that. The VIllage President spoke directly to my dad that "gun rights people can sue us as much as they want because we have good pro bono attorneys so it doesn't cost the village anything" when my dad confronted him about wasting village resources.<BR/><BR/>This is just a continuation of that theme. Utter lack of local fiscal regards and responsibilities has been part of the Village mantra since day one.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230665595988628546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-74270950251510294652009-03-12T19:13:00.000-05:002009-03-12T19:13:00.000-05:00Thanks, Smersh, although I basically just added so...Thanks, Smersh, although I basically just added some commentary to a story a mutual friend of ours turned up.<BR/><BR/>SA, by my (admittedly far from complete) understanding, the judge basically <A HREF="http://www.chicagoguncase.com/2008/12/" REL="nofollow">ruled that deciding the incorporation issue</A> was beyond his authority. For all I know of law, that may be correct.<BR/><BR/>I can certainly respect a judge being circumspect with the exercise of the power of his position, even if I would prefer that he rule in what I think is the obviously correct direction.Kurt '45superman' Hofmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-69787096031668328402009-03-12T18:58:00.000-05:002009-03-12T18:58:00.000-05:00I am absoulutely amazed that any judge could find ...I am absoulutely amazed that any judge could find grounds to dismiss this suit. Even a bought judge can't just say "I took their money, so I can violate the law in their interests. Anything else would be dishonest."<BR/><BR/>Evidently, he can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-37431597114367882152009-03-12T18:22:00.000-05:002009-03-12T18:22:00.000-05:00Good post. No, actually it's an excellent one. Thi...Good post. <BR/><BR/>No, actually it's an excellent one. <BR/><BR/>This $hit really grinds my gears.<BR/><BR/>When Chicago loses, Daley should have to pay out of his own pocket.Smershagenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04228059020433283052noreply@blogger.com