Evanston hangs tough on gun ban

Evanston, Illinois, one of the unholy trio of Chicago suburbs that had gun bans in place prior to the Supreme Court's Heller ruling, has decided to continue to deny its residents their constitutional rights, this despite an earlier vote (see here) to repeal its ban.

Evanston will hold off amending its handgun ordinance until officials see what gun control groups come up in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling against total handgun bans.
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Jeanne Bishop, president of a Million Mom March chapter in northern Chicago, said members of that group were just "stunned" to hear that council members were considering repealing the city's handgun ban or amending it.

Bishop's pregnant sister, Nancy, and brother-in-law were murdered in her Winnetka townhome in 1990 by a New Trier student who "got hold of a legal handgun from an unlocked drawer, and a few days later my family members were dead."

She expressed concern that someone could remove a handgun in similar fashion and then take the weapon "into Evanston Township High School and have a Columbine shooting."

"I hope you will wait," she told aldermen, "so you can make a fully informed decision that truly reflects the will and special circumstances of a city like Evanston."
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The city, however, should enact legislation preventing gun shops in Evanston as either a permitted or special use, said Alderman Ann Rainey, 8th Ward, who recommended the change. The Supreme Court may allow residents to own them, Rainey said, "but you can't buy them" under such legislation, she said. [emphasis added]

Article here. Note the city's backup plan -- to ban gun stores in the town. Fortunately, Illinois residents will probably be able to purchase handguns at other gun stores within the state (absent some quirk of state law). Of course, Evanston residents won't be able to lawfully possess them in their homes until the odious ban is repealed.