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"Furious that the Illinois House approved a law this week undercutting the village's handgun ban, Wilmette officials were searching for new ways Wednesday to make it difficult for residents to own a gun."
"Timothy Frenzer, village attorney, said that because Wilmette operates under home rule, he believes that the Village Board can adopt a local ordinance exempting the community from the law." ...
"'The point, I think, was to do a favor for the gun lobby,' Frenzer said of the state law, intended to provide an 'affirmative defense' to municipal gun bans." ...
"Because the new state law doesn't specifically mention home-rule communities such as Wilmette, the village is free to ignore it, Frenzer said." ... |
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