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Old March 15, 2013, 04:51 PM   #1
Luger_carbine
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Lawsuit in Illinois re:Cook County’s $25 tax on firearms

http://www.suntimes.com/news/1885938...-firearms.html

I think they're challenging it as a prior restraint:
Quote:
Proponents of the tax have admitted that its purpose is to curb the number of firearms in circulation. The Tax thus is intended to deter individuals from exercising their fundamental right to keep and bear arms guaranteed by the Second and the Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and . . . the Illinois Constitution

Not sure what this means though:

The suit claims the tax infringes “on the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear, and law-abiding Retailers to sell, arms as guaranteed” by state and local constitutions
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