hawgrider
03-17-2020, 06:29 AM
t’s being reported that last week the mayor of Champaign, Illinois granted herself authority to ban the sale of guns and ammunition in that city in a declaration of emergency related to COVID-19 Coronavirus.
WAND-TV provided the following summary of the “extraordinary powers” this order grants to the mayor. It allows the mayor to:
Violate parts of the Open Meetings Act
Ban sale of firearms and ammunition
Ban sale of any alcohol
Close of all bars, taverns, liquor stores, etc
Ban the sale or giving away of gasoline or other liquid flammable or combustible products in any container other than a gasoline tank permanently fixed to a motor vehicle
Direct the shutoff of power, water, gas, etc
Take possession of private property and obtain full title to same
Prohibit or restrict ingress and egress to and from the City https://www.alloutdoor.com/2020/03/16/illinois-mayor-grants-power-halt-gun-ammo-sales-seize-private-property/
WAND-TV provided the following summary of the “extraordinary powers” this order grants to the mayor. It allows the mayor to:
Violate parts of the Open Meetings Act
Ban sale of firearms and ammunition
Ban sale of any alcohol
Close of all bars, taverns, liquor stores, etc
Ban the sale or giving away of gasoline or other liquid flammable or combustible products in any container other than a gasoline tank permanently fixed to a motor vehicle
Direct the shutoff of power, water, gas, etc
Take possession of private property and obtain full title to same
Prohibit or restrict ingress and egress to and from the City https://www.alloutdoor.com/2020/03/16/illinois-mayor-grants-power-halt-gun-ammo-sales-seize-private-property/