Guns Save Life boldly challenged the Cook County Gun and Ammo Tax back in 2015. The courts moved at the speed of smell and in 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court ultimately ruled in Guns Save Life’s favor and struck down the tax on constitutional grounds. No, not the Second Amendment of the US Constitution grounds, but on the Uniformity Clause in the Illinois Constitution.
The IL Supreme Court ordered the lower court what to do: “for entry of summary judgement in favor of the plaintiffs.” In 2021.
Incredibly, Cook County’s crack legal team under Kim Foxx actually filed a motion for summary judgement against Guns Save Life in the case… AFTER we had already won the case at the state’s highest court! That takes some big, brass cajones. (And Lori Lightfoot thought she had the biggest balls in Chicago. Or maybe it was something else…)
Anyway, four years after the Illinois Supreme Court told the trial court what to do, on January 10th of this year, a Cook County Circuit Court judge signed an order formally striking down the Cook County Gun and Ammo Tax.
Our side contacted Cook County to make arrangements for them to cease collection of the taxes.
They flat out made it clear they have no intention of stopping the collection of these monies, even though the courts have TWICE told them it’s unconstitutional.
That’s lawless right there.
Yes, we’re taking action on this.
No, I’m going to let it be an unpleasant surprise to Cook County officials when they find out what it is.
Oh “We are just going to do what we want” is not a legal defense under the law!
Not enough colorful words to describe Cook County “government” although fetid cesspool comes close.
We can’t have the rule of law when gov or people ignore it. Lawless anarchy. But cook county already kind of has that already.