Village Health Board to hold forum on firearm sales
By Bridget Doyle, Chicago Tribune reporter
January 24, 2012
Oak Park is looking at possible new firearm regulations, and that has piqued the interest of the Illinois State Rifle Association.
Oak Park's Board of Health on Tuesday night will hold a forum that will focus on the future sale and possession of firearms. The forum will "ultimately lead to a recommendation to the Village Board for possible action," a notice from the village said.
The meeting comes more than a year after a Supreme Court decision gutted a local handgun ban and in the wake of the recent opening of a gun shop in the western suburb.
The state rifle association is rallying members to show up.
"We're making sure Second Amendment rights aren't breached," association Executive Director Richard Pearson said. "We'll be there."
Oak Park Village Manager Tom Barwin said the forum is intended to be a community conversation to take a fresh look at the issue.
Berwyn resident Justin Delafuente recently applied for a business license to open Windy City Firearms on Roosevelt Road.
Village Clerk Teresa Powell said the gun shop opened last month and primarily conducts Internet-based sales. Delafuente could not be reached for comment.
The forum is at 7 p.m. in Village Hall, 123 Madison St.
bdoyle@tribune.com
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