By: Kayleigh Hamilton
This is a major defeat for anti-gun Democrats who were hoping to chip away at gun rights.
One of the top gun grabbers in America was forced to stand down and surrender.
And he did so regretfully, knowing that it was a major blow for the anti-gun lobby.
Brandon Johnson is the mayor of Chicago, and one of the most left-wing politicians in the entire country.
He replaced Lori Lightfoot in the role, and his tenure has made hers look downright conservative in comparison. That’s how progressive he is.
He has a special dislike of guns, and he has made it a central component of his tenure as mayor to attack gun rights and try to take them away from people.
That’s why he filed a lawsuit against Glock, hoping to set a precedent for government entities to come after gun manufacturers through civil courts.
This could make the cost of doing business so high for gun manufacturers that it could practically destroy the industry.
But he was forced to stand down and surrender by withdrawing the lawsuit in a tremendous defeat for anti-gun politicians everywhere.
According to The Truth About Guns, “In with a rat-tat-tat, out with barely a whimper. That describes the great lawsuit filed by Chicago not even four months ago. The suit, originally filed in state court was transferred to federal court. And with a very short, two sentence filing, Chicago voluntarily withdrew the lawsuit from federal court.
“Chicago and its top-shelf lawyer buddies over at Everytown for Gun Control hailed it as a ‘first of a kind’ lawsuit claiming that Glock pistols posed a public nuisance because criminals misuse them. The announcement back on March 19, 2024, attracted all sorts of national headlines happily parroting Chicago’s sensational claims.”
It may have been a “first of a kind” lawsuit, but it appears it may end up being the last of its kind as well, since it spectacularly failed.
According to CWB Chicago, “There was no press release and no media coverage on Monday when the city’s attorneys unceremoniously dropped the case in a two-sentence federal court filing.”
“State records show the original case was closed out last week, with a notation that the matter was moved to federal court.
“Yesterday, the city filed a notice of voluntary dismissal without prejudice with the federal court. The ‘without prejudice’ stipulation could allow the city to pursue the case again.”
Lawyers don’t like to waste their time on silly cases that have no chance of succeeding, and it’s going to be hard for gun grabbers to get anyone to take a case like this going forward.
After all, this was truly an epic failure, and one that could have far-reaching effects throughout the anti-gun movement in America.
Many of them thought that going after the gun manufacturers directly was the way to dismantle gun rights.
But it turns out that was a flawed strategy all along, and the failure of Brandon Johnson’s lawsuit against Glock is the clearest example of that yet.