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This is just the start... llinois village bans assault weapons, to fine violators $1,000 per day SearchSearch Keyword: RECOMMENDED STORY TOPICS LAW_CRIME WAR_CONFLICT DEERFIELD In this photo made with a fisheye lens on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, five used military style rifles are all that is available in the rack that usually has over twenty new models for sale at Duke’s Sport Shop in ... more > Print By - Associated Press - Wednesday, April 4, 2018 DEERFIELD, IL. — Members of the village board in the northern Chicago suburb of Deerfield have voted unanimously to ban certain semi-automatic firearms. WLS-TV in Chicago reports the amendment to the village’s gun ordinance restricts firearms that village leaders define as assault weapons along with high-capacity magazines. That includes the AR-15, which has been used in mass shootings. The new law goes into effect June 13. Residents who don’t remove banned weapons by then face a fine of $1,000 a day. The ordinance is based on Highland Park’s high-powered weapons ban, which survived a 2015 legal battle that went to the U.S. Supreme Court. Deerfield Village Manager Kent Street said if more towns banned the weapons then it’s possible the state and federal government will too. Opponents of the ban say it makes Deerfield less safe. Copyright © 2018 The Washington Times, LLC. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/4/deerfield-illinois-village-bans-assault-weapons-fi/