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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - LPC Chair WINS Against Cook County Sheriff Sheahan

Posted: 10/8/2001 10:25:10 AM EDT

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NEWS FROM
LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF ILLINOIS
The Party of Principle
http://www.il.lp.org * [email protected]
800-735-1776 or 847-844-3410, 847-844-3417 Fax
316 1/2 N. River St., Suite B, East Dundee, IL 60118
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From: Matt Beauchamp

NEWS from the Libertarian Party of Chicago
October 8th, 2001

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LPC Monthly Meeting
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Reminder -- the Libertarian Party of Chicago will hold it's
regularly scheduled meeting at Pazzo's restaurant on Tuesday
October 9th. Pazzo's is located at 311 South Wacker Drive in the
basement lobby. Social hour from 5pm to 6pm. Meeting starts
at 6pm promptly.

Map is here:
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?BFCat=&Pyt=Tmap&newFL=
Use+Address+Below&addr=311+South+Wacker+Drive&csz=
Chicago%2C+IL&country=us&Get%A0Map=Get+Map

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BREAKING NEWS
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LPC Chairman Matt Beauchamp was vindicated in Cook County
Circuit Court on Oct. 5th when judge Lester Foreman ruled in his
favor regarding a multi-year lawsuit concerning Cook County
Sheriff Michael Sheahan's gun buy back program. Beauchamp
filed suit in Sept of 1999 when the Sheriff's Department used tax
dollars to purchase guns in a failed attempt to "get guns off
the street."

Unfortunately, the Sheriff violated several federal and state
firearms laws in the process. Beauchamp requested
documents pertaining to the 5400 firearms purchased at
taxpayer expense and was met with stonewalls and lies.
Beauchamp sued when the Sheriff denied him the use of his
digital camera to record gun records (a first in Illinois legal
history). Beauchamp also questioned the location of 10 so-
called "antique guns" the Sheriff sold to museums around the
country.

Judge Foreman ruled in Beauchamp's favor, in that (1)Public
records must be made available to the public at a reasonable
cost of reproduction. Sheahan attempted to charge Beauchamp
$1 per page when similar public agencies were charging 10 to
15 cents per page. (2) That digital photography is a legitimate
means of records reproduction and must be granted to the
plaintiff. (3) The aforementioned "antique guns" that the
Sheriff's Department is playing dumb about must be declared a
mistake by a high-ranking Sheriff's Department official and he
must sign an affidavit swearing to this (in other words, they were
caught in a lie).

Beauchamp is suing to recover attorney's fees in the amount of
$5000. That hearing will be held December 5th, 2001.
Beauchamp is also exploring the possibility of informing the
Illinois States Attorney of numerous state and federal firearms
laws and requesting the prosecution of Michael Sheahan www.co.cook.il.us/sheriff_sheahan.htm>.

For more information visit the Libertarian Party of Chicago at:
http://www.lpchicago.org

Libertarian Party of Chicago
312.409.2223
2506 North Clark, Suite 306
Chicago, IL 60614

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LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF ILLINOIS
The Party of Principle
http://www.il.lp.org * [email protected]
800-735-1776 or 847-844-3410, 847-844-3417 Fax
316 1/2 N. River St., Suite B, East Dundee, IL 60118
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Posted: 10/8/2001 10:30:01 AM EDT

[#1]

Excellent! Hopefully this sets a precedent that can be used around the country. Here in MA The Gun Owners Action League [url]www.goal.org[/url] is at odds with the state attorney general's office for gun related records.

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