The gated community of Lakes of the Four Seasons in Indiana likes to bill itself as “Chicagoland’s best kept secret.” It boasts its own private security force, a championship golf course, four lakes, two restaurants… and utter contempt for the Second Amendment rights of its employees. They recently fired a long-time employee after overhearing that he merely owned a firearm. Nino Ferlaino had worked for LOFS for 21 years before this summer when, in conversation amongst coworkers, he acknowledged that he believed in the 2nd Amendment and kept a gun at home.

Two days following this conversation, on July 2nd, Ferlaino’s supervisor, Doug …read more