芝加哥枪友会是在伊利诺伊州注册的非盈利机构。芝加哥枪友会的主要目标是在芝加哥和周围郊区的华人社区中提高安全和自卫的意识，帮助社区民众学些自我保护的法律权益，自卫的方法，意识和工具， 从而从整体上提高社区的安全。
 
芝加哥枪友会是一个由会员建立，管理和支持的组织。枪友会欢迎社区的民众参与， 不分政治观念，性别，种族民族，经验资历和宗教信仰。芝加哥枪友会要求每个会员必须拥有合法的伊利诺伊州的持枪证（FOID）并且在21岁以上。
 
为了给会员提供更好的法律知识教育和法律援助，在芝加哥枪友会董事会的同意下，芝加哥枪友会正式建立法律援助委员会，由三名执照律师和一名见习律师组成，向枪友会注册会员提供固定时间额的法律援助。
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执照律师 (Licensed Attorneys)


​黄正东律师 (John Huang)

商务诉讼，国际商业，劳工雇佣，移民投资


丘岩律师 (peter Qiu)

商务诉讼，移民投资，刑事辩护


JEFF WAng, Attorney

房地产交易，移民

见习律师 (legal Intern)

王军， 见习律师 
​First level triage

法律援助项目 （Canfire's legal assistance program)

目标
芝加哥枪友会是在伊利诺伊州注册的非盈利机构。芝加哥枪友会的主要目标是在芝加哥和周围郊区的华人社区中提高安全和自卫的意识，帮助社区民众学些自我保护的法律权益，自卫的方法，意识和工具， 从而从整体上提高社区的安全。
 
芝加哥枪友会是一个由会员建立，管理和支持的组织。枪友会欢迎社区的民众参与， 不分政治观念，性别，种族民族，经验资历和宗教信仰。芝加哥枪友会要求每个会员必须拥有合法的伊利诺伊州的持枪证（FOID）并且在21岁以上。
 
为了给会员提供更好的法律知识教育和法律援助，在芝加哥枪友会董事会的同意下，芝加哥枪友会正式建立法律援助委员会，由三名执照律师和一名见习律师组成，向枪友会注册会员提供固定时间额的法律援助。
 
法律援助委员会的责任
法律援助委员会的执照律师每个月提供不超过4个小时的免费咨询， 律师有权利对4个小时以上的咨询服务收费。 委员会的律师将向会员提供以下法律领域的咨询：房地产，商务，移民，和刑事辩护。 见习律师每个月提供不超过4个小时的免费咨询， 见习律师负责第一步的初步法律分析， 根据分析的结果，可以把案件交给某个执照律师进一步处理。法律援助的免费咨询时间以律师人数和每个律师的免费时间为上限，会员排队的方式为先到先得。如果会员在免费时间已经用完后仍需要咨询或其他法律服务， 请和律师安排费用。
 
芝加哥枪友会会员的责任
芝加哥枪友会的法律援助服务只限于枪友会的注册会员。枪友会的注册会员只允许咨询和自己直接有关而且是真正需要法律援助的问题。 每个会员每年只能有不超过一次次免费咨询（咨询不超过1个小时），不能叠加积攒到下一年。如果会员继续需要在一个小时以上的法律服务，请单独联系执照律师安排费用。
 
芝加哥枪友会的责任
​芝加哥枪友会的法律援助项目由枪友会董事会管理，董事会有权利就任何法律援助项目的问题做最后决定。芝加哥枪友会的法律援助资金只能用来支付和枪有关的刑事案件的咨询费用， 芝加哥枪友会董事会对法律援助资金的使用有最后的决定权。
​Goals 
Chinese-American Network of Firearm Owners (“Canfire”) is an Illinois registered non-profit corporation. Its main goals are to improve the safety and self-protection awareness among Chinese-American communities in Chicago and surrounding suburbs, to assist the community with the learning of legal rights, techniques, mental awareness and tools in self-protection, and to improve the overall safety in those communities. 
 
Canfire is a membership supported organization, and welcomes anyone in the communities to join, regardless of political affiliation, gender, race and ethnics group, experience and religious believes. Canfire requires its members to have a valid Illinois Firearm Owner’s ID (FOID) and be older than 21 years of age.
 
In order to provide its members with more legal education and legal assistance, with the approval of its Board of Directors, Canfire hereby establishes its legal assistance program. Canfire’s legal assistance program consisted three licensed attorneys and one legal intern, and will provide a fixed amount of pro bono legal assistances to Canfire’s registered members.
 
Participating Attorney’s Responsibilities 
Participating attorneys have agreed to provide no more than 4 hours of pro bono work every month, and will have the option to charge a fee for time spent on consultation beyond 4 hours monthly limit. Attorneys will provide consultation service to Canfire members in the practice areas of real estate, business, immigration, and criminal defense. The legal intern will provide no more than 4 hours of pro bono work every month and conduct the first level triage, based on the result of the triage, the legal intern will send the issue to one of the participating attorneys. The program’s free consultation hours are capped by number of attorneys and their available hours, members will be served on a first come first serve base. Members who desire service after available hours have run out need to arrange for fee payment with the attorney.
 
Canfire Registered Member’s Responsibilities 
This program is open only to the registered Canfire members. Registered members should only bring issues directly related to him/her and genuinely need legal assistance to the program. Each member is entitled to no more than 1 free consultations (up to 1 hour) per year, this limit cannot be carried over to subsequent years. If the member desires to continue the service with the attorney, he/she should arrange for the fee payment with the attorney directly.
 
Canfire’s Responsibilities  
Canfire’s Board of Directors is responsible for managing the program, and reserve the final decision on all issues related to the program. Canfire’s legal assistance fund should only be used to pay for legal consultation in criminal cases related to firearm, and Canfire’s Board of Directors reserve the final decision on the spending of legal assistance fund.