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Originally Posted by Robbie
How do pro-gun control advocates explain the city of Chicago?
Some of the toughest gun laws in the U.S. and the number one city for gun deaths. 
1.You have to get a state permit to purchase a gun.
2.The city of Chicago requires registration of firearms. Residents must complete a firearm safety course, pass a background check including fingerprinting, and pay a $100 permit fee which is renewed every three years. Registration of any handgun assumes an additional one time fee of $15.
3.Owner license required
4. Automatic firearms, short-barreled shotguns, short-barreled rifles, and silencers prohibited. AOW (Any Other Weapon) and large-bore DD (Destructive Device) allowed with proper approval and tax stamp from ATF. Historically accurate short-barreled rifles possessed for the purpose of historical reenactment allowed by bona fide members of a nationally-recognized military reenactment organization.
5.Illinois residents must have a Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) card, which is issued by the Illinois State Police
I'm thinking that criminals just don't give a damn about all those laws. All the gun laws have done is disarm law abiding citizens.
Can one of you folks who think that "tougher" gun laws will stop crime please explain Chicago to me? Obama of all people should know that it doesn't work, since that's his home town. |
Obviously, the answer to the problem doesn't lie in one single act. The issue of gun violence is complex, and it will never be entirely solved.
That doesn't mean anyone who thinks it's fucking stupid that we don't have universal background checks
without loopholes, and who think that since there is no use for large-capacity magazines except to slaughter rooms full of people that the sale of them should end, is wrong. And at issue currently seems to be mass killings of innocent people, rather than 1-on-1 murders around drug deals.