Chicago approves new gun restrictions The law allows adults in Chicago to buy one gun a month, 12 a year, but they must pay registration and permit fees and take five hours of training. Within 100 days, anyone who wants to keep a gun in the city will have to register, get their training and pay the fees. Also within 100 days, any of the estimated 10,000 Chicagoans convicted of a gun offense will have to register at their local police station like sex offenders. Chicago’s ban was the nation’s strictest. While New York City, Washington DC, Baltimore and other cities have adopted some of the provisions Chicago enacted today. The aldermen did not hold back their contempt for the five members of the U.S. Supreme Court who threw out the city’s gun ban Monday. “No Supreme Court judge could live in my community and come to the same conclusion they did a couple days ago,†Ald. Sharon Denise Dixon (24th) said. “There’s no way if they knew the violence our young people face every day that they could decide this was a reasonable course of action.†The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the 2nd Amendment, which states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed†means that Chicago cannot prohibit residents from keeping handguns in their homes. Ald. Mary Ann Smith (48th) said that law was written for militias and, “they guaranteed the right to carry around muskets not Uzis.†At the beginning of the week, Daley and Georges hoped to introduce an ordinance allowing residents to own just one handgun. But as the week went on and city lawyers assessed their chances of getting these laws held up under the Supreme Court’s new decision, they watered it down. “All the gang-bangers out there who have been convicted of gun offenses who think that they can flaunt this law, they’re going to be locked up,†Burke said. “Each day that you don’t register, it’s a separate offense. If you don’t register for 365 days, that’s 365 offenses.â€
That post includes several good reasons not to move to Chicago. Contrast it with the news in my county 3 days ago. Source: http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Two-men-shot-in-Denton-County--97590044.html
The view from UK on gun control laws Fourteen years ago, the Dunblane massacre sparked a national outcry that uncontrollably warped perceptions amongst the general public towards the heavy restriction of firearms. Only a few sections of society clung on to their ability to hold guns; those who either used them for hunting and conservation, and those who shoot for sport, both of which have significant overlap. Dunblane demanded a quick response whether or not the gun holders of Britain felt that the new narrative was reasonable or not and firearms were quickly restricted to the point of near illegality in the UK. The expectation was that any repeat of Dunblane, where Thomas Hamilton shot sixteen children and their teacher, would be impossible. But on 2 June, Derrick Bird murdered 12 people and injured a further 11 with a variety of weapons with a terrifying potential to kill. Journalists and police seeking to paint a picture of why he went on his killing spree have yet to find any particularly illuminating cause; his unpaid tax bills, his embarrassment at the hands of a Thai prostitute and family bickering have all been pointed to as the potential spark for his murder-suicide spree. Bird was approved for his firearms certificate despite the fact he had previously received a three month prison sentence, a conviction due to stealing from his previous employer, escaping from being flagged in the system due to the fact it was suspended and later spent.
Right to carry a firearm? OMG. I wonder how many people will shoot in the air to day. http://www.lapdonline.org/search_results/content_basic_view/7751
You should see our death statistics for accidents in moving vehicles. Its out of control. I can hardly wait for the day when they ban all vehicles from the country.
Will - That'd work, but it might be an economic hardship for forum owners... it'd cost us at least half the membership of this place alone.