Re: Gun-Grabbers at the Chicago Tribune

RSweeney wrote:
> "Kishter" <fisster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:5m7l74ha6n4f8su0bp7lls1rhaoe1u1al2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:31:16 -0400, "RSweeney" <dockscience@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "Kishter" <fisster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>
>>>>>> You will now CITE which city has banned guns.  You need to get over
>>>>>> this irrational fear.
>>>>> Wa****ngton DC had a complete ban on useable guns in the home, now
>>>>> stricken.
>>>>> Chicago (and some suburbs), NYC are close with bans on handguns.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> so you mean to tell me you can't buy a gun at all in Chicago and NYC?
>>>> I find that astounding.
>>> Chicago code:
>>> 8-20-050  Unregisterable firearms.
>>>     No registration certificate shall be issued for any of the
following
>>> types of firearms:
>>>
>>>     (a)     Sawed-off shotgun, machine gun, or short- barreled rifle;
>> ok, no problem there.  not needed.
>>>     (b)     Firearms other than handguns, owned or possessed by any 
>>> person
>>> in the City of Chicago prior to the effective date of this chapter
which 
>>> are
>>> not validly registered prior to the effective date of this chapter;
>> ok, so they need to be registered.
>>>     (c)     Handguns, except:
>>>
>>>          (1)     Those validly registered to a current owner in the
City 
>>> of
>>> Chicago prior to the effective date of this chapter, and which contain

>>> each
>>> of the following:
>>>
>>>               (i)     A safety mechanism to hinder the use of the
handgun
>>> by unauthorized users. Such devices shall include, but shall not be 
>>> limited
>>> to, trigger locks, combination handle locks, and solenoid
use-limitation
>>> devices; and
>>>
>>>               (ii)     A load indicator device that provides
reasonable
>>> warning to potential users such that even users unfamiliar with the
weapon
>>> would be forewarned and would understand the nature of the warning;
>>>
>>>          (2)     Those owned by peace officers who are residents of
the
>>> City of Chicago,
>>>
>>>          (3)     Those owned by security personnel,
>>>
>>>          (4)     Those owned by private detective agencies licensed
under
>>> Chapter 111.2601, et seq., Illinois Revised Statutes;
>> ok, and the problem is?
>>
>>>
>>> a deniable without cause permit is required in NYC and costs $435
>>> there are law firms who make a business of assisting NYC citizens to 
>>> obtain
>>> the difficult to approve permit
>>>
>>>
>>> criminals can buy handguns in both cities without a permit
>>
>> where?
> 
> criminals buy guns from other criminals, the same place they buy illegal

> drugs to sell
> 
> by the way... did you note that Chicago REQUIRES handguns to be
registered 
> but also FORBIDS the police from registering any?
> 
> That's a ban. Which I believe you said didn't exist.

He didn't get that far.  He apparently cannot read and comprehend more 
than one sentence per day.

-- 
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana, 1863 - 1952

Cheers,
Bama Brian
Libertarian