[SJackson]

Hunters need to separate themselves from gun nuts

[SJackson]

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[RISU]

Any "reasonable" approach to gun control will result in eventual "confiscation".

It is simply not in the best interst of any Government running a FIAT money system to have citizens in a position to "object" to the "system".

To get rid of the gun issue all we need to do is stop being a socialist state with a huge cap of government people who don't pay any taxes, and get some real money to use.

[FreeTally]

Limiting gun purchases to one a month (there is currently no limit) is a practical way to bring down the number of guns in the wrong hands. It permits authorities to go after straw purchasers, who buy them on behalf of felons and others who cannot pass background checks.

Um, if people are limited to one per month, then no one could be involved in "straw purchases" really. How would it help authorities go after such things? Idiot.

Exemptions could be allowed for anyone with a legitimate reason to exceed the limit.

And the person in charge of making this decison will decide that no one other than his buddies have a "legitimate reason".

A "cooling-off" period of 10 days before a buyer can take possession of a gun, up from three, is another measure worth supporting.

Or ten months, or ten years. Why not! Seriously, this is just a step to outlaw altogether(of course). No one is going to "cool down" more over 10 days than 3 days.

And in the absence of a system of federal licensing of gun dealers, Daley's proposal to have the state license them makes sense.

No federal license to be a gun dealer? Say what? This person is on crack.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I am a hunter and a gun nut. More gun laws when existing ones aren't enforced is like more inspectors in Iraq. Excellent plan.

[Billthedrill]

Gov. Blagojevich unsuccessfully campaigned as a state legislator to raise it to $500 but abandoned that during his gubernatorial campaign.

Five bucks is a significant bite if you're trying to stretch a paycheck. 25 starts to limit the gun-owning demographic a bit; five hundred dollars is simply a blatant and transparent attempt to tax gun ownership out of existence and will function in the short term to make criminals out of people who can't come up with that kind of money to exercise a right they've always exercised for free. If this doesn't qualify as a "tax break for the wealthy" then I don't know what does.

Fortunately cooler heads prevailed and Illinois gun owners are safe from that sort of stealth prohibition forever...or at least until the next election.

But what does this "in the absence of federal licensing of gun dealers" mean? Has this newspaper never heard of a Federal Firearms License?

[o_zarkman44]

Enforcing the existing gun laws is the answer, not throwing more money at the problem by raising fees. Law enforcement already gets huge amounts of money to aid in enforcing gun laws. Perhaps a more accurate accounting by law enforcement as to how much time and actual money are being spent enforcing current gun laws needs to be made to determine if the system is operating efficiently?

What good is a law on the books if it is not being enforced?
Why would a new law be any better? Because it gets more money for law enforcement agencys, not that it makes the system any more efficient towards reducing crime. Rewards should be for efficiency rather than failure.

[dfwgator]

Mayor Daley should be more concerned with stopping Night Clubs from burning down.

[cruiserman]

What are illegal handguns? Why is "gun" violence (whatever that means) worse than other types of violence?

[Chi-townChief]

How about one from the mildly amusing Richard Roeper?

http://www.suntimes.com/output/roeper/cst-nws-roep19.html

[Destructor]

Makes me glad that I don't live in Chicago!

[demosthenes the elder]

grrrr...
these people will never quit their incrementalism until they are all lined up against a wall...

[demosthenes the elder]

more on the Illinois/Chicago gun control issue, in case you have yet to see it.

[dogbrain]

I dunno...
waiting 10 days makes me REALLY mad.