Chi-town antis sweatin' Parker...
James Oliphant at the Chicago tribune notes that the D.C. gun case may hit Chicago.
Oliphant notes that the Chi-town ban is a "close cousin" to the DC ban. It also has a grandfathering clause that makes compliance with the ban's registration requirement impossible for new gun buyers. And like the DC ban, the Chicago ban has produced a thriving black market. Of course, illegal gun dealers don't check for IDs or ask a buyer's age in either city. Unlike what one finds in a legal merchant's shop, a 14-year old's money is just as good as anyone else's when the shop is the trunk of a '92 Camry.
(On our side of the argument, we call those "unintended consequences".)
On Tuesday, the district government appealed the decision to the Supreme Court. If the court takes the case, as many observers believe it will, it could place Chicago's handgun ban, as well as similar laws nationwide, in jeopardy.To go back to that poker analogy, this is what it means to go all in.
Oliphant notes that the Chi-town ban is a "close cousin" to the DC ban. It also has a grandfathering clause that makes compliance with the ban's registration requirement impossible for new gun buyers. And like the DC ban, the Chicago ban has produced a thriving black market. Of course, illegal gun dealers don't check for IDs or ask a buyer's age in either city. Unlike what one finds in a legal merchant's shop, a 14-year old's money is just as good as anyone else's when the shop is the trunk of a '92 Camry.
(On our side of the argument, we call those "unintended consequences".)
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