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speckyradge t1_ix00q4z wrote

Reply to comment by CookieMasochist in Chicago Alderman who said he wants fewer cops in his ward is now asking people to PLEASE stop shooting each other for 48 hours by CookieMasochist

That's somewhat of a fallacy. Chicagoans buy guns from outside of Chicago because.... there are no gun stores in Chicago. Secondly, an Illinois resident cannot legally go into Indiana, buy a handgun from a store and drive home with it. That's a federal law. So for Indiana guns to wind up in criminal hands, multiple laws have to be broken by multiple people. Straw purchasing, private party sales across state lines or interstate weapons trafficking.

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Kind_Bullfrog_4073 t1_ix0z1tn wrote

You also can't legally murder people with guns, but that doesn't stop it from happening.

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speckyradge t1_ix0zvw3 wrote

Absolutely true, same as the point I'm making. Making Indiana gun laws the same as Illinois won't change anything, Federal laws are already being broken to get guns to Chicago from Indiana.

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ProfCharlesBrainman t1_ix0tvsj wrote

They can if they go to a gun show, since Indiana police only started cracking down on them last year.

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