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NBC: Chicago Gun Restrictions Ineffective Because of Gun Rights Elsewhere
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Posted on 02/01/2013 6:02:23 PM PST by chessplayer

In a report at the top of Thursday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Kevin Tibbles fretted that "Despite bylaws that prohibit gun shops within city limits...Chicago appears to be awash in guns." A sentiment that echoed ABC World News anchor Diane Sawyer, who on Wednesday announced to viewers that the whole nation was "awash in guns."

The declaration from Tibbles teed up gun control advocate and UCLA law professor Adam Winkler to claim that problem with Chicago's gun restrictions was that they were not universal: "Chicago certainly has strict gun control laws. But the difficulty is that outlying areas outside of Chicago and in other states, neighboring Illinois, don't have strict gun control laws, and the guns easily flow into Chicago because of that."


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: banglist; democrats; guncontrol; secondamendment
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41 posted on 02/01/2013 7:43:42 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Blood of Tyrants
My guess is that you are not surrounded by inner city black and Hispanic gang bangers and gansta rapper wannabes.

Yes, I guess that is correct. We are white.

42 posted on 02/01/2013 7:56:30 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (Molon Labe)
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To: chessplayer
Sooooo the murder rate in Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky and Iowa are ALL as high as Chicago?

And just where did MOST of the thousands of guns recovered in Chicago last year come from? IE; Where were they originally purchased? 1) Illinois. Huh? 2) Indiana. OK
3) Mississippi Mississippi????????

Thanks to Cam Edwards for this info.

43 posted on 02/01/2013 8:04:22 PM PST by Tupelo (Hunkered down & loading up)
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To: Trailerpark Badass

I’m getting sick of the liberal Marxists who have been pushing gun control for 30 yrs or more. Perhaps congress should draft and pass a bill criminalizing any action by politicians and govt employees to infringe on our 2nd ammendment .this includes shills at every level (fed,state,county,local). It should be rated a felony with 2-5 yrs in prison. If the swine took an oath to defend our constitution, then perjury should be an additional charge. If their actions resulted in lowering the security of our citizens,then Treason should be considered.


44 posted on 02/01/2013 8:16:46 PM PST by Bravo six
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To: chessplayer
Chicago has a violence problem because criminals own the state.
45 posted on 02/01/2013 8:52:48 PM PST by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: chessplayer

Bingo people, this will also apply at the national level. Create a nationwide ban and only the criminals will have it. There is absolutely no rational reason to believe whatever you ban will not still be available - to those with a disregard for the law.


46 posted on 02/01/2013 8:57:59 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: Belteshazzar

Yes...you are correct...this explains why no one can get their hands on cocaine because it has been made illegal in all areas of the country ... the same goes for crack, but not for weed because it is still being snuck in from the legal pharmacies in California. Make sense?


47 posted on 02/01/2013 9:10:55 PM PST by willyd (Don't shoot, we're Republicans!)
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To: ConradofMontferrat

To #12: “How white of them”


48 posted on 02/02/2013 12:58:48 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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