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  • CRUSHING ILLINOIS GUN CONTROL

    04/15/2002 8:15:56 PM PDT · by Lazamataz · 192 replies · 1,391+ views
    Apr 15, 2002 | Lazamataz
    Des Plaines (LAZ) -- By a 7 to 1 vote, Des Plaines City Council rejected two sweeping pieces of gun control legislation introduced by Alderman Don Smith and heavily and vocally backed by Richard Daley, the Mayor of Chicago.Des Plaines is twenty miles from Chicago, and is considered a suburb of the city.Smith introduced both a set of gun dealer restrictions, and a comprehensive assault weapons ban.The gun dealer restrictions would have forced gun dealers to pay 55$ to the city, undergo fingerprints, be subjected to a criminal background check, and would have prevented gun dealers from operating in a...