Doesn't "within city limits" mean there are places outside of the city where the happy gun owner can get the necessary training? Is that so "onerous?"The city’s ban on handguns was struck down by the Supreme Court in McDonald vs. Chicago, but the city has a policy requiring that registered gun owners get gun training including instruction at a gun range while simultaneously banning gun ranges within city limits.
How do you get gun training at a facility the city outlaws? That doesn’t matter. You’re not really supposed to own a gun.
Why do gun rights fanatics find it necessary to exaggerate like this? Isn't the reality of the situation enough for them to complain about? Do these people have no moral sense of honesty?
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
Chicago PD has a gun range smack dab in the middle of Chicago (). So it's not like having a ban on gun ranges is a safety issue.
ReplyDeleteThe further you have to drive to get to a range, the more time (and consequently money) you will have to expend to own a gun.
The real motive of the Chicago machine is to make gun ownership as expensive as possible, thus preventing the people Chicago (most of whom aren't extraordinarily wealthy) from owning a gun.
I'm lucky I live in a free city where gun ranges are plentiful and it takes more time to clean my gun than it does to get to the range.
So Mike, would it be onerous if the whole nation adopted this policy? If it is good for Chicago, why wouldn’t it be good for the whole nation? You have frequently noted that Chicago’s policies should be adopted nation wide- you know, so that people can’t just drive for a bit and bypass their strict gun laws.
ReplyDeleteconsidering the long well known corruption in Chicago politics and how police enforcement usually is a euphemism for taking money from the tax payer, the draconian gun laws in Chicago only reinforce this.
ReplyDeleteWhy do gun rights fanatics find it necessary to exaggerate like this?
A Second amendment supporter like myself that observes daily examples of a government fixated on getting more power, views government regulation on a constitutional right as the opening for more abuses by the government.
Just like the law allowing police to give tickets to motorists for not wearing a seatbelt, while other drivers are allowed to ride a motorcycle without a helmet, gun registration fees and gun safety laws are nothing but government taxes.
No, Mike. They don't.
ReplyDeleteHonesty? Folks like MikeB and R. Stanton Scott are the very epitome of dishonest.
ReplyDeleteMikeB: “Doesn't "within city limits" mean there are places outside of the city where the happy gun owner can get the necessary training?”
ReplyDeleteFirst, wouldn’t that just be a “loophole”?
Second, I am still looking for the exaggeration. The author clearly stated that it is “within city limits”. He did not exaggerate by saying “within a 100 mile radius”, or “within the state of Illinois”, etc. He also didn’t exaggerate by misstating the amount of training requirement. So where exactly is the exaggeration?
Third, and on a more serious note- I would like for you to answer me this question (especially since this is your second post on this issue). Do you think gun ranges are a bad thing?
TS is correct. They must close the city limit loophole, for the children.
ReplyDeleteHere's the exaggeration, TS.
ReplyDelete"How do you get gun training at a facility the city outlaws? That doesn’t matter. You’re not really supposed to own a gun."
MikeB,
ReplyDeleteNot really that much of an exaggeration since the Mayor said that since he couldn't ban guns he was going to do everything he could to make legally owning a gun difficult with his new laws.
Do you think gun ranges are a bad thing?
ReplyDeleteIf there are no gun ranges in Chicago, then go to one outside of Chicago.
ReplyDeleteI fail to see the problem.
Guntubbys will never be happy.
FWM is still exaggerating: "[the mayor is doing] everything he could to make legally owning a gun difficult with his new laws."
ReplyDeleteEverything?
TS, no, I don't think gun ranges are a bad thing, per se.
If there are no polling places in Chicago, then go to one outside of Chicago.
ReplyDeleteI fail to see the problem.
Changed a few words to highlight your blatant bigotry.