REDUCING VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.

>> THERE'S NO DISPUTING THAT GUN VIOLENCE IS A PROBLEM IN CHICAGO.

DESPITE LAWS INTENDED TO HELP.

BUT ARE THEY EFFECTIVE?

AMANDA BENNETT, LOOKS FOR AN ANSWER IN THE LATEST EDITION OF OUR SERIES W T TW NEWS EXPLAINS.

>> CHICAGO HAS A REPUTATION AS THE CITY OF BIG SHOULDERS FOR ROUGH AND TUMBLE POLITICS FOR HAVING A LOT TIME DESPITE STRICT GUN LAWS.

BUT WHAT ARE THOSE MOST MAJOR GUN RESTRICTIONS COME FROM THE STATE, NOT THE CITY ITSELF TO PURCHASE AND OWN A GUN IN ILLINOIS.

YOU MUST HAVE A FIREARM OWNERS IDENTIFICATION OR FOID CARD TO QUALIFY FOR A FOID CARD.

YOU HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 21 IN HAVE NEVER BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY.

THAT AND OTHER DISQUALIFYING CRIMES WOULD COME UP IN THE REQUIRED BACKGROUND WITHOUT A FOID.

YOU CAN'T LEGALLY BUY OR EVEN USE A GUN IN ILLINOIS.

WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS TO CARRY A GUN IN PUBLIC.

THAT REQUIRES A SECOND OFFICIAL CREDENTIAL, A CONCEALED CARRY LICENSE WHICH REQUIRES COMPLETING A TRAINING CONCEALED CARRY LICENSES, ALLOW SOMEONE TO CARRY A LOADED GUN IN PERMITTED GLEESON'S.

EVEN SOMEONE WITH THE CCL CAN'T BRING A FIREARM INTO A SCHOOL GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, CTA, TRAIN HOSPITAL, BORROW OR ANYWHERE ELSE FOR THE OWNER HAS SAID NO.

>> KEY IN CONCEALED.

NO FLASHY HOLSTERS IN ILLINOIS.

THAT GUN PASSED TO BE HIDDEN.

FIREARM DEALERS AS IN THOSE WHO SELL GUNS HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED BY THE STATE TO REQUIRES 72 HOURS BETWEEN WHEN SOMEONE APPLIES TO BUY A GUN AND WHEN THE DEALER CAN DELIVER >> THE SAINT ANN'S A BUNCH OF GUNS OUT RIGHT AS WELL.

SPECIFICALLY THOSE CLASSIFIED BY ILLINOIS AS ASSAULT WEAPONS.

SO HOW DO ILLINOIS'S SO-CALLED STRICT GUN LAWS STACK THE GIFFORDS LAW CENTER GIVES ILLINOIS AND E MINUS FOR HAVING SOME OF THE NATION'S STRICTEST GUN LAWS.

AS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, WISCONSIN GET TO AND INDIANA A D MINUS IOWA, MISSOURI AND KENTUCKY ALL SCORE NOW IF GUN RIGHTS GROUPS TO DEGRADING ILLINOIS WOULD PROBABLY GET THE STATE IS SEEN AS ONE OF THE LEAST FRIENDLY WHEN IT COMES TO GUN OWNERSHIP.

EITHER WAY GUN LAWS IN NEIGHBORING STATES IMPACT ILLINOIS.

IT'S NOT LIKE THERE BORDER CHECKPOINTS.

THE U.S. BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS REPORTS THAT IN 2022 OF THE NEARLY 20,000 FIREARMS RECOVERED IN TRIESTE IN ILLINOIS, LESS THAN 40% WERE ACTUALLY PURCHASED IN STATE.

THE MOST RECENT DATA FOR CHICAGO IS FROM 2019 AND ONLY ABOUT A 3RD OF THE RECOVERED AND TRACE FIREARMS PURCHASED IN ILLINOIS.

SO WHILE CHICAGO IS THE CITY OF BIG SHOULDERS AND ROUGH AND TUMBLE POLITICS, THE CORRELATION BETWEEN CHICAGO GUN VIOLENCE AND GUN THAT IS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED.

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