{"id":66658,"date":"2016-07-03T10:09:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T14:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66658"},"modified":"2016-07-03T14:27:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T18:27:25","slug":"orlando-vs-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=66658","title":{"rendered":"Orlando vs. Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chicago Tribune<\/a> compares the deadliest terror attack on US soil since 9-11-2001 that happened in Orlando’s Pulse a few weeks ago to the monthly rate of shooting deaths and injuries on a typical month of life in Chicago;<\/p>\n

Thus far in 2016, more than 1,950 people have been hit by bullets in Chicago, including most of the 315 homicide victims. “We have an Orlando every month in Chicago, and no one seems to raise an eyebrow,” Dean Angelo, president of Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police, said the other day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, the Tribune thinks that by tightening background checks that would rectify the problem;<\/p>\n

[T]he Orlando killer, passed a federal background check to buy his guns. But felons may evade such requirements by purchasing from private sellers, who unlike licensed dealers aren’t required to do background checks. They may work with straw purchasers, who buy firearms legally and then sell them illegally. Requiring background checks for all gun sales and stiffening penalties for straw purchasers could curb this sort of activity, raising the risks and costs for those doing business with criminals.<\/p>\n

Need proof? A 2013 federal gun trafficking case found one man who bought 43 guns from gun shows and stores in Indiana, which has looser gun laws than Illinois, before bringing them to Chicago and selling them to an undercover agent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have a question for the Trib. Do they honestly think that someone buying guns out of state and selling those guns in inner-city Chicago is going to bother going through background checks during those sales? He already did his own background checks in Indiana at the points of sale, so what would change?<\/p>\n

No one expects such changes in gun laws to make a big difference or a rapid one. But they are likely to do some good \u2014 with minimal inconvenience to law-abiding gun buyers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How, exactly, would it make a difference? Folks who sell guns to criminals are not going to change what they do now. If they sell guns to criminals, they understand the risks, but the rewards outweigh the risks – that’s the problem with criminals. The Trib should know that. Guns have been banned in Chicago for decades and should not be a problem, given the gun-grabbers’ rhetoric, but here we are.<\/p>\n

The problem is not that guns are available through illegal means, the problem is that punishment for gun crimes doesn’t scare criminals away from a life of crime, prosecutors would rather make deals that make law breakers pay for their crimes. it’s easier to write new laws than it is to enforce the old ones – that’s how legislators stay in office. More laws don’t necessarily make us safer when no one is willing to enforce the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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