Chicago gangs don’t have to go far to buy guns

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Often stolen from legitimate buyers

Larry Pelcher, owner of Pelcher’s Gun Shop and Shooters Supply Inc. in south suburban Lansing, didn’t want to speak for Chuck’s, but said he doubts any local gun stores are breaking the law.

And he doesn’t think straw purchasers are the key reason guns are getting into criminals’ hands in Chicago.

Store owners “go out of our way to ensure the person buying the firearm is legitimate and is not a straw buyer,” Pelcher said.

The guns traced back to suburban Cook County stores have often been stolen from legitimate buyers who got them for protection, he said.

Police acknowledge stolen guns form part of the supply line to crooks

Too bad you have to read the article to get to the real truth but I guess ther prefer blaming the gun shop because criminals are so much harder to blame!

www.suntimes.com/14715658-761/chicago-gangs-dont-have-to-go-far-to-buy-guns.html

 

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As for straw purchasers, some experts have called for legislators to require gun stores to install security cameras and allow authorities to review videotapes of those purchases. They also have suggested a ban on cellphones in gun stores to stymie straw buyers from taking orders from their customers.

The "expert" who came up with that one must be a legend in his own mind.

 

[cekim]

OOOOR, you could end the war on drugs and use prisons to house violent offenders as long as they need to no longer be a threat to society.

Just a thought...

 

[exo]

OOOOR, you could end the war on drugs and use prisons to house violent offenders as long as they need to no longer be a threat to society.

Just a thought...

There you go again, thinking. Don't you know that's not allowed?

 

[DJF3864]

Can I get those two minutes back please?

 

[FrugalFannie]

so 20% of the guns recovered were bought at a gun store very close to where the crimes happen. Chances are the 268 guns were a very small fraction of the guns this store sells in a year, to people who probably live IN THE AREA. Maybe with such a high rate of robbery in the area it just makes sense that when a criminal steals a gun from a local owner they are likely to turn around and use it in another crime or sell it to someone who will. My gues is you could probably apply this same psuedo logic to anything involved in an accident as well. Sounds like some 'faulty data correlation.

 

[Baystatesuks]

I love how the article starts - "You might think the Deep South is the biggest source of the firearms in the hands of Chicago’s criminals."

Maybe people should stop blaming other states for the problems they create.

 

[Horrible]

I love how the article starts - "You might think the Deep South is the biggest source of the firearms in the hands of Chicago’s criminals."

Maybe people should stop blaming other states for the problems they create.

This is what people that don't really want to solve the problem do.

Bloom-turd, Mumbles, Devalue, and Rahm-bo are all guilty of this. The Blame-O-Crats.