One of the reasons Chicago is having such a high gun violence rate is because the surrounding states do not have gun laws tight enough to back Chicago. So, those that want guns to carry out crime simply laugh at the idea of regulation at this point. This is the same complaint Mayor Bloomberg has, but, New York has strong regulation laws and they have cooperation from the immediate neighborhood in the Northeast. Mayor Bloomberg still states his continued gun problem is due to out of state guns coming into NYC.
Wisconsin is no different. Wisconsin requires to registration if firearms, licensing of owners, permit to carry or permit to purchase. Basically, the borders are open to those so inclined to to purchase guns.
Illinois tries:
Illinois residents are required to have a Firearm Owners Identification Card, issued by Illinois State Police following a background check. FOID cards are not available to people convicted of a felony, domestic violence, assault or battery, people who are the subjects of orders of protection, people who have been a patient of a mental institution within the past five years, people who have been determined by courts to be mentally defective, and illegal immigrants.
Illinois requires a card to carry to prove a citizen has passed all the checks and can have guns. The problem is the card is good for ten years. So, unless there are checks on the cards regularly, which I am confident doesn't happen, by the time the card has to be renewed in ten years a lot can happen that would actually disqualify the holder.
Indiana tries:
IC 35-47-2-1 (click here)
Carrying a handgun without being licensed; exceptions; person convicted of domestic battery
Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) and section 2 of this chapter, a person shall not carry a handgun in any vehicle or on or about the person's body without being licensed under this chapter to carry a handgun....
It is time for the Illinois Governor to consider deploying the National Guard to Chicago to secure the city from the vast numbers of guns and yes, that means taking those from the hands of criminals, gangs and anarchists. What will probably occur is a large number exiting the city. That would be a good thing so the most dangerous neighborhoods can be cleaned of their weapons. It is a dangerous operation for the National Guard, but, I am confident they are up to it considering they have had intimate experience in urban warfare in recent history.
