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Chicago mayor Emanuel pushes for state handgun registration

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Emanuel to push for state-wide handgun registry

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants lawmakers to require that all handguns in Illinois be registered with the state, or gun owners could face felony charges...

Under Emanuel's proposal, handgun owners would have to pay $65 for a registration certificate from the state, which would function much like the title to a car. Illinois law currently requires that gun owners and shooters have a firearm owners identification card, which works like a drivers license. But the guns themselves are not registered at the state level...
Full story: WBEZ

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Emanuel to push for state-wide handgun registry

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants lawmakers to require that all handguns in Illinois be registered with the state, or gun owners could face felony charges...

Under Emanuel's proposal, handgun owners would have to pay $65 for a registration certificate from the state, which would function much like the title to a car. Illinois law currently requires that gun owners and shooters have a firearm owners identification card, which works like a drivers license. But the guns themselves are not registered at the state level...
Full story: WBEZ



Maybe somebody should tell the Mayor of Chicago that he's the mayor of Chicago and not the Governor of Illinois!
It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

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Emanuel to push for state-wide handgun registry

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants lawmakers to require that all handguns in Illinois be registered with the state, or gun owners could face felony charges...

Under Emanuel's proposal, handgun owners would have to pay $65 for a registration certificate from the state, which would function much like the title to a car. Illinois law currently requires that gun owners and shooters have a firearm owners identification card, which works like a drivers license. But the guns themselves are not registered at the state level...
Full story: WBEZ



Maybe somebody should tell the Mayor of Chicago that he's the mayor of Chicago and not the Governor of Illinois!



Would not be surprise if he runs for Governor while keeping his Mayorship in case he loses.

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Update:
Quinn: Gun registry would be 'uphill climb' in Illinois

Gov. Pat Quinn expressed doubt on Friday that the General Assembly would pass legislation proposed by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to create a statewide handgun registry. “I think that has an uphill climb..."

Sen. Larry Bomke, R-Springfield, said Emanuel is overstepping his bounds.

“I, like most Downstaters, are a little sick of the mayor of Chicago acting like he is the governor of Illinois,” Bomke said, adding the legislation only punishes law-abiding citizens and do not stop criminals from getting weapons.

Rep. Rich Brauer, R-Petersburg, expressed similar sentiments. “It’s another typical gun legislation from Chicago,” Brauer said. “It’s designed so that people who obey the laws suffer under legislation like this.”...
Full story: SJ-R.com

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