7/01/2010

So what will be in the new Chicago Gun Regulations

From CBS2 Chicago.

The ordinance also requires a two-step process to own and register a handgun. It would require both a city firearms permit and a valid Illinois Firearm Owners' registration Identification Card, as well as registration with the Chicago Police Department.

The application fee would $15 for each firearm registered. The annual reporting fee would be $10 per firearm. . .


Other provisions:

• Limit the number of handguns residents can register to one per month and prohibit residents from having more than one handgun in operating order at any given time.
• Require residents in homes with children to keep them in lock boxes or equipped with trigger locks.
• Require prospective gun owners to take a four-hour class and one-hour training at a gun range. They would have to leave the city for training because Chicago prohibits new gun ranges and limits the use of existing ranges to police officers. Those restrictions were similar to those in an ordinance passed in Washington, D.C., after the high court struck down its ban two years ago.
• Prohibit people from owning a gun if they were convicted of a violent crime, domestic violence or two or more convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Residents convicted of a gun offense would have to register with the police department.
• Calls for the police department to maintain a registry of every handgun owner in the city, with the names and addresses to be made available to police officers, firefighters and other emergency responders.


Other requirements include:

• It allows for registration of no more than one handgun per month in the home per adult or applicant and generally prohibits the possession of a handgun by any person except in the person’s home.
• It establishes a two-step process to own and register a handgun. First, the applicant must obtain a city firearms permit, which requires having a valid State of Illinois Firearm Owners’ Identification Card, and then the applicant must register the gun with the Chicago Police Department.
• Handgun ownership is prohibited for anyone who has been convicted of any violent crime, has two or more offenses for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and under state law has been convicted of domestic violence.
• It bans assault weapons and provides for mandatory jail time beginning in 2011 for anyone who is caught with one.
• It requires firearms safety training, both in a classroom and on a firing range.
It bans gun shops.
• It includes severe penalties for violating the ordinance, including hefty fines and jail time.


Banning gun shops seems like a sure challenge. I also assume that only allowing one gun in operation is also a possible challenge.

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