The gun exchange, as in the past, will be "no questions asked"... no contributor will be asked for identification or anything about the origin or use of the weapon...No questions will be asked. All weapons will be destroyed.
Even firearms stolen from their rightful owners? Where does the city get authority to do that? And what if the "owners" were the government?
What a great way to reward criminals for disposing a "crime gun." What a great way to encourage criminals to steal more guns--no questions asked, naturally. What a great way to enrich "The Only Ones".
But it may all depend on the meaning of the word "amnesty."
So--"Chicago Eddie"--where did you decide to "take the weapon [you're] turning in"? What was it, how did you get it, did you possess it legally, and got any more you're holding out on us? We want to make sure you come clean, now.
I wonder how many of the idiots who respond to this will be illegally transporting their firearms to the turn-in centers? I mean, it's not like this article gives any instruction on how to do that in compliance with Illinois and Chicago law. I wonder if government or their "wall of separation" religious partners encourage people who don't know safe firearm handling practices to handle firearms and someone gets hurt if there is any attendant legal liability. And I wonder how locals have authority to offer amnesty if weapons involved or their possessors are in violation of federal law...
Yeah, various of us have been talking to the Illinois State Police and BATFUbar and have had no luck in understanding the legalities (or illegalities) involved.
ReplyDeleteWhen I asked the ISP, they told me that this doesn't count as a firearm transfer since they intend to take the firearms out of circulation.
That's one of the perks of the ruling class--the rules and who they apply to are what you say they are.
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