New Illinois bill wants handgun ammo serialized

[Ben Lamb]

"Red states fault..."

-Chicago Mayor Brandon Jonson

He isn't necessarily wrong in that the guns and ammo are mostly coming from states with lax gun laws.

Less than half the guns used in Illinois crime come from Illinois, data analysis shows

New data analyzed by the ABC7 I-Team found less than half of all guns used in crimes in Illinois came from Illinois.

abc7chicago.com

Understanding Underground Gun Markets - University of Chicago Crime Lab

The Crime Lab explored how people access firearms and ammunition in the illicit market.

crimelab.uchicago.edu

This solution, though, makes little sense.

 

[Dave N]

Would not care.

I didn't care about the last bill that actually became a law. I haven't heard of anyone being charged for it.

 

[Steiny77]

With this bill, only if neighboring states also serialized the ammo. Multiple weapons categorized as assault weapons still would be required to be registered if not already forbidden to purchase. Buying something isn't the issue. It's the possession of that gets hinky.

I think most of the rural sheriffs in IL have said that they are not going to pursue or enforce this stuff. There are already millions of these so called assault weapons in the state that were legally purchased and are owned and used responsibly by law abiding citizens. No way in h#ll they can all be tracked.

None of this stuff matters anyway when it comes to crime, because criminals don't follow laws.

 

[Dave N]

None of this stuff matters anyway when it comes to crime, because criminals don't follow laws.

Exactly! And that is what we need to concentrate on, not making more laws they won't follow anyway.

 

[SAJ-99]

He isn't necessarily wrong in that the guns and ammo are mostly coming from states with lax gun laws.

Less than half the guns used in Illinois crime come from Illinois, data analysis shows

New data analyzed by the ABC7 I-Team found less than half of all guns used in crimes in Illinois came from Illinois.

abc7chicago.com

Understanding Underground Gun Markets - University of Chicago Crime Lab

The Crime Lab explored how people access firearms and ammunition in the illicit market.

crimelab.uchicago.edu

This solution, though, makes little sense.

These threads are not the place for facts and logic.