Chicago Dem Mayor Rahm Emanuel Proposes Videotaping Every Legal Gun Purchase Made In The City

Chicago Dem Mayor Rahm Emanuel Proposes Videotaping Every Legal Gun Purchase Made In The City

You know, it’s the people jumping through all the legal hoops that are always the dangerous ones:

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel is proposing a far-reaching ordinance that would keep gun stores out of most parts of the city and require them to videotape every sale to deter customers from buying firearms for crooks.

The ordinance is a response to a federal judge’s ruling in January that Chicago’s longtime ban on gun stores was unconstitutional.

Emanuel chose not to fight the decision, and the court gave the city six months to approve store restrictions short of a ban. The deadline is July 14.

Under the proposed ordinance, special-use zoning would keep gun stores out of 99.5 percent of Chicago, limiting them to pockets of the North, West and South sides, city officials said. The stores could not be within 500 feet of a school or park.

Store owners would have to conduct quarterly audits of their gun sales and allow police to inspect their records. They also would have to get the police to approve a security plan before they could open their doors.

“There is no question it will be the smartest, toughest regulation on gun stores in the country,” said Janey Rountree, the mayor’s deputy chief of staff for public safety. “It’s designed to prevent gun trafficking and illegal sales in these stores.”

I’m going to ask the hard questions no one else is going to ask, starting with: : who still uses videotape?

Seriously, that stuff is 1980s tech. : Does it have to be Betamax too?

Is this another way to stop gun sales?

Just kidding, it’s all tyranny and not at all funny.

This is not a free country. : At least not Chicago.

Hat Tip: : Weasel Zippers

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