Chicago and handguns

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Steven_Seagal

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So it is true that you cannot own a handgun in Chicago, correct? I have searched NRA website and found nothing on this - perhaps I am just stupid!

This was a recently passed law, correct (as in last 5-10 yrs)? What happened to all those people who already owned a handgun in Chicago when that law was passed? Did they have to turn their guns over to the CPD or something?
 
Nope - technically you can register a handgun in chicago now - after the mcdonald case. Do some googling on that and you'll find more information.

BTW, there was never an outright ban - they just didn't let anyone new register a handgun. This had been going on for decades. This is a prime example of why registration is a very bad idea.
 
The new registration system seems to being ignored by most. Only slightly over 2000 registrations while I've read estimates of several hundred thousand firearms in the city.
 
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It seems that most folks are waiting for additional litigation to possibly eliminate many of the more difficult hurdles, and perhaps provide an opportunity for Illinois' Concealed Carry Bill to be passed.

We have trained a good number of those having gone through the process with Chicago's CFP Course. There certainly are a large number of folks that have either ignored the process or are not aware of it's existence.

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This was a recently passed law, correct (as in last 5-10 yrs)?
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Steven, the Chicago handgun freeze was passed in 1983.
If you owned a handgun in 1983 you could re-register it and keep it but had to re-register every year.

Note many Chicago residents owned handguns but kept them outside the city.
 
This was a recently passed law, correct (as in last 5-10 yrs)? What happened to all those people who already owned a handgun in Chicago when that law was passed? Did they have to turn their guns over to the CPD or something?
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It was an ordinance passed during the Jane Byrne administration, back in the (IIRC) 80s. Handguns needed to be registered, registration could not lapse, and no new handguns could be registered.

That's how things stood up until McDonald.

Illinois does not have preemption, so Chicago can do whatever it can get away with. Illinois does have an RKBA clause in it's state constitution, but with weasel words.
 
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