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You don't think people who are willing to break the law this way won't just manufacture them?
by swiley 5y ago
You don't think people who are willing to break the law this way won't just manufacture them?
- JohnTHaller 5y agoAre you comparing driving to another state to buy a gun with manufacturing a gun?
- swiley 5y agoI'm comparing driving to another state to driving to an illicit gun smith.
- drewbug01 5y agoI'm not sure precisely what you're trying to say here - but my intuition is that you're saying "people will illicitly manufacture guns in Illinois and people will patronize them rather than drive over to another state to purchase guns." If that is what you're saying (and please, clarify if it's not!) - it's worth knowing that both Wisconsin and Indiana are a 90 minute drive from Chicago city limits, so any illicit manufacturing has to compete with the ease of a relatively short drive to purchase in another state. I think sometimes people forget just how close Chicago is to other states.
- swiley 5y agoNo. "The only reason people aren't manufacturing guns illicitly in Illinois right now is because it's easier to drive to the next state" is a little closer.
- cryptical 5y agoAn Illinois resident cannot legally buy a gun in another state without shipping it to a FFL in Illinois and getting a background check done there before taking possession. So the argument that Chicago residents can skirt gun control laws by crossing state lines is false.