No, Illinois Gun Dealers Shouldn’t Have To Get A State License

By Tom Knighton

“It’s for the children!”

That old canard, the standard for leftists dismantling our civil liberties, is more of a punchline than a standard argument these days. By now, most on the left understand that not only is it an unpersuasive argument, but it’s likely to be the target of mockery and derision.

Unfortunately, it seems no one told Dahleen Glanton of the Chicago Tribune because she penned a column titled, “When our babies fear they will be shot, it’s time to make gun dealers more accountable.”

Now, let’s ignore, for a moment, that gun dealers are already pretty accountable. Every day, numerous gun dealers step up and refuse to sell guns in situations where they could probably get away with it from a legal standpoint, but refused out of a sense of moral duty.

Glanton doesn’t want to hear about that. She just thinks gun dealers are to blame for Chicago’s crime problem, and here’s what she thinks needs to be done.

During the second half of their veto session beginning Nov. 7, the Illinois House of Representatives will get another chance to consider SB1657, legislation that passed the Senate in April to help gun dealers keep their firearms from ending up …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms