Senate Takes Aim At Illegal Gun Possession Repeat Offenders In Chicago

By G. Halek

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Chicago has experienced an unprecedented run of homicides. This isn’t anything new to anyone who’s followed the ongoing struggle of legislators to address how to clamp down on gang-related violence in the Windy City. However, as law-abiding gun owners, we know it’s not citizens wrecking this havoc — it’s criminals who shouldn’t have guns in the first place.

Chicago has experimented with a number of strategies to address this. Everything from banning gun ranges within city limits (overturned), restricting lawful gun owners from carrying (overturned), and trying to make large swaths of the city “gun free zones” (ineffective).

Now, legislators are taking a different approach: targeting the criminals themselves.

According to NPR Illinois, the Illinois Senate is now considering measures which would increase sentencing for prior convicted felons found in possession of firearms.

via NPR Illinois

“I’ve got to go home like all of you have to go home — to this carnage,” Sen. Kwame Raoul, a Democrat from Chicago, said during debate. “If this saves one life, just one life, I think it’s worth it.”

The bill passed through the Illinois Senate in a 35 to 9 vote. Several senators abstained. If the measure goes on to become law, it …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation