Chicago to eliminate street crime with BB gun ban

archangel003 · 10-06-2006, 06:08 PM

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/8...guns05.article

First they ban handguns, then fois gras, now this?

cliffs: Chicago's worthless.

Stylerod · 10-06-2006, 06:12 PM

Officers spotted a fleeing Woodland and shot at him four times from about 10 feet away after authorities contended he refused to put up his hands and drop what turned out to be a BB-gun. Woodland was hit in the abdomen and thigh. A third shot grazed his arm; the fourth missed.

Ah, it's the BB guns fault this person got killed. I get it

Democrats.....

thomez · 10-06-2006, 06:31 PM

I think they have spray paint banned too. And practically Walmart. Wonder what's next? Maybe squirt guns?

Diamond Cross · 10-06-2006, 09:17 PM

Paintball guns are under attack as well.

Idiots.

But ma squirt gun can be turned into a deadly weapon though. seriously. If someone knew chemistry they could put in chemicals that could cause blindness or burns the skins and so on and so forth. Or turn it into a deadly biological weapon with a deadly virus of some sort.

KatKanPlay · 10-06-2006, 09:51 PM

If we could just ban idiots,,,

Kytro · 10-07-2006, 03:38 AM

Originally Posted by archangel003

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State :: City bans possession and sale of BB-guns, replicas

First they ban handguns, then fois gras, now this?

cliffs: Chicago's worthless.

Sorta understand fois gras, not that I actually care, but BB guns

Stylerod · 10-07-2006, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by Kytro

Sorta understand fois gras,

They banned Goose Livers?????

Diamond Cross · 10-07-2006, 12:01 PM

Why csan't they understand that banning firearms only does two things: hurt law-abiding citizens, and violate 2nd Ammendment rights. And forcing people to own firearms is also a violation as well.

7960 · 10-07-2006, 12:39 PM

Interesting...they banned guns and are now saying gun violence is through the roof. Maybe they went the wrong way the first time in banning guns and SHOULD have been handing out conceal/carry permits like chewing gum.

Originally Posted by Stylerod

They banned Goose Livers?????

Do you know how it's made?

Stylerod · 10-07-2006, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by 7960

Interesting...they banned guns and are now saying gun violence is through the roof. Maybe they went the wrong way the first time in banning guns and SHOULD have been handing out conceal/carry permits like chewing gum.

Do you know how it's made?

No idea.

7960 · 10-07-2006, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by Stylerod

No idea.

look it up, it's brutal

6SpeedTA95 · 10-07-2006, 01:26 PM

So are they doing this because their ban of traditional guns has been so successful?

I do not understand that type of shit, furthermore I do not understand how it is even constitutional.

motivez · 10-07-2006, 01:27 PM

People are using BB Guns for street crime?

Stylerod · 10-07-2006, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by 7960

look it up, it's brutal

I hate Geese. They have to be the most arrogant animal on the planet. And how something that is 15 pounds, can shit as often as a hamster but the size of Great Dane shit, is just plain wrong.

Scrum · 10-07-2006, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by 6SpeedTA95

So are they doing this because their ban of traditional guns has been so successful?

I have seen no evidence that the gun related crime rate is climbing any faster since the ban in Chicago.

Anyone have any links to studies on this?

7960 · 10-07-2006, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by Scrumtralecent

I have seen no evidence that the gun related crime rate is climbing any faster since the ban in Chicago.

Anyone have any links to studies on this?

I have seen no evidence the "gun control" has led to any reduction in gun crime. The places with the most restrictive gun control laws are also the places with the most outrageous gun crime statistics. DC, for example,

.....DC has one of the toughest gun laws in the country and has had for several years. As a matter of fact, practically no one can legitimately own a handgun in DC, except a few people who were "grandfather" in when the law was originally passed. And my recollection is that these particular guns must be kept disassembled and separated from their ammunition, so that they are useless for self-defense purposes.

In any event, DC just finished a very productive year, with more people murdered than in any previous year.

DC gun control laws - ammo for anti-gun people - column Shooting Industry - Find Articles

Oh yeah, that's effective!!

Scrum · 10-07-2006, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by 7960

I have seen no evidence the "gun control" has led to any reduction in gun crime. The places with the most restrictive gun control laws are also the places with the most outrageous gun crime statistics. DC, for example,
.....DC has one of the toughest gun laws in the country and has had for several years. As a matter of fact, practically no one can legitimately own a handgun in DC, except a few people who were "grandfather" in when the law was originally passed. And my recollection is that these particular guns must be kept disassembled and separated from their ammunition, so that they are useless for self-defense purposes.

In any event, DC just finished a very productive year, with more people murdered than in any previous year.

DC gun control laws - ammo for anti-gun people - column Shooting Industry - Find Articles
Oh yeah, that's effective!!

But was the crime rate growing when guns were legal as well?

I know there are more deaths every year, but is it growing at a much higher rate than it was before the ban?

7960 · 10-07-2006, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by Scrumtralecent

But was the crime rate growing when guns were legal as well?

I know there are more deaths every year, but is it growing at a much higher rate than it was before the ban?

cliffs from that article

"gun control was supposed to reign in gun crime.......it did not"

end of story.

SpicyMcVoodoo · 10-07-2006, 04:32 PM

I have to wonder...is there any useful purpose to BB guns? They're too underpowered to actually protect or kill anything, and they're just powerful enough to be a tool of mischief. Ban them for all I care...no one will be without a useful tool because of it.

SpicyMcVoodoo · 10-07-2006, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by 7960

In any event, DC just finished a very productive year, with more people murdered than in any previous year.

DC gun control laws - ammo for anti-gun people - column Shooting Industry - Find Articles[/i][/indent]
Oh yeah, that's effective!!

I'm pretty pro gun myself, but to say "X happened, and then Y happened; therefore, X caused Y" is just a bullshit way of arguing. You have no idea whether there's any causal link between DC's increase in crime and their gun laws, or even if gun laws were more lax, that the crime rate wouldn't get even worse.