Reading and re-reading this thread leaves me shaking my head...
I was bred, born and raised in "Chi-raq".
South side.
Englewood.
Only a few minutes from Indiana.
If you know the windy, you know what I've just described.
By the grace of God, I've escaped that life. But folks please, Wake Up and Smell the Coffee.
If anyone out there, anyone, from the Police Chief of the city to any members of this forum, to the former community organizer of that same city who now resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave really believes that Indiana's lax laws are the cause of gun violence in Chi town, you aren't being honest.....
Guns are prolific there for one reason. There is a strong market for them there! There is a strong market whether they are hard to get or not. These are not collectors we're talking about. These are not people who concern themselves about or are even aware whether a gun is legally transferred.
Years ago the guns everybody worried about were "Saturday Night Specials"
Google it. I could build a gun in twenty minutes with pipe, a nail, rubber bands and a stick. Bang, you're dead.
The reason there is a strong market is "turf", mostly over drugs. Who gets to sell what, where. Kinda like having every Wal-Mart distribution center in one community. They're gonna fight over turf.
BTW, if you also believe that most of the drugs that get delivered to the poor parts of Chicago or any other big city for distribution get consumed there, you might not really want to know the truth. Your ignorance allows you to sleep easy at night. Just a few blocks (in some cases) or a few miles away from the "death zones" enough of your friends, acquaintances, sadly maybe your family members desire what's being peddled that there will be continued competition to be the supplier. Until the killings start up in your neighborhood or affect someone that you love you will remain uninterested.
I realize that many drugs get purchased with the proceeds of thefts, robberies and burglaries. But far too many are purchased by the well healed, financially. Somebody will assume the risks of supplying them.
....Please continue with your dreams and fantasies...