Update on Chicago gun registration

[anotherinkling]

I started a thread last week re: my recent gun re-registration here in Chicago. Thanks for all the great feedback.

Well, the process was a pain as it was, but now I've received my registration materials back from the CPD. While one omission was my own fault, there was a sheet stapled to each of my gun registrations asking for more information about each of my firearms. The addition was as follows. Sorry for the length, but folks should know what they're going to be asked.

1) If the firearm you are registering is a rifle, answer the following questions:

• Type: 1. Bolt action 2. Automatic 3. Semi-automatic 4. Lever action 5. Pump action 6. Belt fed
• Does your rifle have a folding or telescoping stock?
• Does your rifle have a pistol grip that protrudes?
• Does your rifle have a bayonet mount?
• Does your rifle have a flash suppressor or barrel having a threaded muzzle?
• Is your rifle a grenade launcher?

2) If the firearm you are registering is a handgun (includes revolver and pistol), answer the following questions:

• Does your handgun have an ammunition magazine that attaches to the outside of the grip?
• Does your handgun have a barrel having a threaded muzzle?
• Does your handgun have a shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles the barrel and that permits the shooter to hold the firearm with the nontrigger hand without being burned?
• Does your handgun have a manufactured weight of 50 oz.s or more when the handgun is unloaded?
• Is your handgun a semi-automatic version of an automatic firearm?

3) If the firearm you registering is a shotgun, answer the following questions:

• Type: 1. Bolt action 2. Automatic 3. Semi-automatic 4. Lever action 5. Pump action 6. Double barrel 7. Over & under
• Does your shotgun have a folding or telescoping stock?
• Does your shotgun have a pistol grip that protrudes?
• Does your shotgun have a fixed magazine capacity in excess of 5 rounds?
• Does your shotgun have the ability to accept a detachable magazine?

These changes were not publicized in any way that I'm aware of, but it sure sounds like the Daley folks are fishing. Pity the poor sap who tries to make a good faith effort and register his/her handgun in Chicago. The registration makes no mention of any of these types of guns or features being illegal in Chicago. They just lay it out to see who'll fall in.

 

[DKSuddeth]

I'm imagining that they'd have a fit over someone owning a 12 ga SPAS auto

 

[Standing Wolf]

The registration makes no mention of any of these types of guns or features being illegal in Chicago. They just lay it out to see who'll fall in.

So true. So sad. So shamelessly un-American.

 

[PATH]

I will not be lighting a candle for Mayor Daleys continued good health.

 

[Kamicosmos]

So, what would happen if you returned those forms Unfilled out?

Hell, what would happen if you didn't renew them every year?

 

[anotherinkling]

So, what would happen if you returned those forms Unfilled out?

I would get them returned to me. On a couple occasions I've forgotten a copy of my driver's license. Just seems redundant with everything else, including my Firearm Owner's ID card. They always just send everything back to me.

Hell, what would happen if you didn't renew them every year?

I'd get a visit from the CAGE (Chicago Anti-Gun Enforcement) unit, a nice little cooperative of Chicago Police, BATFE and the FBI, if I recall correctly. They'd confiscate the offending weapon--actually probably all weapons--and slap me with a fine. It's not a hassle I'm interested in at the moment.

It's my personal opinion that gun registration is just a revenue stream masquerading as crime-fighting. I don't think Mayor Daley or his City Council are particularly bright, but they have to have realized by now that gun registration doesn't do a lick of good (maybe I'm giving too much credit). But it is pretty much free money for them, goes along with their dream of a gun-free Chicago and, to the ignorant, might look like a good way to solve crime. Chicago nickels and dimes its residents to death, but that's another topic...

 

[beerslurpy]

Sounds like they are trying to:
-figure out how many people will definitely vote if an AWB is passed
-figure out who has the guns for after an AWB is passed
-be their usual anti-gun selves

 

[Ryder]

They forgot to ask what brand of toilet paper you use! Why anyone would put up with this kind of intrusion into their lives when Indiana is so close absolutely mystifies me.

 

[K-Romulus]

Would a FAB-10 or that new carbon Bushmaster (both have fixed 10-rd magazines that are integral to the lower receiver) with the "Evil Parts" still be legal in Chicago?

 

[Don Gwinn]

Beerslurpy, his point is actually that Chicago (actually, Cook County) already has an assault weapons ban in place.

If you own, say, an AR-15 in Cook County, you're in violation. If you didn't know that, and you try to register it, they caught you with zero effort. Just casting a net to see if any easy ones fall in.