Chicago requires convicted gun criminals to register, makes arrests but won’t prosecute violators – Chicago Sun-Times*

Asked why lawyers for the city nearly always asked judges to dismiss charges in cases involving gun-registry violations, a spokesman for Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s law department, said, “In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the law department has temporarily halted the prosecution of gun-registry offenses.” He didn’t address the lack of enforcement before then.

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