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“This program provides otherwise law-abiding citizens without criminal history who were arrested because they failed to obtain a [firearm owner’s license], a pathway to come into compliance with those licensing regulations,” Eileen O'Neill Burke’s office said.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Never thought getting arrested might be a quicker way to get your ccl as opposed to waiting over a year for Pritzker’s ISP slow walking a renewal application.
Meanwhile you can be charged for owning a non compliant magazine, not registering certain firearms and being forced by the state to have a FOID card to purchase weapons and ammo
Law abiding citizens punished again
FOID (firearm license) has been found unconstitutional AGAIN today!
100 percent!!!
Even more so when a Chicago federal judge ruled illegals can legally carry a firearm
Pandering already, and it’s not even time for re-election
So a person willing to violate gun laws would become a law abiding citizen if given a second chance? The bangers will get a kick out of that.