A few days ago, I made my first venture deep into Chicago, traveling down Grand Avenue in the general area of the original Walmart that opened in 2006 that set off the Chicago war against Walmart.<\/p>\n
Driving in the daylight and not cruising for drugs, I felt no threat to my safety or wallet, other than the red light cameras. \u00a0 The worst neighborhood \u00a0in Chicago (other than maybe Stony Island) appears safer than the best neighborhood in Detroit.<\/p>\n
So I’m comfortable enough that I’m driving with my window down. \u00a0Waiting at a stop light, I hear a very loud conversation coming from a truck \/ SUV next to me – possibly the passenger talking into a cell phone . \u00a0 I hear something close to “so can we get Glocks? \u00a0 Do they carry semi-automatics?”<\/p>\n
So I’m pondering this… Are they undercover police trolling for gun nuts? \u00a0Someone just trying to elicit a reaction? \u00a0Or a real conversation?The voice didn’t sound all that ominous even with the context – I didn’t look at them to see what they looked like.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court has thrown out Chicago’s gun control law, and the City replaced the law with one that practically still makes it impossible. \u00a0 You can have one gun in your home in a ready to use condition (no trigger lock). \u00a0You may not carry the gun outside. \u00a0You must register the gun including the serial number and where you bought the gun. \u00a0You must pay around $100 a year for the license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A few days ago, I made my first venture deep into Chicago, traveling down Grand Avenue in the general area of the original Walmart that opened in 2006 that set off the Chicago war against Walmart. Driving in the daylight … Continue reading