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« Jackson v. San Fran: cert denied, with dissent | Main | An interesting survey »

An insight into the black market for guns

Posted by David Hardy · 11 June 2015 09:30 AM

Story here. Chicago thieves break into railroad car to loot, steal 111 guns and divide them up, each getting 12-13 of them. One admits to police he kept one gun and sold the other 12 to "Chuck" for $2,200, or about $180 each. "Chuck" turns out to be a convicted felon and fence. Police search his storage area, find stolen property but no guns, apparently he'd already sold them.

The theft occurred in April, and already six guns have been recovered on the streets. It's safe to say that no one involved had an FFL or Firearm Owners' ID card, and probably did not stop to perform a background check....

6 Comments | Leave a comment

Ken in NH | June 11, 2015 11:31 AM | Reply

Next you'll tell me that they didn't abide by any safe storage laws either.

Rich | June 11, 2015 3:33 PM | Reply

I hope every one of those guns had a gun lock to prevent them from being used by unauthorized person. :)

skidmark | June 12, 2015 5:45 AM | Reply

$183.33 per. No background check, no waiting period. Any legit gun store that open up in Chicago is going to have a hard time competing against those prices. :>)

stay safe.

Harry Schell | June 12, 2015 7:45 AM | Reply

Doesn't appear that "law" matters much, nor Blooberg's ideas about disarming citizens to keep guns out of the wrong hands.

Anonymous | June 12, 2015 8:24 AM | Reply

Lets see if Cook County goes after the thieves for not paying their $25 gun tax. That really ought to show them.

Flight-ER-Doc | June 12, 2015 10:01 AM | Reply

How did the thieves know which railcar to break into?

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