Murder City U.S.A. Mayor Emanuel, Police Chief McCarthy complain Chicago's crime problem due to lax gun laws, yet fail to enforce existing Federal gun laws.

Of 90 jurisdictions in the country, Chicago ranks 90th when it comes to enforcing Federal Gun laws. 90th. Dead last. 

One need only to read the paper to recognize Chicago has become "murder city USA." But Rahm still insists the causes lie everywhere else but with him and his city, and Police Supt. McPuppet is too busy doing south-side song and dance along with New-Strategy Mondays and Comp-Tard.

From the Washington Times:

Why doesn’t media cover Chicago’s poor enforcement of gun laws?

Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association’s executive vice president and CEO, who appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday morning, asked host David Gregory why the network doesn’t focus on the poor enforcement of federal gun laws in Chicago.

“I mean, let me give you the real sad thing, though. Let me hold up a mirror right now to the whole national news media and the White House,” the NRA official began. “I just got the track data from Syracuse University on enforcement of federal gun laws. Last time I was here, I brought it from 2011; it just came out from 2012.”

“Do you know where Chicago ranks in terms of enforcement of the federal gun laws? Out of 90 jurisdictions in the country, they ranked 90th,” Mr. LaPierre continued.

“Why doesn’t NBC News start with: ‘Shocking news on Chicago. Of all the jurisdictions in the country, Chicago’s dead last on enforcement of the federal gun laws?’” he asked. “Why doesn’t the national press corps, when they’re sitting down there with Jay Carney and the president and the vice president, why don’t they say, ‘Why is Chicago dead last in enforcement of the gun laws against gangs with guns, felons with guns, drug dealers with guns?’”

Mr. Gregory then asked Mr. Pierre the peculiar question about whether he supports those criminals being charged with felonies.

“Absolutely,” Mr. Pierre affirmed. “And we want them taken off the street. I mean, if you’re the president and the vice president, and the attorney general, and your job is to enforce these laws against the — I’m talking about drug dealers, gangs and felons that are walking around with guns in the street, and you don’t do it? You bear some responsibility. It is a tragedy.”

As the kids like to say, "EPIC FAIL."

Former astronaut Mark Kelly shits, steps in it.

A smart move on the part of the store owner. Kelly gets outed for buying an "assault rifle," then spins a story that he intended all along to give the weapon to Tuscon PD and show how easy it is to buy an "assault rifle." Had the store delivered the rifle to Kelly, now knowing he intended to give it directly to another party, they would have left themselves open to a happy visit from BATFE and Homeland Security. 

BATFE needs to have a little "sit-down" with Mr. Kelly and discuss the answer Kelly provided on the BATFE Form 4473, Question 11a, which Kelly signed as being "true and correct," but on which he obviously lied. Making false statements on a BATFE 4473 is punishable as a felony offense under federal law. A straw purchase is a straw purchase, regardless of who you plan on giving the firearm to. 

Gun store rescinds Mark Kelly's rifle purchase, questions his 'intent'

A Tucson gun store owner has decided to rescind the sale of a military-style rifle to Mark Kelly, the husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, after Kelly said he had intended the purchase to make a political point about how easy it is to obtain the kind of firearms he's lobbying Congress to ban.

Kelly's March 5 purchase of an AR-15-style rifle and a 45.-caliber handgun at Diamondback Police Supply sparked a frenzy of reaction from both sides of the debate after he posted to Facebook a photo of himself shopping.

A background check took only a matter of minutes to complete, Kelly said in the Facebook post, adding that it's scary to think people can buy similar guns without background checks at gun shows or on the Internet.

But Kelly couldn't immediately take possession of the rifle because the shop had bought it from a customer. As a result, the store is required by a Tucson ordinance to hold the gun for 20 days to give the city enough time to make sure the weapon wasn't used in a crime.

Store owner Doug MacKinlay said Monday in a Facebook post of his ow that he "determined that was in my company's best interest to terminate this transaction prior to his returning to my store."

"While I support and respect Mark Kelly's 2nd Amendment rights to purchase, possess, and use firearms in a safe and responsible manner, his recent statements to the media made it clear that his intent in purchasing the Sig Sauer M400 5.56mm rifle from us was for reasons other then for his personal use," MacKinlay said in the statement.

He added that the store will return Kelly's money, donate the rifle to the Arizona Tactical Officers Association to be raffled as a fundraiser and make an additional contribution of $1,295 -- the value of the rifle -- to the Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program.

Kelly's purchase of the guns sparked accusations of hypocrisy from gun-rights supporters, with many on Facebook focusing on his motivations and the rules for purchasing such guns. Kelly, a former astronaut, said he intended to eventually hand in the rifle to Tucson police but planned to keep the handgun.

Kelly and Giffords started a gun control advocacy group, Americans for Responsible Solutions, amid the wave of recent mass shootings. They have been touring the country in recent months in support of expanded background checks for gun purchases.

Kelly bought the guns at a Tucson shop the day before he appeared with his wife at the supermarket where she was wounded during a shooting rampage that left six dead and 12 others injured two years ago. Giffords resigned from Congress last year as she continues to recover from her injuries.

Department of Homeland Security: More ammunition on order. Recent totals now exceed 2 BIILLION rounds...

When is congress going to act and demand some answers from the Commandant?

BRIETBART: FEDS BUY TWO BILLION ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION

INFOWARS.com: DHS To Buy 360,000 More Rounds of Hollow Point Ammunition

Gun industry sales soar: East Dundee officials predict G.A.T. Guns will be the second largest generator of sales tax dollars in the village only behind Walmart.

For you folks not familiar with the Chicago area retail firearms landscape, GAT Guns has been in business selling guns, ammo and fishing tackle, along with operating an indoor shooting range since the '80s. Located in Dundee IL, just a stone's throw from the border of Cook County, GAT just recently finished a major renovation and expansion which includes additional indoor range space, more than doubling the number of shooting lanes. 

It's no coincidence they chose to locate just across the county border line. Cook County liberals, look hard at the tax revenues you have forsaken:

G.A.T. Guns now a part of East Dundee

The village of East Dundee has annexed several properties on Route 25, including G.A.T. Guns, which officials predict will be the second-largest generator of tax revenue in town behind Walmart.

East Dundee officials sweetened the deal by agreeing to finance G.A.T. Guns' $5.5 million expansion.

The expansion would add 24 indoor shooting-range lanes for high-caliber rifles and 10 indoor lanes for handguns, where there are now 24.

The money, which would come from a tax increment finance district — where property taxes that go to local governments are frozen at a certain point and taxes above that point go back into development — also would improve the building and its parking lot. As part of the agreement, the business has to stay in town for 12 years.

G.A.T. Guns sells firearms and gun accessories and offers shooting ranges for practice. Its clientele is a mix of civilians and law-enforcement officers.

G.A.T. stands for "guns, ammo, training." The company has been around since 1979 but in its current location since 1988. The business has more than 6,000 firearms on hand at any given time and has been honored for recruiting members for the National Rifle Association, said Greg Tropino Jr., who runs it with his father.

"We already are one of the largest private facilities in the country and this (expansion) allows us to be at least the largest gun range in the country that's privately held and allows us to be much bigger and better," Tropino said.
The expansion should start within the next two weeks and end this winter, Tropino said.

Without the expansion, the business was expected to generate $365,000 in combined sales and amusement tax revenues in the first year, interim Village Administrator Bob Skurla said.

"That would be the size of a small- to medium-size car dealer," Skurla said, adding that the number should grow as the business expands. "I think you can see, going down the road, that the sales tax and the amusement tax to the village could conceivably get to $1 million."

East Dundee officials have agreed not to interfere with G.A.T. Guns' daily operations.

The vote took place Saturday, so the village could start collecting sales taxes and the 5 percent amusement tax on the first of the month, Skurla said.

But East Dundee Trustee Allen Skillicorn said the meeting should have been held Monday to give the public a chance to attend and give input.

"It would be nice if it was a little transparent," Skillicorn said. "The legal requirements were there, but it was a little fast-paced."

Other properties annexed into East Dundee on Saturday were Pampered Pets, MAS Accounting, The Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation and a pair of private residential properties. As a result, East Dundee's limits have been extended another half mile south on Route 25.

The village is still in talks to annex the Milk Pail and Sierra Studio.

I've spent may hours in the range at GAT back when there were few places to shoot in the Chicago area. I will always stop in when I'm in the area. Congratulations to GAT on your expansion, and thanks for keeping the faith during the hard times. And congratulations to the officials of East Dundee IL for making a smart choice for the future of your village and it's taxpayers.