Chicago abolishes gun registry in place since 1968

[IdaBriggs]

88. You are involved in law enforcement. I can understand why you carry a gun.

Your actual JOB is to interact daily with people who frequently do not obey the law. Statistically, you will encounter more LAW BREAKERS than those who do not seek criminals out for a living.

You use your experience as someone making FELONY ARRESTS to justify "regular folks with guns" which makes absolutely no logical sense. Let's walk through it -

Regular folks with gun present no problems requiring a gun.

FELONS with guns (aka "regular folk with guns who are now FELONS&quot require you to rely upon a gun for your own personal safety.

Regular folks WITHOUT guns present no problems requiring a gun.

YOU are not a "regular folk" - you are involved in Law Enforcement. I am a "regular folk". I do not engage in recreational hobbies involving a gun. I am not involved in law enforcement, nor am I willing to devote appropriate time to gun safety issues (like being able to hit what I aim at). I really do not "NEED" a gun.

I find your argument about auto insurance to be disingenuous as well. I personally put over ten thousand miles a year on my car. I have NOT been involved in an auto accident in nearly twenty years. Realistically, however, I interact with thousands of others cars on the roadway, and since there are over SIX MILLION auto accidents a year, the math says auto insurance is a good idea.

I do *not* interact with "thousands of gun-toting criminals" on a regular basis. Or even hundreds. Or dozens - heck, to my knowledge I haven't dealt with any gun toting criminals at all this year ( ), let alone while they were committing a crime.

So, let's go over this again:

Auto Accidents = 6,000,000 with 250,000,000 registered passenger vehicles
-- Note: Common Sense says "more cars on the road = more accidents"

Gun Crimes = 50,000 with unknown number of guns
-- Note: Common Sense says "more guns on the street = more gun crimes/accidents"

This is an interesting article about the people who "need guns for protection" -- the final paragraph sums things up pretty well in my mind:

"In the final analysis, our chances for violent victimization are more controlled by what we do than by who we are."
http://www.crimeinamerica.net/2010/12/13/what-are-my-chances-of-being-a-victim-of-violent-crime/

You might not like to hear this, but you are not "regular folk", and the people you socialize with (other law enforcement types) are not "regular folk" either. You have NORMALIZED the experience. You apparently *need* a gun because of your job duties and the people you interact with as a result. (My father was involved with law enforcement; when he was being threatened to stop him from testifying, he carried a gun for personal safety. I get it. Some jobs just don't stay at the office.) The real "normal" folks - most of us really don't.

It definitely increases our odds of becoming FELONS who used to be "regular folks with guns."

My opinion. Your mileage may vary.