Chicago's Restrictive Laws and High Crime an Odd Backdrop for Obama's Gun Control Plea
A 55-year-old woman who works as a researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago was jailed this week for bringing a pistol -- licensed, unloaded and in a case – to her office.
The woman, who also holds an “Illinois firearm owners registration card,” told Chicago police that she had brought the handgun, recently purchased for home defense, to her workplace because she did not want to leave it at her residence while a work crew was there doing a renovation project.
But Chicago has perhaps the toughest gun laws in the nation and carrying the weapon, even without ammunition, is a serious offense.
A co-worker spotted the pistol case and called police who came and snatched up the information specialist from her workplace. The Chicago Tribune reports that the woman was held on $25,000 bond pending trial and placed on leave by the university.
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Stuff like this is infuriating. That gun clearly posed no threat to anyone without bullets, and it was in a case. It wasn't even on display. David Gregory, on the other hand, can get away with waving around a high-capacity magazine on national television without so much as a fine.