Speaking of Illinois, in order to attract Cabela’s to their area, Hoffman Estates is getting rid of an unnecessary gun law:

In an unusual rollback of gun regulations to attract a national outdoors store, Hoffman Estates trustees this week voted unanimously to repeal requirements that all firearms sales be checked by local police.

On Monday trustees eliminated a requirement that retailers submit information on any gun sale to police within 24 hours and stopped requiring customers to inform police if they buy a gun in the northwest suburb.

The conditions, part of a firearms dealer license ordinance, were “onerous,” in part to discourage large retailers in Hoffman Estates from selling guns, Corporation Counsel Richard Williams said. But there is no point in keeping the requirements when state regulations passed in recent years do a better job with background checks and tracking gun sales, Williams said.

I thought these gun regulations were usually passed in the guise of safety. But with the promise of a little extra tax money and jobs, this concern for safety goes away. That or they know it was bullshit anyway.

Posted in uncategorized on February 9th, 2006 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |