Reply #26: Remember that as a Democratic politician from Chicago... [View All]

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he would have little chance of making to the national stage if he would have had a different view on gun control.

There is no state preemption of firearm laws. Some municipalities, most notably Chicago, require that all firearms be registered with the local police department.<59> Chicago does not allow the registration of handguns, which has the effect of outlawing their possession, unless they were grandfathered in by being registered before April 16, 1982.<60><61> Some Chicago suburbs also have banned handguns, including Oak Park<62> and Winnetka.<63> Highland Park bars handgun possession unless the resident has obtained a permit from the police.<64> The status of these various handgun bans has been uncertain since June 26, 2008, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller.<65><66> Chicago has indicated that it will fight in court to keep its current law,<67> but in the weeks following the Heller decision, handgun bans were repealed in the suburbs of Wilmette,<68> Morton Grove,<69> and Evanston.<70> underlining mine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_(by_state)#Illinois