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Article: Only 25 apply for Mell's gun-registration amnesty
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 29, 2008
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Only 25 people have taken advantage of Chicago's four-month gun registration amnesty, including former Attorney General Roland Burris.
Ald. Richard Mell (33rd) proposed the idea -- in shorter form -- after he forgot to re-register his arsenal of weapons, as required every year by an ordinance he helped to pass.
Mell argued that reopening gun registration wasn't just a personal favor. He insisted that there were hundreds, if not thousands, of otherwise law-abiding Chicago gun owners just like him ...