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billh58

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11. Indiana guns: Favorite of Chicago gangbangers
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 11:48 AM
Aug 2016
In six years, 3,824 guns taken off Chicago gang bangers that were used in crimes came from our next door neighbor: Indiana. It’s why WGN Investigates took undercover cameras over the border to see why.

Our producer and photographer walked in to an Indianapolis gun show one recent Saturday afternoon wearing undercover camera gear. They listened as one gun dealer showed them a semi-automatic with a 30 round magazine.

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It’s so easy here, the dealers joked with our producer and photographer about it. One bragging, “We deal with Illinois residents all the time and we invite them to come to Indiana.”

http://wgntv.com/2014/09/03/indiana-guns-favorite-of-chicago-gangbangers/


According to the gun lobby apologists, the problem is that the laws are too strict in Illinois and Indiana is just filling a need. There's some cheap swamp land in Florida for sale too...

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