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View Poll Results: The next ban to fall?
New York City 3 23.08%
Chicago 9 69.23%
Other (please explain in thread) 1 7.69%
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Old 07-07-2008
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Re: Next gun ban to fall?
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My understanding, by way of a gun-nut friend in Chicago, is that Chicago doesn't have an actual ban, just a licensing requirement. But they haven't seen fit to issue any civilian licenses in years if not decades.
DC also only had a "licensing requirement".

When the licensing requirement is made so onerous as to be impossible to satisfy, it is a ban in all but name.
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DC also only had a "licensing requirement".
My bad then, for not being more familiar with the background on DC. Thx! (And apologies to Benjamin!)
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DC also only had a "licensing requirement".

When the licensing requirement is made so onerous as to be impossible to satisfy, it is a ban in all but name.
Technically, guns are allowed everywhere, you just get killed/imprisoned/fined when found with one.
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