According to the State Journal Register
Which isn’t such a big deal when you read this:
In 2001, 47 percent of the guns recovered after Illinois crimes came from other states, a number that grew from 35 percent in 1996, she said.
Illinois’ laws fairly effectively reduce the ease criminals can get a hold of guns, but any increase in that effectiveness would have to come from other states imposing similar laws. Funny, but no one in Illinois has a hard time getting a firearm under current law, but you’d never know that from the whining from the NRA**
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