Chicago Police requiring all officers to register all firearms, even their off duty

[AlphaKoncepts]

Anyone else hear the news that the Chicago Police Department is requiring their officers to register all of their personal firearms?

The other day, the Chicago Police Department issued an order to all sworn department members stating "Sworn members will register all duty and nonduty firearms with the Department" ( http://directives.chicagopolice.org/...8b.pdf?hl=true ) Section II H This means to me, that as a condition of employment, all police officers must register all firearms with the city. Mind you, any duty related handguns have been registered in the past, but now it's all of their firearms.



I am willing to bet 98% of the officers are transferring ownership of their firearms to their spouse and/or next of kin right now.

[Xsail]

I bet they are! Thank God we have this clause in our Constitution: "No municipality or county shall regulate, in any way, an incident
of the right to keep and bear arms." I'm in a fight right now over the "city" putting firearm restrictions on city employees in violation of our Constitution....O.L.

[AlphaKoncepts]

Like Feinstein said "Just pass it and let the courts decide if it is constitutional."

[jwreck]

Oh no!!! How terrible! How dare they treat police officers like regular everyday citizens!!

[Voodoo_Man]

Lots of big city departments require you to write down what firearms you own, so the department knows.

It is, however, unenforceable.

[AlphaKoncepts]

Oh no!!! How terrible! How dare they treat police officers like regular everyday citizens!!

The citizen registry was abolished earlier this year, so as of right now it's only police officers needing to register.

[AlphaKoncepts]

Lots of big city departments require you to write down what firearms you own, so the department knows.

It is, however, unenforceable.

What possible purpose can it serve for the department to know what the officers keep at home in their safes?

[Voodoo_Man]

What possible purpose can it serve for the department to know what the officers keep at home in their safes?

None at all, and as I said its unenforceable. So an officer buys a firearm and doesn't register it, worst case scenario the department fires him. He will not only get his job back but eventually force the department to delete that policy.

My dept does it, no one registers them all.

[SeriousStudent]

What possible purpose can it serve for the department to know what the officers keep at home in their safes?

So the chiefs can be envious of what the indians have?

[GotAmmo]

Honestly, it's Chicago... why exhaust yourself trying to make sense of what crazy shtuff they come up with.