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Obama’s move on guns may have only modest effect on violence The Associated Press WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s move to tighten controls on guns could curb the unregulated buying and selling of weapons over the Internet and at gun shows. But the overall effect on violence in the U.S. could prove to be modest. “It’s not ever going to be difficult to get a firearm, just like it’s not ever going to be difficult to get illegal drugs,” said James Jacobs, a New York University law school professor. “What makes us think
that we can now create a regime that will make guns hard to obtain for someone who wants to obtain them?” The president used his executive authority Tuesday to clarify that anyone “in the business” of selling firearms must obtain a federal license and conduct background checks on prospective buyers, regardless of where the sales take place. Currently, many private sellAP photo ers online and at gun shows do not bother to get licenses, and weap- An emotional President Barack Obama, joined by Vice President Joe Biden, pauses ons sales over the Internet have as he recalls the 20 first-graders killed in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School
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in Connecticut, while speaking Tuesday in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., about steps his administration is taking to reduce gun violence.
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“Americans shouldn’t have to bring their lawyer to a gun show, nor should they fear a knock on the door because they sold or traded legal firearms to their relatives or other gun collectors.” Rep. Randy Hultgren R-14th District, which covers most of McHenry County
“I appreciate his efforts to do more to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people while ensuring that Second Amendment rights are protected.” U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin D-Illinois
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Marengo Guns owner Dominic DeBock adjusts handguns displayed Tuesday on the wall of his Marengo store. President Barack Obama’s announcement Tuesday that he was pushing ahead with firearms restrictions without Congressional approval earned both praise and scorn from local lawmakers.
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Area representatives in Congress reacted along party lines to President Barack Obama’s executive orders expanding background checks. Obama’s announcement
Tuesday that he was pushing ahead with firearms restrictions without congressional approval earned both praise and scorn from local lawmakers. Republican Rep. Randy Hultgren, who represents the 14th congressional District, which covers most of McHenry County, said
Obama is redefining who is a gun seller to an “arbitrary threshold” that targets law-abiding gun owners and that will not stop gun violence. Hultgren also brought up the scandal in which the IRS was targeting conservative groups
“[President Barack Obama] knows full well that the law already says that people who make their living selling firearms must be licensed, regardless of venue. Still, rather than focus on criminals and terrorists, he goes after the most law-abiding of citizens.” U.S. House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan R-Wisconsin
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Police officer interviews part of ‘puzzle’ in Gliniewicz probe By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com FOX LAKE – Newly released documents containing interviews with first responding officers at the scene of Fox Lake police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz’s shooting death have renewed questions about when the staged homicide was first suspected to be a suicide, but investigators
who for weeks denied the suicide theory say the interviews were pieces in a complicated investigation that had to be vetted. The village of Fox Lake on Monday released 18 pages, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, that contain summaries of interviews Lake County Major Task Force investigators conducted with the first re-
sponding officers. The interviews spanned from Sept. 1, when Gliniewicz’s death sparked a massive Lt. Joe manhunt, and Gliniewicz into the following weeks. The interviews show that one officer questioned wheth-
er 52-year-old Gliniewicz had committed suicide because the position of his hand made it look like it had been holding a gun, but other officers rejected that theory. Officers also told investigators about Gliniewicz’s troubles with Village Administrator Anne Marrin, previous sexual misconduct and the disproportionate amount of time he spent working on the Fox
Lake Police Explorer program instead of his regular police duties. And while investigators ultimately ruled that Gliniewicz had committed suicide after years of embezzling from the same explorer program, Lake County Sheriff’s Detective Christopher Covelli said investigators first had to work under the theory Gliniewicz was murdered.
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“Normally when somebody dies, they are not able to give their dying declaration, they’re not able to tell their story,” Covelli said. “Gliniewicz, in his staging, was able to give his declaration, at least what he wanted people to believe.” Gliniewicz’s staging included a radio call to dispatch
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