Chicago Chatter

 There's a state draft 'bill' going around, where the Illinois would have the power to mandate...for cities having a population of 2-million or more....if you were a gas station, bank, pawn shop or grocery store....you'd hire up armed-guards.  

Note, cities less than 2-million?  No such requirement.

First, the odds of passage?  I'm guessing while being pushed by a Democrat....it'd be awful hard to get general support among the rest of the state legislature.

Then you come to a cost factor?  If you were a pawn shop or gas station.....that's a added $100k a year on cost....to have a full-time guy around....Monday through Saturday.  

Then you'd come to actual use of weapons.  Armed guards, with Army training?  Any hint of trouble....they'd shoot.  So you'd have at least forty new shootings each day, with problem-folks wounded or dead.

Even legal?  It's aimed strictly at Chicago.  I would imagine it'd go to the Supreme Court over fairness. 

Then finally, I come to the manpower issue.  If you counted up pawn shops, gas stations, grocery stores, and banks....within Chicago....it's probably in the range of 5,000 establishments.  Go figure shifts, and you probably need to find a minimum of 15,000 guys/gals to be armed guards.  If you say former felons or criminal record folks can't be armed guards.....you will require 15,000 Hispanic folks (probably illegals) to do the job required....for the low pay situation.