ming Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:21 PM Share Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:21 PM What?? There no longer is handgun registration in Chicago. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-man-charged-with-having-unregistered-guns-after-shooting-in-lincoln-park-apartment-20140412,0,3270846.story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0beit Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:22 PM Share Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:22 PM I guess somebody should call his lawyer and let him know he'll get off on all those charges... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carry Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:28 PM Share Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:28 PM He looks a little like Elwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:28 PM Share Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:28 PM reporters sometimes get very basic facts wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Fife Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:30 PM Share Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:30 PM I hear Todd's bat signal going off. Commisioner Gordon is and Chief O'Hara should be shaking in their boots about now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chislinger Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:41 PM Share Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:41 PM If he admitted to having them when Chicago did have a gun registration law could he be charged, even though that law is no longer in existence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carry Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:42 PM Share Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:42 PM . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Destro Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:43 PM Share Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:43 PM He got a felony for a ND? Geez.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackTripper Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:46 PM Share Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:46 PM No. If he admitted to having them when Chicago did have a gun registration law could he be charged, even though that law is no longer in existence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chislinger Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:47 PM Share Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:47 PM He got a felony for a ND? Geez..Probably just to get him to plea. Won't they have to prove he fired intentionally for reckless discharge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chislinger Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:48 PM Share Posted April 12, 2014 at 10:48 PM No. If he admitted to having them when Chicago did have a gun registration law could he be charged, even though that law is no longer in existence? Then I got nothing. Is it possible the prosecutor has no idea there is no longer a gun registry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadude999 Posted April 12, 2014 at 11:00 PM Share Posted April 12, 2014 at 11:00 PM Well that's bogus. The City Council repealed the registration law last September... Even if we Chicago residents wanted to, there is no way to register our guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob Posted April 12, 2014 at 11:10 PM Share Posted April 12, 2014 at 11:10 PM If he admitted to having them when Chicago did have a gun registration law could he be charged, even though that law is no longer in existence? possibly. the law was in effect when he violated it, even if it is not in effect today. I don't know what the statute of limitations is on municipal ordinance violations. i doubt the limit for municipal ordinance violations exceeds that for general misdemeanors and that is 18 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrowningHP Posted April 12, 2014 at 11:28 PM Share Posted April 12, 2014 at 11:28 PM I think unregistered guns pales in comparison to a felony! Wow... What about that cop who shot the water pipe the other month ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chislinger Posted April 12, 2014 at 11:50 PM Share Posted April 12, 2014 at 11:50 PM I think unregistered guns pales in comparison to a felony! Wow... What about that cop who shot the water pipe the other month ?Silly person, cops are above the law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POAT54 Posted April 13, 2014 at 12:02 AM Share Posted April 13, 2014 at 12:02 AM I think unregistered guns pales in comparison to a felony! Wow... What about that cop who shot the water pipe the other month ?Silly person, cops are above the law. +1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0beit Posted April 13, 2014 at 12:10 AM Share Posted April 13, 2014 at 12:10 AM Got a reply from the author of the article Several people have emailed along these same lines. He was indeed charged with not registering the guns. I called police in hopes of figuring out what was going on, but they weren't able to clarify. I agree that it seems strange given the recent change in policy.Because the proper officials to clarify this charge aren't working today (and because, right or wrong, he was charged with that offense), we've left some of that language in the story. That said, we took the "unregistered" references out of the headline and lead. His most serious charge, reckless discharge of a firearm, wouldn't be affected by the change in policy.Thanks again for reading and taking the time to write.Take care.-Mitch EDIT: For anyone curious, this was the original text of the article (if future changes impact it) A Lincoln Park doctor with a cache of unregistered guns in his apartment claimed that “a nervous tic” caused him to fire into a neighbor’s unit on Wednesday, according to a police report.Michael Olivieri, 53, told officers he had placed a revolver on an island in his kitchen and thought he had replaced its live rounds with dummy rounds, the arrest report said. But “everything happened so fast,” he told police, and soon he “squeezed the trigger as a nervous tic like squeezing a tennis ball.”That “tic” caused a bullet to go through his wall and into a neighbor’s apartment, where it damaged the kitchen backsplash, prosecutors said. No one was hurt.When police showed up to investigate, they confiscated eight guns – including handguns and at least one rifle. None of those firearms were registered with the city, prosecutors said. When police returned to his apartment Friday, he told them he had a ninth gun that he had forgotten to tell them about two days earlier. That weapon was in his car in the building’s parking garage.Officers arrested Olivieri on Friday at his high-rise apartment in the 2000 block of North Lincoln Park West, near the Lincoln Park Zoo’s antelope and zebra enclosure. He faces a felony charge of reckless discharge of a firearm and eight counts of not registering his guns with the city.Olivieri, a family physician, has an active state medical license, online records show. His arrest report said he is currently on leave from his practice.In bond court Saturday, Judge Laura Marie Sullivan ordered the doctor held on $10,000 bail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadude999 Posted April 13, 2014 at 12:12 AM Share Posted April 13, 2014 at 12:12 AM Got a reply from the author of the article Several people have emailed along these same lines. He was indeed charged with not registering the guns. I called police in hopes of figuring out what was going on, but they weren't able to clarify. I agree that it seems strange given the recent change in policy.Because the proper officials to clarify this charge aren't working today (and because, right or wrong, he was charged with that offense), we've left some of that language in the story. That said, we took the "unregistered" references out of the headline and lead. His most serious charge, reckless discharge of a firearm, wouldn't be affected by the change in policy.Thanks again for reading and taking the time to write.Take care.-Mitch Thanks for doing that. Still, this is worth (at least for those of us in Chicago) looking into a bit more. It seems completely confounding to me that we could be prosecuted under a law that no longer exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunhaven1 Posted April 13, 2014 at 12:20 AM Share Posted April 13, 2014 at 12:20 AM Squeezing the trigger not knowing if had spap caps or live ammo, inexcusable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0untZer0 Posted April 13, 2014 at 01:01 AM Share Posted April 13, 2014 at 01:01 AM Officers arrested Olivieri on Friday at his high-rise apartment in the 2000 block of North Lincoln Park West, near the Lincoln Park Zoo’s antelope and zebra enclosure. Wha? Where did that come from? He lives near Lincoln Park Zoo,,, OK I get it. How goofy is it to reference his address to the antelope and zebra enclosure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomKoz Posted April 13, 2014 at 01:18 AM Share Posted April 13, 2014 at 01:18 AM Dummy should have immediately went outside his apartment and kicked in his door. Intruder!! He missed! It beats a felony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vezpa Posted April 13, 2014 at 01:31 AM Share Posted April 13, 2014 at 01:31 AM Officers arrested Olivieri on Friday at his high-rise apartment in the 2000 block of North Lincoln Park West, near the Lincoln Park Zoo’s antelope and zebra enclosure. Wha? Where did that come from? He lives near Lincoln Park Zoo,,, OK I get it. How goofy is it to reference his address to the antelope and zebra enclosure? Silly, "It's for the Animals.". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Googe1227 Posted April 13, 2014 at 02:00 AM Share Posted April 13, 2014 at 02:00 AM "Cache" of firearms. That means he had more than one to these idiots. "But WHY do you need more than one gun? WHY do you need a "cache" of guns? WHY do you need an "assault rifle?"." Why why why? ETA: CPD requires that all coppers personal firearms be registered with the department. Therefore, CPD officers are beneath the law in this instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrowningHP Posted April 13, 2014 at 02:05 AM Share Posted April 13, 2014 at 02:05 AM Squeezing the trigger not knowing if had spap caps or live ammo, inexcusableTrue. And good on the reporter for the updates and responses... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyDuty Posted April 13, 2014 at 02:25 AM Share Posted April 13, 2014 at 02:25 AM No FOID, maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domin8 Posted April 13, 2014 at 03:24 AM Share Posted April 13, 2014 at 03:24 AM Could an antelope trying to assault a zebra be considered a forcible felony a FCCL holder could intervene in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadude999 Posted April 13, 2014 at 03:31 AM Share Posted April 13, 2014 at 03:31 AM No FOID, maybe?That's a possibility. In which case, the article is way off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoverGunner Posted April 13, 2014 at 03:43 AM Share Posted April 13, 2014 at 03:43 AM "A Nervous Tic" my Tuckus Just admit it Plain Stupidity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlockShooter Posted April 13, 2014 at 03:49 AM Share Posted April 13, 2014 at 03:49 AM No FOID, maybe?I'm guessing there would be a felony charge attached to each gun if that were the case, but the story is obviously lacking info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GcDm2010 Posted April 13, 2014 at 03:52 AM Share Posted April 13, 2014 at 03:52 AM If he admitted to having them when Chicago did have a gun registration law could he be charged, even though that law is no longer in existence?Probably, because the law at the time he obtained the firearms said that registration was required. And registration was never struck down by a court as unconstitutional.I can't find the story, but recently someone was arrested and charged with violating a law in the 1970s when the law was in effect, even though it's since been repealed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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