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"Chicago could require gun dealers to videotape sales and ban gun stores near schools and parks under Mayor Rahm Emanuel's latest attempt to heavily regulate firearms sales following a federal court ruling that tossed out the city's outright ban on gun sales. The plan, to be introduced at Wednesday's City Council meeting, would require gun dealers to videotape sales \"to discourage traffickers and buyers who use false identification,\" according to a report from the city detailing the specifics of the ordinance. In addition, the proposal would require a 72-hour waiting period for purchasing handguns and 24 hours for rifles and shotguns. A dealer would be able to sell only one handgun per month per buyer, and the store records would be subject to quarterly audits to discourage trafficking. Gun retailers will require special use permits, would only be allowed in areas with a few commercial zoning designations and they would not be allowed within 500 feet of a school or park, according to Janey Rountree, Emanuel's deputy chief of staff for public safety. Because of those tight rules, gun stores would only be eligible to set up in spots that comprise about 0.5 percent of Chicago's geographic area, she said. Another provision is aimed at preventing a gun store that loses its business license for failing to follow the law from immediately reopening in the same location. Still, it's unclear how much such rules would curb Chicago's gun violence. Police say they pull about 7,000 guns off the city's streets each year, with many of the weapons used in crimes finding their way into Chicago from stores in the suburbs, in Indiana or in southern states. Chicago also banned handgun ownership for decades and the gun violence continued. For Emanuel, it's important to be viewed as taking the issue seriously. Some South and West Side neighborhoods continue to be wracked by gun violence. Emanuel's support among African-American voters has fallen since his 2011 election. On Tuesday, Emanuel told a downtown hotel ballroom full of police officers that the new rules are \"a smart, tough and enforceable way to prevent illegal guns in the city of Chicago.\" \"Now that we're required to allow gun sales within the city limits, we do it in a way that does not undermine our public safety goals,\" said Emanuel, speaking at the police department's annual awards ceremony. In January, U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang ruled that it was unconstitutional for the city to ban gun sales. Chang said the city failed to convince him that banning the sale of guns by licensed dealers was necessary to reduce gun violence. Chang gave the mayor six months to come up with new rules, with gun rights advocates expressing skepticism that whatever regulations the mayor designed would go far enough to allow sales in the city. If recent history is any guide, gun backers will challenge him in court. That's what unfolded after the Emanuel administration put together a new set of rules to allow gun ranges in Chicago after a federal judge's 2011 ruling that overturned the city's ban. Those rules allowed firing ranges only in industrial areas at least 1,000 feet away from a school, a church, a playground or a day care center. The regulations also included noise restrictions. Gun rights advocates said the standards were designed to discourage firing range owners from locating in the city. The City Council loosened the rules, but opponents said they're still unduly onerous. The case remains in court. Rountree said the city Law Department is confident the newest proposal would withstand a legal challenge if one is forthcoming. Todd Vandermyde, Illinois lobbyist for the National Rifle Association, declined comment Tuesday on the mayor's gun store ordinance because he hadn't yet seen the specifics.jebyrne@tribune.com bruthhart@tribune.com"
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