https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=2636106&GUID=B86D950A-4FDF-42EE-A20D-5CEFA9974905Legistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=2636106&GUID=B86D950A-4FDF-42EE-A20D-5CEFA9974905B86D950A-4FDF-42EE-A20D-5CEFA9974905-2018-11-21-14-48-58Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 16-2302 (6-7-2016) SUPPORTING AMENDMENT 7 TO ILLINOIS HOUSE BILL 1016, THE GUN DEALER & AMMUNITION SELLER ACT WHEREAS, on average 1,000 people die each year from gunshot wounds in our state. The gun death toll in Illinois in 2013 included 576 homicides and 496 suicides; and WHEREAS, guns are used in over 70% of all homicides in Illinois; and WHEREAS, the price of one gun homicide costs an average of $441,000 in direct costs (including law enforcement, medical expenses, court costs, and prison), of which 87% is paid by taxpayers; and WHEREAS, each gun death averages about $6 million in total costs, including both direct and indirect costs; and WHEREAS, Chicago police officers recover more than twice the number of crime guns per capita than in Los Angeles, and more than seven times than in New York City; and WHEREAS, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives ("ATF") almost all the guns recovered after being used in crimes were originally sold by retail dealers; aWed, 21 Nov 2018 14:48:58 GMT