Do Lax Gun Laws Violate a Community's Civil Rights?

Three villages neighboring the City of Chicago are being sued by Chicago residents for having gun laws that are too lax.

Nearly 20 percent of guns recovered at crime scenes in Chicago come from gun shops in those three (and a fourth in nearby Gary, Indiana). The complaint alleges that most of these guns "were diverted to illegal traffickers either through straw purchases, theft or secondary transfers."

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[T]he defendants Riverdale, Lyons and Lincolnwood have lax or insufficient “methods of administration” in licensing or regulating gun dealers, and they fail to use [the methods] recommended by the City of Chicago, so as to ensure that guns purchased at stores in their jurisdictions do not end in possession of illegal users and minors and gang members. [That failure] has a disparate and terrible impact on African Americans who live in neighborhoods afflicted by such illegal gun use and who are in reasonable apprehension of their safety. It also increases the economic and racial isolation of these neighborhoods.