Cops fear state will dump gun databasePolice are worried the General Assembly is on the verge of passing legislation to scrap a statewide gun database they use to identify suspects such as an 84-year-old Downstate man who allegedly supplied Chicago gang members with weapons.
Without the database containing 2.1 million gun transactions, investigators would not have been able to obtain a gunrunning charge last month against the man, Garnett L. Cochran of Herrin, said Chicago Police Sgt. John Kohles.
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