Editorial: Permitless carry? Indiana’s guns are already a big problem for Chicago

Discuss Chicago’s gun problem with law enforcement professionals or any other smart person devoted to keeping the flow of lethal weapons off this city’s streets, and you’ll invariably hear one word: Indiana.

That’s because gun stores in the Hoosier State are a prime source for many of the weapons that eventually end up as part of homicides and other against a northern Indiana gun store, claiming more than 850 illegal firearms recovered in Chicago could be traced back to a single gun shop in Gary, an establishment that the city alleged ignored the clear signs of so-called straw purchases.