GUN CONTROL: Suburban Cook gun owners to face fines for not reporting stolen guns

--I just don't understand how we have all these supposed conscientious gun owners yet we need to have a law that says you must report your legally owned gun lost or stolen.
Why wouldn't a conscientious gun owner want to do that anyways? 
Not only should they be fined for not reporting their gun lost or stolen but they should have their right to own a gun revoked.
If they can't do the right thing to begin with why should we give them more.
As far as transfers go. I don't think we should have to report that to anyone but I do think we should be required to keep records for life on any firearms we own or sell.
This just seems like common sense to me, especially for all the people fighting for our gun rights.--
Duke

Story at Chicago Tribune

By John Byrne
Clout Street
12:23 PM CST, February 5, 2013

Firearms owners in suburban Cook County will face fines up to $2,000 if they don't report to police when their guns are lost, stolen or sold under an ordinance commissioners approved today.

The plan, pushed by County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, will apply to all areas of the county where a similar law is not already on the books. It will not apply within the city of Chicago, which has its own firearms statutes.

The County Board approved the new rules by a voice vote with no opposition. The vote came just minutes after commissioners honored Hadiya Pendleton, the 15-year-old girl whose fatal shooting last week has come to symbolize the epidemic of violence in Chicago

"This is not just a problem in the city, it's a problem throughout the county," Commissioner John Daley, D-Chicago, said while talking about Hadiya.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel also is moving ahead with plans to toughen laws requiring people to report lost, stolen or transferred guns in Chicago. The mayor's plan would include mandatory jail time, while the county version only allows for fines.

The new county gun ordinance will take effect in August. It requires gun owners to report the loss of their guns to the Cook County Sheriff's Office.

Preckwinkle argues the new rules will help cut down on so-called "straw purchases," in which people legally buy guns, then sell them to criminals.