So, Who Was Legally Correct?

What happens when a couple of known criminals, armed in violation of the law, decide to hash it out in the parking lot?

• An 18-year-old man was denied bail Tuesday after prosecutors said he fired the first shot in a shootout on the South Side that left a 36-year-old man fatally wounded.
  
  Kashai Jones, of the 1700 block of East 70th Street, was charged earlier with first-degree murder in the death of Deitrick Stogner, of the 4600 block of South Prairie Avenue, officials said. The fatal attack happened about 1:20 p.m. Saturday, in the 100 block of West Garfield Boulevard.
  
  According to court documents, Stogner and three of his friends drove to a Currency Exchange at 148 W. Garfield Blvd. Stogner and two of the friends went inside and afterward, began walking  to the car that was parked in a lot.
  
  Jones and three of his friends who were in a vehicle, pulled into the same parking lot. Jones got out of the passenger seat and started firing a Glock 9 mm semi-automatic handgun at Stogner and his friends, prosecutors said.
  
  Stogner and his friends tried to flee unscathed, but one of the bullets struck Stogner in the abdomen. Before falling to the ground, Stogner grabbed his 9 mm handgun and fired back at Jones, prosecutors said.

Stogner died, Jones was wounded. Both guns recovered, one transported to the morgue and one in custody. So who should suffer the consequences for this blatant and obvious violation of the gun laws of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois?

If you answered, "Why, law abiding gun owners SCC!" then you might be a long time resident of this backwater.