“But it turns out Burke really didn’t need to obtain all these licenses to be able to carry a weapon … thanks to a law that dates back to 1872 that delegates mayors and aldermen as peace officers,” NBC Chicago reported in a December profile that also reveals how, in a political dispute with then-mayor Harold Washington, “After saying he received threats, Burke was given a four-man bodyguard detail.” [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report looks at a savage from a primitive era, suitable only for a museum exhibit reminder of a barbaric past.
Thursday, May 9, 2013