Not surprisingly, when you consider the Chicago political establishment, anti-gun Mayor Richard Daley, who never saw a private citizen’s gun he didn’t want to ban, supports Mell’s proposal. Apparently Mr. Daley’s theory is, the only ones who can be trusted with firearms in Chicago are members of law enforcement, his personal security detail, and fellow politicians — at least ones he’s allied with.We've talked about Alderman Mell before. "Chicago's Pell-Mell Gun Laws," my Rights Watch column for the October 2008 issue of GUNS Magazine, is now online.
Thursday, October 2, 2008