The handgun ban imposed on Chicago by Comrade Mayor Daley and the City Clowncil has a major loophole in it: Knives and blunt instruments are not banned. Oh, yah, and criminals don't give a rat's butt about the law. So, we get stories like this:

One man is in custody Friday morning in connection to the possible gang-related stabbings of three people in a West Side delicatessen Thursday afternoon. Full Story...

Meanwhile, a startling revelation from the geniuses at the Chicago Police Department that gangs are, just maybe, a cause for rise in murders. Gee, ya think? CPD Spokesgenius Monique Bond said the majority of homicides in Chicago are gang-related with high most offenders and victims having criminal histories, according to a report in the Southwest Observer...