Has the Chicago ban on handgun worked? Nope. If Mayor Daley is so adamant about the city's handgun ban, why has it gone virtually unenforced? And why has Daley and his idiot sycophants perpetuated the myth that the ban is actually - magically, I guess - working?
According to the Sun-Times, June 27:
The Chicago Police Department seized more than 13,000 guns last year, but only a handful of people were arrested for violating the city's handgun ban, records show. Chicago Police spokeswoman Monique Bond said 74 people were arrested in 2007 and 83 people in 2006 for failing to register their handguns, an ordinance violation.
In other words, the damned law that Daley screams is so necessary - is not even being enforced! Good lord. Didn't Idiot Daley recently decry the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said D.C.'s ban is unconstitutional? Didn't he whimper and moan that this will turn Chicago into the "wild west?" Yep, that was our mayor.
Will Daley's fears come true? Doubtful. For one thin, based on the experience of 48 states were conceal and carry is legal, they will not affect or will actually reduce handgun crimes. For another, there are now serious legal challenges to the ban, emboldened by the Supreme Court's ruling.
On July 2, the Sun-Times reported an increase - a substantial increase - in gun-related killings in Chicago:
Killings are up nearly 13 percent in Chicago this year. Through the end of June, the city has had 229 murders, unofficial Chicago Police Department figures show -- compared with 203 for the same period last year. Full Story...
Time for Mayor Myth Maker to face the facts. Bad guys have guns. His handgun ban not only hasn't prevented the bad guys from getting guns, it has not prevented large scale killing. His own police force isn't even enforcing the ban.
Daley has lied. Meanwhile, people have died.
