Chicago Alderman Loophole - Overview
A lot of other folks have discussed the recent Alderman Richard Mell/Daley fiasco and we touched a bit on this at our last meeting. For folks that haven't followed the Trib or the Sun-Times, here's what happened in a nutshell:
Chicago Alderman Richard Mell, father-in-law of Blagojevich, forgets to registers several pieces of his extensive firearm collection. He realizes his mistake and tries to register, after the fact, those items. The CPD essentially tells him, "TOO BAD!" and refuses to budge. So Alderman Mell write a new law that'd allow him to register the items. Daley, ever the anti-civil rights pro-gun control proponent conspicuously endorses Alderman Mell's law claiming that it would allow them to find out how many guns are out there - nevermind that the law would only apply to people whose registrations lapsed in the past few months.
Now the Fraternal Order of Police have chimed in too: Seems that they're miffed because their federal right to carry after retiring can't be exercised since they aren't allowed to register weapons post retirement...
Wow, talk about unintended consequences...
Posted 06:40PM May 27, 2008 by MCSA
