Posted on 05/26/2010 5:13:29 AM PDT by marktwain
In a Thursday press conference, Mayor Daley responded to a question about the effectiveness of Chicago's ultra-restrictive gun laws in a rather alarming fashion.
"It's been very effective," Daley said, picking up a gun from the dozens displayed on a nearby table. "If I put this up your butt, you'll find out how effective it is. Let me put a round up your, you know."
The gun Daley had picked up, I should add, was a rifle with a long bayonet--easily capable, in other words, of doing fatal damage even without being fired. A good John Kass column about this press conference, with video of the "up your butt" remark, can be seen here).
The reporter was not the only one who should perhaps be concerned about what the good mayor said at that press convference--Daley also seems to have some rather ominous wishes for members of the Supreme Court.
"You have to have confidence in the Supreme Court, Maybe they'll see the light of day," Daley said at a City Hall news conference. "Maybe one of them will have an incident and they'll change their mind overnight, going to and from work."
The idea, evidently, is that perhaps a Supreme Court justice who had been planning to rule against Chicago's handgun ban in McDonald v. Chicago would become a victim of "gun violence" (but survive), and thus magically converted, would now share Daley's vision of mandated defenselessness.
In some jurisdictions, these remarks could probably be interpreted as thinly veiled "terroristic threats." Daley, in fact, in expressing "regret" for his remarks, actually acknowledged his intention of sowing fear.
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He just playing up to his peeps on the southside.
If the citizens of Chicago don’t have guns, I guess Daly figures they’ll be more obedient to the machine.
A shining example of: When you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns.
Given the lack of distinction between the mob and the machine, they are much happier making threats to an unarmed and therefore, compliant citizenry.
More like genetic stupidity, Chicago style.
Add the stupidity to the born in the bone corruption and you have Chicago, Chicago, it’s a scummy town.
Guy sounds like a real class act.
Interesting insight to the Mayor, he wants to stick barrelled items up peoples asses. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
I know there is a link between Bill Ayers and Obama. I why is the link between Daley and Ayers been talked about. Tom Ayers, the little terrorist dad was Daley Sr. goto guy. Plus I don’t think Ayers would have gotten so much public money in Chicago without the Daley Jr. approving.
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