[holymoly]

Mayor Daley said Chicago Police have confiscated 10,803 illegal handguns and assault weapons so far this year.

And how many arrests and convictions have there been this year, for possession of these 10,803 illegal handguns and so-called "assault weapons"?

The mayors...spoke Wednesday...from behind a table loaded with illegal firearms seized by police in recent months. Most were rapid-fire automatic pistols, but there also were automatic shotguns, military-style assault rifles

"Rapid-fire" is relative (and in this case, hyperbole). Alsi, I seriously doubt there were any "assault rifles" on that table. I'm more inclined to believe the rifles were semi-automatic only, and therefore do not meet the definition of "assault rifle"

[holymoly]

Alsi = Also

Stinking typos.

[wastedyears]

What would automatic shotgun be? The M3, in which only 8 prototypes were made, and was never put into mass-production?

[MaDeuce]

What is an illegal gun? I have never seen one or heard of one.

There is no such thing as an illegal gun. Only criminals and tyrants think of guns as "illegal". Free and liberty minded people think of guns as tools to keep the former classification of people in check.

[bybybill]

This issue is to important to ignore! The Mayors should demand EVERY candidate for Congress immediately tell us how they will vote on more gun control laws! We need to know before the election. Of course the Rats might be a little slow with their disclosure, but thats OK, huh?

[newgeezer]

Already posted.

[GovernmentShrinker]

And how many arrests and convictions have there been this year, for possession of these 10,803 illegal handguns and so-called "assault weapons"?

Not enough, I'm sure, since most of the confiscations would have been from gangbangers with long rap sheets. But more importantly, of the convictions, how many convicts are still in the slammer even 12 months later? These mayors have no one to blame but themselves and their predecessors for the fact that their cities are overwhelmed by free-roaming career criminals.

I keep waiting for some 2A organization to put out a comprehensive study of just what percentage of "gun violence" is perpetrated by people who don't already have a criminal record. Every time some thug with a criminal record kills somebody with a gun, we hear all about how we have to "get guns off the street", but never any hard facts about the effect that getting the criminals off the streets would have.

[P-40]

"If the mayors were serious about reducing crime

They are not. They don't even have a clue about what to do. When you hear an elected official talk about gun control, they are basically saying they don't have what it takes to deal with violence in their jurisdiction.

[absolootezer0]

"When Washington mayors makes bad decisions to protect criminals rather than the public, we suffer the consequences,"

fixed

[WildBill2275]

It's interesting that the people who want "gun control" the most all have armed guards. Bloomberg from NY has NYPD, and even if he didn't, he has enough money to hire bodyguards. The same can be said for Daley from Chicago. And we must not forget Hillary who has Secret Service for life.

What is needed is to tell criminals, "If you can't do the time, don't do the crime". And then follow through.

There are no such things as illegal guns. Only guns used in an illegal manner. Maybe when "Lizzie" Borden did her thing the should have made axes illegal.

[Joe Boucher]

Chicago and its mayor, corrupt as hell.
How many of those guns taken have been resold?
Hey Daley, how's that mafia thing ya got going for you and your friends?

[El Gato]

"Mayors know that illegal guns have nothing to do the Second Amendment, and everything to do with law enforcement,"

Does this mean the cops in New York and Chicago have illegal guns?

Of course the Second amendment makes the whole concept of "illegal guns" somewhat problematic. Like FReeping impossible.

[El Gato]

Most were rapid-fire automatic pistols, but there also were automatic shotguns, military-style assault rifles and even a Prohibition-style Thompson submachine gun.

What, no pictures so the knowledgeable can rip this likely mostly or completely false statement to shreds? Why am I not surprised?

[Blue Jays]

Bloomberg is Republican in name only. He was a Democrat for the vast majority of his life before suddenly switching to run for mayor of New York City years ago.