CCRKBA Says Chicago Alderman Should Suffer Like Other Gun Owners

CCRKBA ^ | 22 May, 2008 | CCRKBA

[marktwain]

BELLEVUE, Wash., May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Chicago Alderman Richard Mell ought to be prosecuted like any other negligent gun owner for failing to re-register his firearms under an ordinance he helped pass, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

"I don't care if anti-gun Mayor Richard Daley supports giving Mell a break, and it doesn't matter that Mell is the father-in-law of Gov. Rod Blagojevich," said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. "For years, the draconian ordinance supported by Mell and enforced by Daley has terrorized Chicago gun owners. It's time for Mell to face his own music, and it's time for Daley to just shut up."

Mell has proposed an amendment to the existing law that would allow gun registration to re-open for a month, giving him amnesty. Mell and Daley are claiming that this is for other gun owners in the city as well who may have let their registrations lapse.

"For years, the Daley Administration has engaged in goon squad demagoguery against gun owners," Gottlieb observed, "but now all of a sudden, just because Alderman Mell finds himself on the wrong side of a law he supported, he and Daley want to do Chicago gun owners a favor. This magnanimity is a flimsy sham, and law-abiding firearm owners all over Illinois should be outraged.

"It is equally outrageous that Mell is blaming this lapse on an aide," he added. "How stupid is that? Mell knows that gun owners are personally responsible for re-registering their firearms, and over the years, the city has shown no mercy for others who have failed to comply with the law. This guy shouldn't be on the city council, he ought to be in an unemployment line, and even more than that, he ought to be facing charges in court for possession of unregistered guns inside the city.

"The sad fact is," Gottlieb concluded, "that this proposed amnesty amendment would never be on the table if it weren't designed specifically to help Alderman Mell. That anyone else might benefit is an accident, and both Mell and Daley know it. Other gun owners should be allowed to re-register, but Mell should lose on this sweetheart deal. Perhaps then he will fully understand just how insidious Chicago's gun laws really are, and he will lead the fight to abolish them."

With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (http://www.ccrkba.org) is one of the nation's premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.

[marktwain]

Law for the "little people" don't apply to the powers that be, in Chicago.

[2banana]

"For 'tis the sport to have the enginer / Hoist with his owne petar"

-- Shakespeare, Hamlet III iv. "Hoist" was in Shakespeare's time the past participles of a verb "to hoise", which meant what "to hoist" does now: to lift. A petard (see under "peter out" for the etymology) was an explosive charge detonated by a slowly burning fuse. If the petard went off prematurely, then the sapper (military engineer; Shakespeare's "enginer") who planted it would be hurled into the air by the explosion. (Compare "up" in "to blow up".) A modern rendition might be: "It's fun to see the engineer blown up with his own bomb."

[magslinger]

Chicago Alderman Richard Mell sounds like a typical "guns for me but none for thee" Liberal overlord.

I'm thinking that his fear of an armed citizenry is more than just paranoia.

[TexanToTheCore]

This is why there hasn’t been a President from Chicago. Everybody’s dirty. Mob dirty.

[Paleo Conservative]

This reminds me of the state legislator from Houston who voted against the castle doctrine. He became the first person in the whole state of Texas to use that law.

Texas Lawmaker Shoots Would-be Thief (Voted against "castle doctrine" bill)
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Posted on 7/9/2007 5:35:02 PM by csvset

[Niteranger68]

I almost forgot why I hate Chitcago.

[wastedyears]

It’s not limited to Chicago.

[navyguy]

This guy should have all of his guns seized and he should be jailed. That’s exactly what he would demand of others in violation of the law he supported.

Leftists don’t just lie, the LIVE a lie.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

Frog march this elitist to jail.

[eyeamok]

Because he is a “Public Servant” he should be immediately remanded into custody until trial, and upon conviction be sentenced to 5 times the Maximum Penalty under Law, He took an OATH of OFFICE to “uphold,defend, or enforce the LAW and or the Constitution”. 25 years to life with no parole ever!!

Eyeamok

[Condor51]

Mell has proposed an amendment to the existing law that would allow gun registration to re-open for a month, giving him amnesty. Mell and Daley are claiming that this is for other gun owners in the city as well who may have let their registrations lapse.

Exsqueeze me? "May Have" let them "lapse" ...

Man-o-man, what a (blanking) load of (blank) and he and Daley know it!

Since this registration law was passed, in 1982 IIRC, NO existing handgun registrations were renewed (grandfathered in) or new ones approved by the CPD - except for Aldermen and Daley's squad of Flying Monkeys. That's how Chicago became "Handgun Free".

So this amnesty is a freaking joke. And like the Latin Kings, Vice Lords, Blackstone Ranger or Gangster Disciple street gangs are gonna be lined up at Police HQ to register their guns.

Not to mention the 500,000 ILLEGAL ALIENS and their gang-banging spawn,

Sí señor oficial de policía que me gustaría registrar mi arma. No no soy un ciudadano de los Estados Unidos y sí estoy en el país ilegalmente. ¿Que importa?

If DICK Mell was citizen (or legal immigrant) Dick Mall, after this public 'Confession' he'd now be in the county jail on a $5 Mill Bond, and the gun grabbing Cook County States Attorney, DICK 'DeVine' (sarc), would be seeking life in prison (NOT sarc).

[calex59]

Law for the "little people" don't apply to the powers that be, in Chicago.

Laws for the little people don't apply to any lib elite or at least so they think and if you were to poll most libs they would think they are one of the elite. The grass roots libs see a utopia where conservatives and their ilk have to obey draconian laws but that libs, who are smart enough not to need laws, will not. Talk to a few, this is exactly what many of them think.

[DMZFrank]

Even more galling, this clown is a “peace officer” under Illinois statute with the legal right to carry a firearm and not having to produce ANY evidence of training!!!!

[neverdem]

Someone needs to question Obama about what’s the point of this hypocritical amnesty, law breaking and unConstitutional nonsense, especially since he supports it like the D.C. gun ban.