Posted on 06/04/2008 8:46:19 PM PDT by Nonesuch
Chicago Alderman Richard Mell has pushed a short-lived gun registration amnesty through the "Police Committee", allowing for certain lapsed registrations to be renewed for a 4-month window.
The ordinance still faces a full city council vote, and would not apply to new registrations or banned weapons (Chicago has a ban list, and Cook County recently passed a sweeping "assault rifle" ban).
One law for our “rulers”; one law for the rest of us.
Clearly some animals are more equal than the others. BTT.
Dick?
Please stick with the original headlines. It helps the Search function and prevents duplicate articles. Thanks.
Alderman Edward M. Burke (14th) stated:
"Clearly, if it's down to only 200,000 firearms that are registered now, there's something wrong. It was double that ten years ago and even more than that years [before]. It started out as only a handgun registry. Now, it's a shotgun registry. It's time to take a look at it."(From the Sun-Times article)
Uhh...
It’s about time for Chicago.
People risked their lives and many died trying to gain freedom by crossing the Berlin Wall from East Germany. Why would it be surprising to see people fleeing a tyranny before the wall goes up?
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