[Perseverando]

RE: only two classes of people have had ready access to firearms:
The criminals. And the politicians.

Ummmm, how do you tell the difference?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

This is in the Tribune?

My head is spinning........

[gleeaikin]

Does anyone have a link for statistices on crime before and after the gun ban in Chicago, or in DC for that matter? Especially on gun crimes and murder rates.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Laws are not meant to be applied to liberal politicians.

[anoldafvet]

"That Washington, D.C., gun ban that the Supreme Court should toss out any day now because it is unconstitutional"

I would have agreed with you a few days ago, but then the Gitmo decision came down.

[AlaskaErik]

But what's not often reported by the decidedly pro-gun-control media is that since Chicago's anti-handgun law went into effect in 1982, only two classes of people have had ready access to firearms: The criminals. And the politicians.

In Chicago I believe they're one and the same.

[LtKerst]

Buy a Gun for freedom!

and dont forget the bullets!

[beltfed308]

Good read. I appreciated the oozing sarcasm.

[Old Professer]

I, too, miss Mike Royko, but this guy is ridiculous in his attempt to mimic the style. (IMO)

[BooksForTheRight.com]

There is a liberal elite in the USA. Whenever “liberals” get into power, they make laws for the common herd and the exempt themselves from them.

[BooksForTheRight.com]

“criminals, and politicians”
What’s the difference? They both take money from innocent people and give it to undeserving people. They both have the power to restrain you and use deadly force on you.

[goldstategop]

In Dick Daley's Chicago, the law is for the Little People. The Chicago Way is the politicians' way: get to do whatever you want, whenever you want. Even on guns.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Petruchio]

*Ping*

"Meanwhile, the taxpayers, who live without bodyguards, are told that if they want to protect themselves with a handgun just like the politicians, they themselves will be criminalized.

It is all about power in the end. "

Yup.

I find it hard to believe that this came from the Tribune. Sam Zell must be making big changes over there . . .

[endthematrix]

"What crime? Dare's no crime here."

[FormerACLUmember]

This is a very important post, since it shows the real Obama. A bought and paid for product of the utterly corrupt Chicago machine.

Obama’s crew are sociopaths in $3000 silk suits. The gun control issue is the tip of the iceberg.