[BuckeyeTexan]

Ms. Hillman is apparently ignorant of the fact that the majority of the gun crimes committed in Chicago are by criminals who carry concealed weapons illegally. Overturning the gun ban isn't going to change their actions. They'll still rob and murder. A gun ban has consequences for law-abiding citizens, not criminals.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Obviously, this loon isn’t interested in the Bill of Rights. What a ditz.

[The KG9 Kid]

"... The amendment talks about a well-regulated militia and thus, it would seem that the right to bear arms is directly related to a militia."

Carol, you ignorant slut. Read the 'DC vs. Heller' decision.

[SoldierDad]

Hey Carol, what do you think the words, “the right of the people . . . “ refers to? Perhaps you should spend some time reading the Federalist Papers instead of trying to reinterpret the meaning of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. What an fn moron.

[domenad]

I suspect crime rates after the ban is lifted will prove me right!

It would be the first time ever that a liberalized gun law resulted in more crime. DC crime is down since the Heller decision.

[JMS]

Like all ignorant Liberals, Ms. Hillman thinks that her feelings about feeling safer should trump the rights of those who want to protect themselves rather than hoping that the police will come to their rescue. Again, we hear the idiotic and willfully ignorant idea that a militia is an organized function of the government rather than being made up of able bodied citizens, originally male but now not necessarily so.

[SoldierDad]

" . . . but gun rights supporters cannot prove that the right to bear arms extends to people who are not in the military!"

Yes, Carol, the United States in 1776 had a huge standing army that was positioned to protect the people from it's own government./sarc Stupid is as stupid does (or says).

[mountainlion]

If gun control is so good why do the cities that force it have higher murder rates than deaths in recent wars?

[Disambiguator]

When liberals expose their ignorance, it’s never a pretty sight.

[SkyDancer]

Obviously she ignored the comma then the rest of the amendment where it mentioned “people” not a militia. The comma separates the two ideas ....

[SoldierDad]

This is what Police Superintendent Jody Weis said in regard to the ruling striking down a Washington, D.C. handgun ban: "From a law enforcement perspective, this will no doubt make a police officer's job more challenging than it already is, particularly since a firearm is used in 75 percent of all murders committed in the city of Chicago."

Huh?

[raptor22]

The right to bear arms is absolute and shall not be infringed...http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2463599/posts

[thefactor]

I cannot believe you failed to put a barf alert here.

[Cheburashka]

Dear Ms. Hillman:

You don't like guns? Then don't buy one.

[WOBBLY BOB]

I’m only dismayed it wasn’t overturned by state law .

[oh8eleven]

I wonder what she thought of another "anti-gun" journalist?

[Laserman]

Ms Hillman is an IDIOT!

What is so hard to understand in the following:

“the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”

Seems pretty damn clear to me.

And in any case, the purpose of the 2nd amendment is not to allow the People to protect themselves from criminals. It is to allow them to protect themselves from THEIR GOVERNMENT!!!!

[ansel12]

In other words, those serving in a militia - or in the present - a branch of the Armed Services - have the right to bear arms. Of course, I cannot prove that my reading of the amendment is correct -- but gun rights supporters cannot prove that the right to bear arms extends to people who are not in the military!

WWII would have been entirely different if the founding fathers had overlooked creating the "right" for the military to have guns, we missed a bullet on that one guys, golf clubs, baseball bats and pocket knives would never have defeated the Nazis.

[Red in Blue PA]

Handgun ban should stay in Chicago

Fine. As long as Daley's Security Detail turns in all of their guns too. If we can't have them, neither can he. (but you would probably be opposed to this wouldn't you Ms. Hillman?)

Effin scumbag.

[ArrogantBustard]

I am dismayed that Carol Hillman wants to maintain a safe working environment for rapists, murderers, robbers, and other thugs.

I am unsurprised that Jody Weis wishes to protect armed thugs from self-defending citizens ... she's just protecting the Blue Gang's turf.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Hey, I'm with ya, Carol! Yep, the 2nd Amendment only pertains to those who serve or served. Because after all it states the "right to keep and bear arms" in there. So you gonna support me going back to the base and claiming the M4 and M9s that I was issued? C'mon fellow soldiers, let's go get our FULLY AUTOMATIC weapons that Carol so rightly points out we get to KEEP! No need to return them, the 2nd Amendment says so!