Daley calls for new state laws on guns (IL)

Chicago Tribune ^ | 8 March, 2010 | Hal Dardick

[marktwain]

Flanked by several parents who had lost children to gun violence, Mayor Richard Daley on Monday called for new laws to restrict gun sales and stiffen penalties for criminals who use them.

Although Daley announces new gun-control initiatives every year, this year's announcement took on added significance because the U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether to overturn the city's handgun ban.

[marktwain]

Daley is delusional.

[LouAvul]

Yeah, cause Chicago’s strict gun laws have made it one of the safest cities in America. /s

[FlingWingFlyer]

Sorry Dick! It’s that pesky Bill of Rights again.

[Parley Baer]

Dick could care less about the Bill of Rights or the Constitution. His minions in Washington DC are of the same mind.

[mike-zed]

If the article was accurate it would start:

Flanked by a cadre of armed bodyguards, Mayor Richard Daley on Monday called for new laws to restrict gun sales to law abiding citizens.

[drypowder]

A good thug is hard to find these days and Daley just doesn't want anybody shooting his thugs.

[muawiyah]

Daley has an armed escort available at his beck and call.

He should be required to disgorge his weapons.

[Lawgvr1955]

We already have an offense in Illinois called "Armed Violence". Carries a mandatory 6-30 year prison sentence. How much stiffer penalty does King Richard need?

He is only out to take firearms from law abiding people.

[TYVets]

I have wondered for years why does King Richard even bother with press conferences?

All he has to do is issue proclamations to his subjects in Illinois.

[Inyo-Mono]

Flanked by several parents who had lost children to gun violence, Mayor Richard Daley on Monday called for new laws to restrict gun sales and stiffen penalties for criminals who use them.

I used to wonder if people like him really thought that law abiding citizens that owned firearms were the ones causing so called "gun violence."

I know better now, he is just an evil anti-American gun grabber, because you would have to be an blithering idiot to believe that it was any other group than gang banging criminals with illegally obtained weapons committing "gun violence" against children.

[John Locke]

I fully approve of "stiffer penalties" for criminals who use guns. I particular, I approve of the death penalty - administered on the spot by a well-armed law-abiding citizen.

More guns, less crime.

[Monorprise]

“Daley is delusional.”

Yes and let him demonstrate that fact with the ongoing decay of the democratic machine.

[Mopp4]

Mayor Richard Daley on Monday called for new laws to restrict gun sales...

Yeah..because those gun stores are always so crowded with gang bangers lining up to purchase weapons.This should put an end to that.

/sarc