Posted on 05/28/2010 12:08:27 PM PDT by neverdem
Mayor Richard Daley refused to say today whether an 80-year-old Army veteran who shot and killed an intruder will be charged under the city's handgun ban.
Asked about the possibility of charges, the mayor ended a news conference he had called about summer curfew in the city.
"I don't know. Thank you very much," Daley said and stepped away from the microphone. Before walking away, Daley acknowledged people's frustration over the issue of gun control but insisted "I don't think the answer is guns."
The homeowner was asleep with his 83-year-old wife and 12-year-old great-grandson when Anthony Nelson -- a parolee with a record of drug and gun arrests -- tried breaking into their East Garfield Park home, police say.
Nelson died from a gunshot wound to the chest, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office, which said Nelson died in a homicide--the death of a person at the hands of another person.
The homeowner told investigators that Nelson fired twice before he fired back. The homeowner had bought the gun after being robbed in his home last fall, according to relatives. Police questioned the man for several hours and released him without filing charges, though officials say the investigation is continuing.
The Cook County state's attorney's office has said it has not been contacted regarding pressing charges against the homeowner, but police would be able to charge the homeowner with a misdemeanor crime--such as a violation of city ordinance--without approval from the state's attorney's office.
The man has been hailed as a hero by his family and neighbors, but Daley cautioned that "guns is not the answer to the problems that we see in a home, in the streets of America. It's as simple as that.
"I think everybody understands the frustration that people have in regards to guns, and that's an instance, and I think we understand that," Daley said. "But again, the access to guns in America, the access today is higher today than at any period of time in America."
Police today would say nothing more than that two guns were found at the scene of the home invasion, and that the homeowner has not been charged, but that the investigation is continuing.
Maybe a rifle shoved up Daley’s butt sideways would help him answer the question.
I think the 80 year old should demand he be arrested and charged “because it’s the law”. Let this asinine law be exposed for what it is.
Maybe the guy should have followed the Mayor’s advice and had a long rifle and a bayonet and put it up the intruder’s A$$!
Daly should do the “right thing” and anally violate the self defender with a gun and then call it a Rat’s social justice day. /s/
Taking care of your family. A moral hazard.
What are they thinking, it would have been better for everyone if the old guy just let the perp do whatever he wanted to with his 83-year-old wife and 12-year-old great-grandson?
Friday quiz question: How many rifles can be shoved up Daley’s butt?
“I don’t think the answer is guns.”
...A$$HOLE! Maybe it’s better for them to plea for their lives, hand over everything they’ve got and hope it’ll be alright?!
The man saved his wife and great grandson’s lives more than likely! What a complete idiot! And the dumbmasses just keep voting this douch bag in.
What a stupid pigeon. It sure was the correct answer in this case.
“guns is not the answer to the problems that we see in a home, in the streets of America. It’s as simple as that.”
Well, Mayor Daley, when somebody has broken into your home and fired 2 shots at you....GUNS ARE THE ONLY ANSWER!!!
YOU DIMWIT!!!!
IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!
Gun ownership is at an all time time in the US.
All variety of major crime is down.
Perhaps guns ARE the answer?
An armed society is a civil society.
God Bless that 80 year old Army veteran.
I meant to type...
Gun ownership is at an all time high in the US...
I’m in Chicago. Chicago has a handgun ban, and the city has a high murder rate. If gun bans decreased crime, no one would be shot to death, in Chicago.
The only crime would be if the old man was charged.
Just think, if he didn’t have the gun, big funeral, but no criminal charges.
It depends on whose side you’re on. Daley and his ilk get tons of $$$ in bribes from gangs and organized crime. They need an unarmed citizenry. To them, putting guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens is not the answer. What he doesn’t give is his question: “What can I do to keep the illicit money flowing?”
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