Pistol-packing lawmaker deserves a high-caliber nickname

Chicago Tribune ^ | 7 Dec 2012 | John Kass

[rellimpank]

What's worse for a distinguished, pro-gun-control Chicago politician who sports a cool goatee and an always-natty wardrobe:

Being charged with a felony after allegedly trying to carry a .25-caliber Beretta handgun onto a Chicago plane bound for Washington?

Or to suffer as readers and radio talk show callers showered him Thursday with endearing — sometimes snarky — nicknames?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I used that term at work, and the new hires (25 year-old engineers) didn’t know what it meant.

Just what the hell passes for history in schools these days?

[DPMD]

Name him for the ammo round he most resembles: Dum dum.

[buffaloguy]

How about Donne “Too Small” Trotter?

It has a nice ring to it.

[real saxophonist]

Actually, that same Beretta in .22LR is more reliable, and believe it or not, more powerful, than the .25ACP.