Well tinfoil is going to have to be banned also, seeing how dealers sometimes use that to package heroin. The city also banned the sale of spray paint cans in an effort to curb graffiti , a tour of certain areas of the city will tell you how effective that was. I guess it’s just par for the course in Chicago.
Chicago had alderman elections in 2007, and they probably hope that, during their next campaigns, in 2011, the the voters will forget about the silly laws that they proposed in 2008.