Daley aims to pass new gun laws

Chicago Tribune ^ | 4 January 2007 | Gary Washburn

[Neo-Luddite]

Daley aims to pass new gun laws

By Gary Washburn Tribune staff reporter Published January 4, 2007

Buoyed by the General Assembly's passage of a gun-control measure amid a long string of rejections, Mayor Richard Daley on Wednesday unveiled the city's 2007 legislative agenda with a renewed emphasis on handgun violence.

Daley called for passage of half a dozen bills, to be introduced by local state lawmakers, that would restrict sales and the types and numbers of weapons that Illinoisans could buy.

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Noting that guns were involved in more than 80 percent of the 466 murders in Chicago in 2006, Daley said the way to reduce the murder rate "is to continue to get guns off our streets and out of our homes.

"The best way to do it is to pass common-sense legislation that will keep guns out of the hands of people who want to commit crimes with them."

Todd Vandermyde, a lobbyist for the National Rifle

[Neo-Luddite]

Sound Off in Cadence!

"Here we go again, Same old s!!t again."

Does anyone remember the un-secured shotgun a certain mayor had laying around his cottage at the dunes some years back, and how the kids got hold of it during a wild party?

[Pontiac]

Mayor Richard Daley on Wednesday unveiled the city's 2007 legislative agenda with a renewed emphasis on handgun violence.

Seems like Illinois should secede from Chicago.

[beltfed308]

Noting that guns were involved in more than 80 percent of the 466 murders

So the remaining 20% is acceptable? What a grand standing idiot. How many were with a .50? How about with an "assault" weapon? Daley needs to buy a clue and wake up to the fact that bad people do bad things. That is why they are called criminals.

[Condor51]

****Does anyone remember the un-secured shotgun a certain mayor had laying around his cottage at the dunes some years back, and how the kids got hold of it during a wild party?****

Ahhhh, but 'Da Mare' prolly thinks that doesn't count as his 'cottage' is in Michigan.

Different laws ya know :-)

[hophead]

""The best way to do it is to pass common-sense legislation that will keep guns out of the hands of people who want to commit crimes with them.""

But keep those people on the street with lax enforcement of the existing laws.

[hophead]

" Aggravated discharge of a firearm while driving now can result in loss of a license."

Ohhhh, now that will DEFINATLY stop drive-bys.

[Condor51]

I better get my butt going and start ordering my 'Assault Rifles', like TODAY.

I've been dicking around over pricing. $10 here, $20 there - screw it, I'm running out of time.

And I also need a new Tagline Stat. (I'll mock Rudy in the threads.)