Strategery
So, the wealthy suburbs of Chicago keep repealing their gun bans. Chicago was all set to fight their gun ban. But, now, it looks like Daley may give up:
Mayor Daley today cracked the door open to abandoning the costly fight to uphold Chicago’s 1982 handgun freeze—if he can fashion a replacement ordinance that protects the safety of first-responders.
I am confused how the law-abiding having guns is a danger to first-responders. And:
Now that both suburbs have thrown in the towel—and newspaper editorials have urged Daley to do the same to save millions in legal costs on a fight he cannot win—the mayor appears to be having second thoughts.
Here’s one such editorial. Thirdpower notes they’ve given up on even appearing objective.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
The comments to that article are worth a pain of reading it… It would appear Mayor Daley is not beloved in Chicago..
August 4th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Somebody must like him, he keeps getting elected, and it can’t all be cemetery voters.
August 4th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
“protects the safety of first-responders”
Since the “first-responders” are the people who happen to be on the scene – crime victims, bystanders, etc. – allowing^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H not preventing them from carrying defensive weapons IS protecting their safety.
The second-responders (cops) will just have to learn to deal with it.