Gun Policy News
In Chicago, Only Politicians and Criminals Are Allowed to Carry Guns
20 June 2008
Chicago Tribune, Column
That Washington, D.C., gun ban that the Supreme Court should toss out any day now because it is unconstitutional is often compared to the handgun ban in Chicago.
But what's not often reported by the decidedly pro-gun-control media is that since Chicago's anti-handgun law went into effect in 1982, only two classes of people have had ready access to firearms:
The criminals. And the politicians.
Cynics who scoff at everything decent suggest these are one and the same,... (GunPolicy.org)