I'm sure all the murderers and rapists will go out and register there guns now.

No this only burdens the people who want to obey the law...

uncommon common sense is greatly lacking here....

you are right Rogers... All he is doing is punishing the lawful citizens of Chicago.

The mob controls Chicago politics. And the mob wants to have all the guns. This guy is dirty. The NRA should investigate his connections. I hope someone does, and destroys the career of this two bit hoodlum.

You can register one handgun per month but only have one in working condition? Whats the point of that? What about people who have had military training (like me)? Would they be required to go through the classes or would they be eligible for a waiver stating they have already received training?

Let's see, Arizona follows the rule of law and people call for a boycott. Chicago goes against the rule of law so I will call for a boycott of Chicago.

Why would anyone want to live in Chicago? That city just spends too much money defending their assinine laws.

What if you already had several working guns? Are they grandfathered?

Robin said, The mob controls Chicago politics. And the mob wants to have all the guns. This guy is dirty. The NRA should investigate his connections. I hope someone does, and destroys the career of this two bit hoodlum.

You just completely contradicted yourself. If the mob wanted it, then Daley would have wanted it. That should have been your comment. As a person from Chicago, I know what the crime rate is like. I would like to go the route of most countries and band all guns. We have the highest gun rate crime in the world. More than China who has more 1.3 billion people compared to our 300+ million and we have more gun crime than they do. You keep thinking that having a gun means less crime. What about all the guns already in houses killing kids? No right wing is screaming about this, but abortion is just baaaad. Come on, you people are so hypocritical that YOU are the running joke in the world.

Now lets not knock Chicago as a city JH. I happen to live in the Gold Coast and its a beautiful area. Chicago has a great amount of culture to offer along with diversification. One should always be aware of the areas they are traveling through though. Even though I am in the Gold Coast, I am a mere few blocks away from what was formerly Cabrini Green. Sure there are unscrupulous individuals that roam the streets and albeit I am a 6' white guy, I dont get hassled. I am recognized in the area by the people on the street and sometimes I am generous to those in need on the street corners. I suspect that is why I dont get bothered. I live, work, and play here. I was born here. I call Chicago home. I am glad the ban was lifted. I will play by Daleys rules. I already have my FOID card application pending and I have picked out a nice .45 auto for about $500 once I get all my ducks in a row.

Chicago is not for the timid. If you come here to vacation, the downtown heart of the city is quite safe. It is when one ventures out beyond well lit and populated streets where the danger can occur. Just as in any city on earth.

@JJ-663268: You make a fine argument, except that you're wrong. In every single case (Texas, Oregon, etc.) where gun ownership and carry laws have been relaxed, the rates of gun-related crime have fallen, sometimes as much as 30%. When the criminals know there's a decent chance someone will shoot BACK, they suddenly start looking for easier pickings elsewhere.

Criminals are never going to obey the gun laws, so none of these restrictions apply to them. The result is a city where the thugs have the guns, and the law-abiding citizens have no means to protect themselves. The police, for all their incredible hard work and dedication, can't be everywhere at every time.

Perhaps you should note the really interesting piece of data in your own post: You have the most restrictive gun laws in the country. You also have the highest gun-crime rate in the world, as you put it. You don't think those two facts have nothing to do with each other, do you?

Marc, my comments were not arguments, they were facts. You can't dispute facts.

Except when they're wrong. Which yours are. Nice try, though.

I don't like the ban, it really is overly restrictive, just like most of the people here, but this is such a weak argument. Heck only law abiding citizens don't steal, rape, or murder other people, why should there be laws like that on the books. It ONLY affects law abiding citizens. This argument can really be used against any laws. Criminals are only classified as criminals when they break laws. The absence of laws or regulations would negate the term criminal.

If you really want to live without any gun laws move to Somalia or Afganistan and then tell me that you'll be much safer there.

Kind of like in the UK. They may not be able to own hand guns but the criminals have resorted to using Knives! If your not at home where you are allowed to have "a" shotgun then you can still be stabbed to death while being robbed...

Actually, Killerdrgn, you could move to Texas or Oregon, where there ARE much less restrictive gun laws, and you WOULD be safer there. As I pointed out above, Chicago has the tightest gun laws in the country, and the highest gun-crime rate. Surely you don't think those two facts are a coincidence, do you?

I don't like the ban, it really is overly restrictive, just like most of the people here, but this is such a weak argument. Heck only law abiding citizens don't steal, rape, or murder other people, why should there be laws like that on the books. It ONLY affects law abiding citizens.

Your logic is flawed. A law against raping, stealing, and murdering does not impact the rights of lawful citizens where as strict gun restrictions do. The irony in gun bans goes further in that it can even impede lawful citizens from protecting themselves against the already unlawful.

If you really want to live without any gun laws move to Somalia or Afganistan and then tell me that you'll be much safer there.

You and I both know that the violence in Somalia is not the result of a lack of gun laws, hell, take away all guns and they would hack each other to death with knives and machetes.

Otherwise you could look at Mexico where there gun bans have done nothing to make certain areas safe.

Gun laws have less to do with violence than more important social and political issues.

This is the same guy who, after being reprimanded and told in no uncertain terms by the FAA and federal government that they couldn't tear up the small-airplane airport in Chicago, had his bulldozer teams come in at night and strip up the runways and buildings.

He thinks he's King of Chicago. The rules aren't for him, it would seem.

Good. Our tourists and citizens of Illinois do not want you or your guns.

Now lets not knock Chicago as a city Mark. I happen to live in the Gold Coast and its a beautiful area. Chicago has a great amount of culture to offer along with diversification. One should always be aware of the areas they are traveling through though. Even though I am in the Gold Coast, I am a mere few blocks away from what was formerly Cabrini Green. Sure there are unscrupulous individuals that roam the streets and albeit I am a 6' white guy, I dont get hassled. I am recognized in the area by the people on the street and sometimes I am generous to those in need on the street corners. I suspect that is why I dont get bothered. I live, work, and play here. I was born here. I call Chicago home. I am glad the ban was lifted. I will play by Daleys rules. I already have my FOID card application pending and I have picked out a nice .45 auto for about $500 once I get all my ducks in a row.

Chicago is not for the timid. If you come here to vacation, the downtown heart of the city is quite safe. It is when one ventures out beyond well lit and populated streets where the danger can occur. Just as in any city on earth.

Knowing that Mark W will not be visiting Chicago makes a trip there far more attractive. I hope all people who think the gun-lovers are crazy and who support rational gun policies will go out of their way to visit the great city of the midwest.

Heh jj please you anti gun guys just got your ass handed to you by the highest court in our land again. The people of this great nation love the 2nd amendment the mass majority will always win 8)

Thanks Big Al for thinking I was anti gun. I am when it comes to the city of Chicago. The rest of this great state allows you to carry guns. I keep mine gun at my brothers house in the suburbs where they should be, away from kids and away from families. Guns should be used for nothing else than target practice and the occasional dear.

So the people who live in the City of Chicago should be at the mercy of criminals? That is so sad that you think that way.

Derrick-1653281

Please don't talk about the constitution, you can't read so who cares what you have heard. I agree though, keep as many loaded guns in YOUR home as you want, and on his way out with them, I hope the crook who has come to take them , will thank you with a nice clean shot between the eyes, because if you are not part of the solution , you are the problem.

Robby...

You have a serious mental defect if you think that guns are to protect someone from a robber in their own house and even more impaired if you think most people would let a robber get to their gun. This particular article was passed so that citizens could protect themselves from rogue militias...not unlike our police force of today. Help us all if idiots like you forget North vs. South during the Civil War can't soon be Democrat vs. Republican in our time.

Please read my post of 8.5 if you havent already. YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM....Hope you never end up in my situation...and Im being serious not sarcastic. You have no idea the trauma of being victims of a home invasion and pray you are lucky enough to never know since you obviously do not own a gun and will rely of the police to help you. And how dare you make such an assinine statemnet as

I hope the crook who has come to take them , will thank you with a nice clean shot between the eyes, because if you are not part of the solution , you are the problem.

WOW just WOW. My life was going to be taken by a low life scum who had NO IDEA I had a gun! If it were not for my gun I may not be here and my child may not either!

I know first hand when I lived in Milwaukee and the stalker that I had a restraining order blocked me in the driveway of a police station, they let him go, he then came to my house, again, and had it not been for my .38, I would be dead!

robby-1839487, I know more about 1 line of the constitution than you know about life, you are the @!$%#en idiot that will get the nice clean shot between the eyes because you DONT have a @!$%#en clue, you are a clueless idiot, I, on the other hand, am a crack shot shooter that will drop a criminal coming in my door before he takes his second step in,

I suggest you go to school, learn about the constitution and become an american citizen before you post another line, and show your idiocy even more, JERK

And if tomorrow the counry went to hell and a hand basket, you would die of starvation. While the gun owners can go out and get their own food.

Are you serious? Have you ever been physically attacked in your home? Give away your own rights but keep the fu<k away from mine!

I am in my late 50's and of all the people I have known who have had guns in their homes, only my neighbor across the street ever found a "need" to use his. He killed his wife and then himself, leaving three young children. I watched her relatives wash the blood out of the kitchen, through the garage and down the driveway. I won't go into all the damage it did to the children.

You have more to fear from those close to you in times of stress than you do from strangers. I would rather see Mayor Daley's law go into effect, even if it is not perfect, than have nothing.

As long as there are criminal elements who only respect those who can defend themselves, there will be a need for private citizens to have access to and know how to use a wide rage of self defense tools. It's great that you've never had to defend yourself, and I hope your bubble never bursts. Not everyone is that fortunate.

That being said, the point really is that the mayor is trying to overrule the Constitution of the United States, which states that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. He is therefore a domestic enemy of the Constitution.

Well Gaye, As the victim of a home invasion in the middle of the day while napping with my small child, I would say YOUR WRONG. Its damn near like the Wild West when people break into your home and tie you up and tell you THEY ARE GOING TO KILL YOU! I was lucky that he didnt tie my hands well enough and I was in my bedroom where he had initally woke us with my .40 cal S&W in my nightstand. I waited until he left us alone and began gathering up our belongings. I saw my chance and got my gun and when he came back in I shot him. If I had not had my gun the police would be arriving at a crime scene instead of a crime in progress and I would have propbably been on the 10 O Clock News either with my child as the second victim or a whitness to her mothers murder. Sorry I was not about to wait and see if he was going to follow through with that threat but he did not have anything covering his face so I took him at his word. I WILL NOT GIVE UP MY GUN...PERIOD! The police cannot be everywhere all the time.

BTW: Criminals dont need the OK to have a gun or a grenade, automatic weapon, bullet proof vest, rocket launchers, etc. I have seen all of these in the big cities. Drug & Gun Runners will do what they please and dont care what the law is. Sorry...Maybe Next Time

Lest you all forget the Civil War...this particular RIGHT is not about protecting ourselves from a neighboe or burglar...it is about protecting ourselves from Rogue Police/Military forces...people please do research before commenting!

In an ideal world guns would have no place and there would be no need of rules, regulations, or any form of law and a judicial system. There would be no government, no taxes, etc.

Obviously our world has seldom been ideal, regardless of religious belief or non-belief.

For myself, I fully respect the passion of those who oppose firearms and personnal ownership. However, I respectfully request that they recognize my personnal choice to support firearm ownership within "reasonable" rules and regulations. As long as I am willing to conform to reasonable regulations, I should be allowed to own and maintain firearms to the fullest extent of my personnal rights.

Mayor Daly is being "unreasonable" and those that agree with that assessment that have the power to elect someone else need to stand up for their rights, they need to make their opinion known where it counts, at the polls.

The 2nd amendment was not crafted as a defense against crime per se. It was crafted to provide citizens with the ability to defend themselves from government over reach.

I do believe that guns do not make our imperfect world better, but they are a fact of life and cannot be removed from existence.

We need to focus attention on dealing with the bad actors (criminals). Maximum jail time for offenses committed with guns, that means that if you rob someone at gunpoint, you go to jail for attempted murder not assault with a deadly weapon, and no plea bargaining or deals.

mrducks, nicely put!

onewoman, sorry about your experience, but for every time something like that happens, hundreds of other people successfully defend themselves and their families from being raped murdered etc. Would you ban cars because there are accidents? Would you ban Christmas because of all the fires, and fighting amongst relatives? I do not wish to live in a dictatorship, and I do not acknowledge the rights of others to take rights from me.

No association with the NRA, am an independant, hate conservative party and own several guns and do happen to live in the wild west where when drinking water becomes as valuable as oil I will be waiting with my arms to defend my own supply! Where will you be begging for water?

No, jrone. You just didn't realize that the (usually pretty quiet) majority of Americans actually favor reasonable rights to own guns as provided by our Constitution.

I'm an independent as well, do NOT belong to the NRA, and I do own guns. Unlike "nurse", who has justifiable reason to be more concerned, I do not think the country is in danger of collapse or "wild west" justice. I do, however, sleep a lot more comfortably knowing that, if someone should break into my house intending me harm, I can deal with it myself, rather than asking the nice criminal to wait while I call 911.

Nicely said!

Actually, the law restricts the number of firearms that can be "in working order." But I agree with you Colin. That definition is so hopelessly vague that the Supreme Court will strike it down immediately. How could you ever enforce or even define it?

When the constitution was written, there was no such thing as a bullet, so yes you shoud be able bear all the arms you want, provided those arms were available for sale at the time the second ammendment was written.

Then all will be happy :)

yep, lets sprinkle some more of that fairy dust or hit the rewind button and take the entire country/world back to the day the 2nd amendment was ratified.

Then we would not be having this discussion over the Internet, no oil spill in the gulf, oh and by the way slavery would still be legal.

But I would still have the right to arm myself and shoot anyone that threatened my life or property.

Oh and when two people disagreed, pistols at 10 paces was considered a fair fight. Gun Control is about being able to hit what you aim at!!!

The truth is, we don't have people like that. Everyone's at the mall, scratching their a$s, reaching into their fanny pack and buying sneakers with lights in them. When you have selfish ignorant citizens you get selfish ignorant leaders. And term limits don't help. All you do is get a new bunch of selfish ignorant leaders. So maybe just maybe it's not the politicians who suck, maybe something else sucks around here. I.E. The Public.

I agree that the majority of our population is way too into themselves.

But come on, there has to be SOMEONE out there that you admire and think might do some good if they were in office.

The sad thing is, our country has gone to a level of discourse where all we can do is call each other crazy left wing liberal sissies and idiotic gun-loving morons. (Just look at the rest of the board).

As much as everyone wants to complain at how corrupt the government is, (me included sometimes) we have to take a good hard look at ourselves and how we treat our neighbors before we can expect anything to improve.

I agree there has to be someone our there that will actually do good for our country if they got into office. But the last time someone good got into office he got his head blown off. Sad to say it but it will most likely happen again if an good honest person got into office.