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Oh Daley, Shut-Up!

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley just won't give up. From WBBM News Radio:

Despite resistance in passing legislation on gun control, Mayor Richard M. Daley said Saturday he would continue his pledge to reform gun licensing.

"Even though it's defeated, I'm going to come back year after year," Daley said following a Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy rally at Crane Technical High School, 2245 W. Jackson Blvd.

"It doesn't matter. If we gain another vote, we gain another a vote, and unfortunately when there's another incident, and everybody says we need it, then maybe we'll have to pass these laws," the mayor said.
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"Lot of people run away from this. They are afraid of the issue," he said.

Without common sense gun laws, Daley said the gun population would remain rampant.

"You'll have guns in your back yard, guns on your block, along your school," Daley said.

Daley suggested one way of reducing unlicensed gun owners would be through the elimination of suburban gun shows, where the mayor said anybody could purchase any amount of guns and walk away.

With current laws, there is no way to license gun owners at these gun shows, and then there is no way of following the life of the guns, Daley said.

"We license everybody else. We license barbers and beauticians. Why can't we license gun owners?" the mayor said.

Furthermore, if there are unlicensed gun owners around it's because you and the city of Chicago refuse to issue any licenses or permits for handguns. Do you really think that eliminating gun shows in Illinois will prevent criminals from obtaining handguns? Most never see a gun show. They steal or buy on the black market. All you will do is make it that much harder for the law-abiding to own guns but then you've already done that by banning them from your crime-ridden city, right?

Fool.