Chicagoan Defiance

A few days after the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment was a fundamental right, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley introduced the strictest handgun ordinance ever promulgated. The bill bans gun shops in Chicago and prohibits gun owners from stepping outside the inside of their homes, even onto their porches or garages, with a handgun. The bill also limits the number of handguns in operating order per home to one, requires residents with children to keep them in lock boxes or equipped with trigger locks, requires prospective gun owners to take five hours of training outside of the city, prohibits people from owning a gun if they were convicted of a violent crime, domestic violence or two or more convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, requires those convicted of a gun offense to register with the police department and calls for the police department to maintain a registry of every handgun owner in the city, with the names and addresses to be made available to police officers, firefighters and other emergency responders. Moreover, those convicted of violating the ordinance can face a $5,000 fine and be incarcerated for as long as 90 days for a first offense and pay $10,000 and spend as long as six months in jail for subsequent convictions. Great, so the ordinance will be effective until it is struck down by the Supreme Court.  Brilliant waste of time and money, Daley.