tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33073529.post51422536701857754..comments2023-12-22T02:25:00.414-06:00Comments on A Keyboard and a .45: More From ChicagoJohn Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09376217483411918789noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33073529.post-81591217901239949892007-08-06T22:07:00.000-05:002007-08-06T22:07:00.000-05:00Years of Tammany Hall politics have resulted in th...Years of Tammany Hall politics have resulted in these egotistical scabs who fancy themselves royalty, with their let-them-eat-pie-crust attitudes.<BR/><BR/>Chicago is not a kingdom, it's a costly failed social experiment that is exporting crime to the whole region, and attempting to force broken government on the surrounding counties.<BR/><BR/>The only way out of this mess is for the state to assert itself. No one could argue that there is even the most minute shred of anything that resembles equality with Chicago's policy, law and attitudes toward self-defense with weapons. <BR/><BR/>I recommended that the state assert the codified liberties in Article 1, Section 22 of the Illinois Constitution, and begin investigating uses of taxpayer funds to infringe on the citizens' right to keep and bear arms, where those citizens are not engaged in criminal enterprise. (You have to allow for rampant revolving-door justice.) The general assembly should also bar public officials from using public funds to pay for miniature personal armies, and require these public officials and their miniature private armies to meet the same qualifications and be barred from weapons possession for the same reasons as are Chicagoans.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, a study should be commissioned by a group outside the administration's influence, one chosen by the general assembly, to determine the requirements and the median wait time for average residents to obtain weapons and permission for carry. An IA investigation should be conducted by an uninvolved office should any in the Chicago administration obtain weapons and licensing shorter than the median wait time for the general population.<BR/><BR/>In fact, Daly should be barred entirely from having even a private miniature army while holding office; he should depend on the same public servants as does the rest of the populace.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, there is no reasonable case for "need". The mayor is an expendable public servant, as indicated by the four year term duration and the meager salary. Though someone who collects that salary for four years can afford to move to the suburbs afterward. An average city resident is exposed to much more risk, and likely will not be able to escape it as easily.<BR/><BR/>However, I'd like to note that without Daly's outspokenness, the city aldermen would probably have already formed Foie Gras Swat Teams to dispatch French chefs with extreme prejudice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33073529.post-54040644059396120042007-08-05T09:47:00.000-05:002007-08-05T09:47:00.000-05:00works for me!works for me!GUYKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02365709988592687239noreply@blogger.com