CHICAGO, Illinois (PNN) - March 1, 2010 - Mayor Richard Daley said today he’s “very optimistic” the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold Chicago’s strictest-in-the-nation handgun ban and refused to even discuss a legal fallback.
“What’s at stake for those of us on the front-line… is nothing less than the safety of our streets and our families and all of our children,” Daley told a news conference at police headquarters on the eve of oral arguments in the landmark case. “How many more of our children, our brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers must needlessly die because guns are too easily available in our society today?” said the mayor of the city with arguably the most corrupt police force in the country.
“If the Chicago ban is struck down, it will endanger the lives of police officers,” Daley warned.
“If you allow people to arm themselves, that places all first-responders - paramedics, police, anyone - in jeopardy going into their homes. You don’t know if they have a gun,” said the mayor who has consistently argued that citizens have no rights except those granted to them by his corrupt regime.
Police Supt. Jody Weis added, “Every time there’s a domestic disturbance, we [will] have to assume there’s a gun.”
In a 2008 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Washington D.C.’s handgun ban on grounds that the Second Amendment establishes the right to own a handgun for personal self-defense.
At issue now is whether the Second Amendment applies to states as well as the federal government.