Via Annie comes this gem from the Sun Times. Here is the money:
Mell forgot to re-register the weapons as required every year by the ordinance that he helped to pass as one of the City Council’s most senior members.
So, what does an alderman do when he finds himself in violation of the law? He writes a new law. Mell has quietly introduced an ordinance that would reopen gun registration in Chicago and create a one-month amnesty for himself and other gun owners in the same predicament.
During the monthlong window, gun owners who attempted to re-register their guns between May 1, 2007, and April 1, 2008, only to be rejected on grounds the registrations had lapsed would be allowed to re-register without penalty.
Some things in Chicago change, some things stay the same.
I have a feeling that after the Heller decision, the Honorable Richard Daley and other municipal leaders in the state of Illinois will be the next in line with lawsuits to defend…and hopefully lose.