Mell and Burke

Mell got his personal gun law through committee. Only a matter of days until it goes before the full City Council and Mell gets his firearms re-registered while thousands of otherwise law abiding citizens are screwed:

• Ald. Richard Mell got a City Council committee to approve a change to a Chicago law on his behalf Wednesday, but argued it would benefit thousands of other city residents who, like him, simply failed to renew their gun licenses.
• Re-registration of the guns would have to occur within 4 months of passage of the ordinance by the full City Council, which could come as soon as Wednesday.

And get a load of this Burke proposal:

• Also considered by the committee was a proposal by Ald. Ed Burke (14th) to require anyone convicted of a felony gun offense to be listed for 4 years on a city registry, as is done in New York. The committee delayed action on Burke's proposal.

As Burke described it on the radio, citizens can look up convicted gun offenders on the internet, just like sex offenders, and the sense of "public shame" would keep people in line.

"Public shame?" What the hell is Burke smoking? There is no shame nowadays. And as criminals never registered guns or cared about consequences in the first place, having their names and picture on the internet is going to be a badge of honor. What an idiot.

And notice, another New York idea stolen by Chicago.