Daley fighting to keep Chicago Gun Ban

The Chicago Sun-Times reports;

Chicago is fighting tooth and nail to keep its 1982 handgun freeze, in part to protect first-responders, even as suburbs such as Wilmette and Morton Grove are throwing in the towel, Mayor Daley said today.

In fact, Daley is talking about drafting yet another ordinance to spell out the responsibilities and liabilities of homeowners in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision to overturn Washington D.C.’s handgun ban.

If the nation’s highest court says it’s OK to keep guns in your home for self-defense, what’s to prevent those guns from being used against police officers and firefighters who respond to a domestic quarrel or other emergency, the mayor said.

“What does a policeman do when there’s a domestic battery [call] and they’re both armed? Do they enter the home or apartment or do they wait outside? … How ‘bout the neighbors? How ‘bout the postman — all the other issues that go with people coming into your home or close to your home? … Whose responsibility is it when your son takes the gun outside and police come by?” Daley told reporters at a senior citizen development in Roseland.

“You have to look at a new ordinance in order to protect firemen and policemen going to the scenes of people who have armed themselves in their home. … We serve and protect. We’re not supposed to lose our lives … Morton Grove can do anything they want. What I’m saying is you have to look at the first- responders and how it’s gonna jeopardize their lives.”

Mayor Daley hasn't heard Houston or Phoenix where many residents have handguns? Plus, Houston and Phoenix have a lower murder rate than Chicago.No word yet from those on Chicago SOS unit.