Chicago's Handgun Ban: Chicago Mob's Plan

A semi-retired attorney reminds us of some facts on Chicago's handgun ban:

Gun control laws have one purpose and that is to disarm citizens. It is only law-abiding citizens who are disarmed by such laws because criminals, by definition, are not law abiding and therefor do not comply with such laws. This is not just an American phenomenon, it is a worldwide phenomenon. Always and everywhere gun control laws are intended to do just what they do, disarm some citizens while leaving other citizens fully armed.

A result produced by a law can be said to be “intended” by that law’s proponents whether it is actually and consciously intended by them or whether it is merely known by them to be a virtual certainty. When action A is known to produce result B, no further inquiry is required before concluding that the proponents of A must have intended for B to happen. If result B would be undesirable to most people it is to be expected that the proponents of action A are not going to speak publicly about their desire for result B.

If the major sponsor of strict gun control laws in a major city, including confiscation of existing guns in the hands of citizens, is a city councilman who is found to be a “made member” of organized crime, might it be assumed that his purpose is to make his city safer for his criminal enterprise to operate without fear of citizen resistance? Yes, of course it is, especially when his criminal gang’s main method of operation is the shakedown of legitimate business through violence and intimidation.

Think of what this means. A criminal gang wants to extort money from pizza parlors and mom and pop dry cleaning establishments by threatening to break their arms or kill them if they don’t pay up. They don’t want these businesses to be able to resist, especially with firearms. They don’t want to have to follow through on their threats of violence if they can get their victims to just pay up and not complain. What better way than to first assure that their targets have no guns, and what better way to achieve that goal than to have the local police force arrest and prosecute those who fail to rid themselves of their guns. It’s perfect.

Well, it was until a couple of things went wrong. First, Chicago Alderman Fred Roti was declared by the Justice Department in 1991 to be a “made member” of the Chicago mob.

We suggest you read this blog entry. We want to thank the author for linking us on this unusual situation.