Rahm Emanuel reloads city's gun law

The Chicago Tribune reports:

Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to rewrite Chicago's firearm ordinance in response to a ruling by a federal judge who struck down a section of the city's law he called vague and unconstitutional.

Emanuel said Monday he wants individuals with a violent misdemeanor conviction to be banned from getting a gun permit for five years. The mayor also wants violent convicted felons to face a lifelong ban.

Emanuel plans to introduce the revisions at Wednesday's City Council meeting.

Under the current ordinance, individuals convicted of misdemeanor weapons possession are barred from having a firearm in their home.

Gun control lives in Chicago!