Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is introducing what the city says is the most comprehensive gun ordinance in the United States.
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is introducing what the city says is the most comprehensive gun ordinance in the United States. At a news conference Thursday, Daley said the ordinance would include a ban on gun shops in the city and prohibit guns from anywhere except inside the owner’s home. That would mean owners couldn’t bring a gun into a garage, yard or porch. The ordinance would bar gun ownership for anyone convicted of a violent crime or with two or more convictions for drunken driving. Daley is moving quickly after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday that effectively makes Chicago’s 28-year-old handgun ban unenforceable. The proposal will go to a committee Thursday before the full city council votes on it Friday. Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. Photo Caption: Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley speaks during a news conference June 28 in Chicago. Daley said he’s disappointed by Monday’s widely expected Supreme Court decision that Americans have a right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere but promised to soon push for a new ordinance regulating handguns in the city. He stressed that while the city’s 28-year-old ban remains in place until a federal appeals court reconsiders its ruling, it’s clear it will be overturned. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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