Daley is in favor of any kind of outcry that takes the focus off the latest round of indictments in his inner circle.
He has total control of the city, county and pretty much the entire state legislatively. He considers the neighborhing states and other municipalities minor annoyances that he can control through lawsuits.
The fact that his willing minions like Kotowski (D - Gun Grabber and former Brady syncophant) and Emil Jones (D - "I need a donation") can't get his latest round of gun controls through the state legislature thanks to the Downstate Dems and a handful of the surviving Republican collar county reps is a real thorn in his side.
He has already tasked his legal people to find some legal recourse to pursue the states of Indiana and Wisconsin for the guns that he feels "flow across the border" and cause all his gun problems.
He will never put pressure on the communities where the shootings (all gang related) take place because that would mean demanding that minority voters turn in their own family members. That ain't going to happen.
It's much easier to lean on invisible gun manufacturers and anonymous gun store owners that would never vote for him anyway. Blaming them, and having willing political suck-ups like Father "Flaky" Pfleger and Jesse Jackson gives him all the cover he needs to try and come across as a "caring Mayor".
Hypocrite? Yup! He and his extended family all have 24/7 Chicago police protection. Those are the good cops, not the ones indicted on a weekly basis for beating up citizens or shooting squeegee men that annoy them. His 50 Aldermen are all permitted to carry concealed because, "they might face real threats" he said one time.
He's also said that he doesn't care what the Federal law says, any retired policeman, from Chicago or anywhere else, that is "found with a gun on the streets of Chicago will be treated like the criminal they are and arrested and charged".
Nice law abiding guy, huh?
