Mayor offers to put gun in reporters butt

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Updated May 21, 2010


Chicago Mayor Offers to Put Gun in Reporter's 'Butt'

FOXNews.com

Irate with a reporter's question on the effectiveness of the city's handgun ban, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley offered to give a first-hand lesson following the shooting of an off-duty police officer.



Irate with a reporter's question on the effectiveness of the city's handgun ban, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley offered to give a first-hand lesson following the shooting of an off-duty police officer.

"Oh, it's been very effective," Daley said, according to MyFoxChicago.com. "If I put this up your butt, you'll find out how effective it is. If I put a round up your … you'll know."

Daley, whose comments came at a news conference on Thursday previously scheduled to discuss the city's ban and a pending U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit challenging the law, became testy when a reporter questioned the ban's effectiveness as the mayor held a rifle confiscated from city streets.

Jacquelyn Heard, Daley's press secretary, later told the Chicago Sun-Times that Daley was somewhat exasperated because the individual asking the question -- a reporter from the Chicago Reader -- was "missing the point that unrestricted guns are a devastating issue" for the city.

"To illustrate the point, he offered what admittedly could be considered a less than ideal example, but it's one that is a stark reminder of how destructive gun violence has been," Heard told the paper.

Thomas Wortham IV, a 30-year-old Chicago police officer who recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq, was shot and killed Thursday when several people approached him outside his family's home and tried to steal his new motorcycle, authorities said.

Wortham IV's father -- a retired Chicago police officer -- came to his son's aid and shot two of the attackers, killing one of them late Wednesday, police said. Retired police officers are allowed to keep guns.

"This is a tragedy," said Chicago Alderman Freddrenna Lyle. "This young man survived two tours in Iraq, and came home and got murdered on the streets in front of his house that he grew up in. In front of his father, it's just unbelievable."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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1.) Show's the Mayor's disdain for the 2nd Amendment.

2.) Show's the Mayor's quick jumping on of a tragedy for his cause and lack in respect for the officer's family and friends.

3.) Sadly this officer wasn't armed off-duty, although his father was. And why being armed at any time is important. He was outside of his father's home at the time.

4.) Shows the need for SCOTUS to say that the 2nd Amendment is for all people in McDonald v. Chicago in their decision this June.

5.) Shows the need for guns as self-defense. Even if this officer had called 911 and said he was an off-duty officer who needed help, they wouldn't have gotten there in time to help.

If this is the case, what is a citizen to do?

 

[WinchesterAA]

If this is the case, what is a citizen to do?

Get angry or go back to sleep.

 

[rbernie]

Nothing to discuss here but poly ticks.