IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Steve Chapman on Chicago’s defiance of the Second Amendment.

When it comes to firearms, Mayor Richard Daley is no slave to rationality. “Does this lead to everyone having a gun in our society?” he asked after the ruling came down. “Then why don’t we do away with the court system and go back to the Old West, where you have a gun and I have a gun and we’ll settle it in the streets?”

From listening to him, you might assume that the only places in North America that don’t have firefights on a daily basis are cities that outlaw handguns. You might also assume that Chicago is an oasis of concord, rather than the site of 443 homicides last year.

Read the whole thing. And Daley needs to get hip to the times, when even Democrats are buying more guns.

UPDATE: Nice to know that some places still respect the Constitution: S.C. firearm purchases are tax-free today, Saturday in recognition of Second Amendment.