Tough gun-control ordinance is passed in Chicago

A city measure that restricts the use, sale and transport of firearms is approved after a Supreme Court ruling extended handgun rights.
LA Times
July 3, 2010
Reporting from Chicago —

The Chicago City Council on Friday unanimously passed a tough set of restrictions to control the use, sale and even transport of guns in the city.

The approval came four days after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively tossed out Chicago's longstanding ban on handguns. Mayor Richard M. Daley introduced the gun restrictions Thursday and aldermen approved the ordinance 45 to 0.

"This is a good ordinance, and it abides by the Constitution," said Alderman James Balcer. "People can defend the inside of their homes. No one is seizing your weapons."

Alderman Rey Colon, whose brother was fatally shot in 1979, said the justices on the nation's top court didn't understand the reality of the inner city. "I understand the right to bear arms, but I also understand parents crying in their sleep," he said.

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