http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/958879,CST-NWS-mell20.article
Apparently, Richard Mell, one of the Chicago's Alderman, and the guy who crafted chicago's horrible handgun ban, forgot to re-register his handguns. Yes, that's right.. He forgot. Yeah, right. He crafted a law that forces Chicago citizens to register their guns every year.
----"Mell said he first realized he was in violation of the re-registration requirement about a year ago. When he tried to re-register his guns belatedly, the Chicago Police Department's Gun Registration Section refused to bend the rules. Mell appealed that ruling to the city's Department of Administrative Hearings but decided to re-write the law instead."When we looked at the law, we saw the possibility of winning [the appeal] wasn't gonna happen," he said."----
Actually, the first thing he did is play the "Do you know who I am?" card. The policeman, to his credit told him, "No" and went by the letter of the law.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/blogentries/index.html?bbPostId=CzD25oBQIEwogCz1udhLdZHUmBBCl6w36xNBhHBCt0Dc745khB&bbParentWidgetId=B8k88rWwXopuz5STgLeVwBLu
Being the big shot Alderman that he is, and knowing that he was in the wrong, how did he try to fix it? Well, he tried to rewrite the law to allow for a grace period of 30 days. Must be nice to simply change the law upon your convenience.
---"During the monthlong window, gun owners who attempted to re-register their guns between May 1, 2007, and April 1, 2008, only to be rejected on grounds the registrations had lapsed would be allowed to re-register without penalty."---
Yeah.. he backdated the initiation of the bill, so he doesn't get penalized. How nifty is that?
However, it gets better. Even thought he Alderman has a gun, you cannot buy one anymore in Chicago. They have been banned from new purchase since 1982. Must be nice.
