Mayor Daley is wounding gun control advocacy

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

America's gun control proponents might want to consider shooting (pun intended) this memo to Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. "Dear Mayor Daley: Please shut up. You ain't helping us." Is there anyone doing more damage for advocates of gun control than Daley? The man is a walking billboard for right to carry laws. Anyone needing proof of that might want to read the statements he made in the wake of an 80 year old Chicago man fatally shooting a career criminal who invaded his home.

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