ANOTHER Chicago homeowner defends himself from a gang member and convicted felon...

[virginia mountainman]

[bluestateguy]

1. McDonald v. Chicago should be coming down any day now

I'd be shocked if the Court were to maintain the city handgun ban.

[Katya Mullethov]

2. My God

it's turned into a free for all .

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. That is the Chicago way under Daley

[DonP]

5. This is not really new, it's the first time the media started paying attention

There have been incidents like this for years.

Usually they appear buried at the bottom of page 16 in the Tribune and refer to something like; "78 Year Old stops robbery in apartment lobby". The story will then give a short two paragraph description of the victim and may mention the criminal and just point to "a record" and that's the end of it. Because of the sympathetic nature of these defendants, even Daley isn't stupid enough to prosecute older people defending their lives an property, thats the end of it.

With the Chicago Ban on the bubble, the paper is finally starting to point out the obvious cases where citizens, committing acts of civil disobedience, are actually defending themselves.

Thankfully Otis McDonald wasn't willing to settle for the "mercy" of Mayor Daley if it happens to him.

[east texas lib]

4. Daley better snap to it if he's gonna keep the commoners underfoot...

We can't just have people surviving such encounters and making their own decisions. That's politically incorrect on so many levels.:o