Double Standards

[nativetexan]

From the NRA Outrage of the Week section...

Friday, May 23, 2008 Breaking the law? No problem, just write a new one! This week's outrage comes to us courtesy of Chicago alderman Richard Mell (D-33). It seems the gun-owning alderman found himself afoul of a registration law that he himself helped pass.

The ordinance requires law-abiding gun owners to register their firearms every year. The only problem for Mell is, he forgot to re-register. So he decided to do what any red-blooded, gun-registering politician would do; he wrote a new law that would provide him amnesty, and allow him an opportunity to re-register his guns. Talk about the privileged few looking out for themselves. Not only does he place himself above the law, he apparently sees nothing wrong with creating a new law if it better suits his personal circumstances!

Anti-gun Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (D) has come out in absolute support of the proposed measure, ostensibly to determine the number of guns in Chicago. His endorsement of the proposal has raised the ire of Fraternal Order of Police President Mark Donahue who, in a May 21, Chicago Sun-Times article, decried Daley's "double standard" in endorsing the temporary re-opening of gun registration in Chicago.

"We have retired police officers who have a right to carry concealed weapons across the country, and they're being barred from registering their weapons in Chicago. We've taken one of these cases to Circuit Court. Dick Mell has taken his case to the City Council," the union president said.

"Whether he knows it or not, the mayor, by this agreement [to endorse a temporary gun amnesty] is establishing a double standard. One for members of the City Council, the other for everybody else."

Incidentally, Mell is the father-in-law of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D).

Alderman Mell's blatantly self-serving manipulation of the law is simply outrageous.

Don't think that this mentality is too far off from a certain presidential candidate...Although I feel like I might be preaching to the choir.

[stevebeilgard]

politicians have always considered themselves above the law. you try drowning a girl at chappaqidic and see if you get even investigated. you'll be doing hard time!.... what a sham this is. from the anti gun state that brings us obama. like it or not, they ARE above the laws.

[slugshooter]

Isn't just about everyone that is in the public eye seemingly above the law. Only recently have authorities in Hollywood started "clamping" down on celebrities that break the law. Unfortunately, in most cases, it still takes many offenses for anything to happen and even then it is mostly a slap on the wrist. Remember Gary Dourdan from CSI, he was recently caught with Heroine and Cocaine I think and basically got off with a slap. I guess it all depends on the celebrity you are, I still say that if I was wanted for my ex-wife's murder and was fleeing in a Ford Bronco, the cops would have rammed me off the side of the road and dragged me out of the vehicle. Money and fame buy a lot of things. Just once I would like to see a celebrity do some really hard time.