Chicago Sun Times Offers Biased Take on Chicago Gun Laws

Mayor Richard Daley isn’t taking the SCOTUS ruling well, and apparently neither is Fran Spielman, City Hall Reporter, at The Chicago Sun Times, who writes:

“Chicagoans could still purchase up to a dozen handguns a year — without liability insurance — under a watered-down replacement to the city’s overturned handgun ban, expected to be rushed through today. Concerned that Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling could leave the mistaken impression that it’s open season on guns, Mayor Daley has asked the City Council to meet in special session to approve an ordinance considerably weaker than anticipated.”

Were this an editorial we would have thought it was an opinion that differed from ours, but this is actually a news story. And as such we find this to be a typical example of mainstream media bias, clear and simple. But the bias cuts further later in the piece, noting:

“If there are two qualified adults in a home, 24 handguns — a virtual arsenal — could legally be purchased during the course of a year.”

Our response is what determines an arsenal, virtual or otherwise? Couldn’t 24 handguns be seen as a collection? Do 24 guns, safely protected properly in one’s house, suddenly offer any more of a threat to anyone than a single gun? This actually reeks of socialism to us in some ways – suggesting that there be a level distribution of items.

But worse, the article – and the potential law – suggests that only a single gun could be assembled at a time (per owner). Does we could counter that this isn’t even about 24 guns at all; it is about two guns and enough parts to assemble another 22 guns.