I've Got Amnesty On My Mind

What do you do if you had a brain cramp and forgot to comply with Chicago's yearly registration requirement for your cache of weapons?

If you are an Alderman, you simple have the law changed to create an amnesty period during which you can reregister without penalty.

You may think the case of Alderman Dick Mell is another case of Chicago Politicians Gone Wild, but you would be sorely mistaken. In fact, Mell is doing this for all the people out there that might have forgotten or didn't know the requirements of the Chicago gun laws. Mell is nothing if not a man of the people.

After coming to grips with the horrifying thought that his appeal to the Department of Administrative Hearings would not win, Mell did the only thing he could do. And if you don't like it, you may find you are facing the serious end of a barrel, punk.