While Chicago's various iterations of its gun laws ping pong back and forth to the SCOTUS, the Illinois legislature is taking a different (and some would say more measured) approach to tackling gun violence in the state, and especially Chicago -- increasing jail time for those that use a gun to commit a crime. more ›

Not that anybody really needs any more proof that the Chicago City Council is a rubber stamp for Mayor Daley's whims, but this one is a beaut. According to the Chicago Reader's formidable Mick Dumke, the City Council is all set to vote on new gun-control legislation in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Chicago's handgun ban. The problem? It seems most aldermen don't even know what's in it. In fact, Dumke found that several aldermen weren't even aware they were voting on any such law on Friday. more ›

The Illinois State Rifle Association takes a few shots at Mayor Daley over the Mayor's stance on guns. more ›

Suburban gun store owners are licking their chops at the prospect of Chicago's handgun ban being overturned, according to a report in Crain's Chicago Business. They interviewed several managers and owners at various gun shops throughout the suburbs who all anticipate a big boost in sales if the U.S. Supreme Court deems our ban as unconstitutional, a ruling that seems likely, with one owner expecting "thousands and thousands" of new guns being purchased. more ›

In other news, two men were killed last night in two separate shooting incidents on the South Side. Another man was shot to death early this morning. [S-T, Trib, Photo of our kind of gun by rachelleb] more ›