Chicago Tribune editorial bloviating a pack of lies

Knowing that the chicago trib is a complete liberal rag, I normally would pass over anything that comes out of it but this particular editorial sounds like a campaign agenda so I had to rip it apart.

It is not yet clear what weapon is to blame in the death of 10-year-old Siretha; investigators believe it may have been a pistol equipped with a large ammunition magazine.

Lets make sure everyone gets the 'large ammunition magazine' part. Isn't that in the list of things to ban for blagojevich?

These killings underscore the need to restrict assault weapons--and why such efforts are immensely frustrating. If Illinois were to impose a ban on the sale of such weapons, it wouldn't be hard to get around it. The gang member charged with killing Starkesia Reed bought an AK-47 in Indiana, which doesn't require a firearm owner's card. It's the same kind of weapon used in her murder, though that Indiana purchase has not yet been linked to the crime.

Well, the handgun ban has been a huge success for chicago so it only makes sense to ban assault weapons too, since hundreds every year are killed by them. At least they got one part right though, that it wouldn't be hard to get around a ban. It's just a lead in though for trying to sponsor another state to use firearm owners cards, which is completely irrelevant since they can be forged just as easy as state ID cards can be. It also turns out that the weapon that was purchased in Indiana hasn't officially been linked to any crime.

The use of semiautomatic weapons in crimes declined while there was a federal ban, but Congress made the callous decision to let that ban expire. So the effort to restrict these weapons has to proceed elsewhere.

So the 2003 murder capital of the world got its award by all those people dying of revolvers and knives? And lets hound congress some more about letting a bad law expire. It's like banging your head against a wall.