Armed pols: An unfortunate Chicago tradition
Last week, the body of Chicago school board president Michael Scott was found in the Chicago River with a single bullet wound in his head. The big story was that this powerful, well-connected public official had, according to the Cook County medical examiner, committed suicide. The less-noticed story was that he did it with an illegal weapon. After all, handgun ownership is not allowed in Chicago, which has one of the strictest gun control laws in the country, and Scott killed himself with a .380-caliber sidearm. Unlike most Chicagoans, Scott could have been a legal handgun owner. Because he had...
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Tags: Bullet Wound, Caliber, Chicago River, Chicago School Board, Chicago Tradition, Chicagoans, Committed Suicide, Cook County Medical Examiner, County Medical, Gun Control Laws, Handgun Owner, Handgun Ownership, Michael Scott, Pols, School Board President