Chicago: Criminals aren't only ones ignoring city handgun ban

When police caught up to a fleeing drug suspect early Thursday, they had little problem arresting him. They found him in a private home he had entered, wounded in the chest by a resident with a handgun. The shooting occurred about a week after an 80 year old Army veteran used a handgun to shoot and kill an armed burglar who had broken into his home. In both cases, the weapons violated the city's 28 year old handgun ban, but police so far have declined to press charges... http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-gun-ban-0606-20100606,0,...