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Some are more equal than others. And the mayor of Chicago is most equal.
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Some are more equal than others. And the mayor of Chicago is most equal.
Chicago’s latest political controversy isn’t really about whether a mayor should have security. Public officials often do. The issue is the now-familiar gun control politician double standard. It’s “gun control for thee, but not for me.”
Politicians in some of the country’s most restrictive gun control jurisdictions demand layers of armed protection for themselves, often at taxpayer expense, while demanding policies that make it increasingly harder for law-abiding citizens to exercise their Second Amendment rights to defend themselves and their families.
Enter Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.
Reports now circulating in Chicago political media and on social media reveal Mayor Johnson’s personal armed security detail includes as many as 150 Chicago Police Department officers at a cost to taxpayers of roughly $30 million a year. That’s almost three times the number of cops that protected Johnson’s predecessor, Lori Lightfoot.
In Chicago, Mayor Johnson has backed some of Illinois’ most restrictive firearm policies. After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2023 reversed a lower court’s preliminary injunction against Illinois’ ban on so-called “assault-style weapons,” or the popular modern sporting rifles that are more common than Ford F-150 pickup trucks on the road, and other popular semiautomatic firearms, as well as state’s magazine restrictions, Mayor Johnson praised the ruling and called the law an “important step” that would keep “weapons of war” out of neighborhoods.
The practical message to Chicago residents was clear. Government officials and their armed details can enjoy armed personal protection but the public should accept tighter limits on the tools of lawful self-defense.
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Politicians in some of the country’s most restrictive gun control jurisdictions demand layers of armed protection for themselves, often at taxpayer expense, while demanding policies that make it increasingly harder for law-abiding citizens to exercise their Second Amendment rights to defend themselves and their families.
Enter Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.
Reports now circulating in Chicago political media and on social media reveal Mayor Johnson’s personal armed security detail includes as many as 150 Chicago Police Department officers at a cost to taxpayers of roughly $30 million a year. That’s almost three times the number of cops that protected Johnson’s predecessor, Lori Lightfoot.
In Chicago, Mayor Johnson has backed some of Illinois’ most restrictive firearm policies. After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2023 reversed a lower court’s preliminary injunction against Illinois’ ban on so-called “assault-style weapons,” or the popular modern sporting rifles that are more common than Ford F-150 pickup trucks on the road, and other popular semiautomatic firearms, as well as state’s magazine restrictions, Mayor Johnson praised the ruling and called the law an “important step” that would keep “weapons of war” out of neighborhoods.
The practical message to Chicago residents was clear. Government officials and their armed details can enjoy armed personal protection but the public should accept tighter limits on the tools of lawful self-defense.
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Chicago, Where The Mayor’s Safety Is Far More Important Than Any Average Citizen’s
In gun control strongholds across the country, antigun politicians continue to prove they believe armed security is a necessity for those in power and a problem for everyone else.
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