The Wild West was safer than Chicago

Mayor Richard Daley and the rest of the anti-gun nuts say that if law-abiding citizens are able to keep handguns in the home for protection, it would be like the Wild West.

Someone should tell the mayor and his minions that the Wild West was safer than the streets of Daley's "City that Works."

If they are so inclined to find the truth of the matter, they can look it up.

Timothy D. O'Reilly

Chicago