Chicago's gun ban seems to be working...

... just fine for the criminals.

Chicago's infamous St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Chicago's 4th of July Massacre 2009

Violence was reported in every part of the city this weekend – with shootings and stabbings on the North, South and West sides. -- source

Saturday

shot dead at 12:16 a.m.
stabbed at 9:55 p.m.
shot at 11:45 p.m.
shot at 11:49 p.m.
shot at 11:49 p.m.
shot at 11:49 p.m.
shot dead at 11:49 p.m.

Sunday

shot at 12:29 a.m.
stabbed to death at 12:30 a.m.
shot dead at 12:30 a.m.
shot at 12:50 a.m.
shot at 12:57 a.m.
shot at 1:12 a.m.
shot at 1:12 a.m.
shot at 1:12 a.m.
shot at 1:12 a.m.
shot at 1:12 a.m.
shot at 1:50 a.m.
shot at 1:50 a.m.
shot at 1:50 a.m.
stabbed at 2:25 a.m.
shot at 2:40 a.m.
shot at 2:45 a.m.
shot at 2:45 a.m.
shot at 2:45 a.m.
shot at 2:45 a.m.
shot at 2:54 a.m.
shot dead at 3 a.m.
shot dead at 3 a.m.
shot at 3:42 a.m.
shot at 3:42 a.m.
shot dead at 10:15 a.m.
shot at 11:40 a.m.
shot dead at 11:40 a.m.
shot dead at 8:30 p.m.
shot dead at 9:30 p.m.

Monday

shot dead at 12:45 a.m.
shot dead just before 1 a.m.

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Just last Tuesday, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld strict gun-control ordinances in Chicago and suburban Oak Park. Ill., setting the stage for a Supreme Court battle over whether the 2nd Amendment and its protection for gun owners extends to state and municipal laws.

In a 3-0 decision, the judges said they were bound by legal precedents that held the 2nd Amendment applied only to federal laws.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court, in January joined a three-judge panel in New York that came to the same conclusion. -- source

Illinois has no provision for the concealed carry of firearms by its citizens.