Aggravated Assault

Daley is losing it:

• Mayor Richard Daley offered an odd comment today while discussing what a post-gun ban Chicago would look like.

  During a news conference, a reporter suggested Chicago's gun ban has been ineffective, given the number of shootings that still occur in the city.

  In response, Daley picked up a long rifle from among dozens of seized weapons the Chicago Police Department displayed on a table.

  "It's been very effective. If I put this up your butt, you'll find out how effective it is. Let me put a round up your, you know," said Daley, who chuckled during the remark.
  
  "But that's why you want to get them out," he continued. "You want to get these out. This gun saved many lives. It could save your life."

Leaving aside the fact that he stopped making sense by the fourth line, did he just threaten to stick a rifle up a reporter's ass? That's Aggravated Assault. Tossing in the "in a public building" subsection, that's another aggravating factor. You know, kind of like the ASA tossed in "public place of amusement" to jack up Abbate's charges?

At the very least, Shortshanks ought to be in for a 72-hour evaluation.