US | Chicago Chicago Rushes New Gun Ban Into Place Unanimous vote comes in wake of US Supreme Court ruling By Marie Morris Suggested by Alp_Arslan Posted Jul 2, 2010 2:16 PM CDT Copied Mayor Richard Daley speaks during a news conference, June 28, 2010, in Chicago. He said he was disappointed with the Supreme Court ruling Americans have a right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) Wasting little time after the US Supreme Court threw out the city's gun ban, Chicago aldermen today voted unanimously to institute new gun regulations. By a 45-0 vote, the lawmakers passed laws considered the nation's strictest, and they weren't coy about their motivation. "No Supreme Court judge could live in my community and come to the same conclusion they did a couple days ago," one alderman told the Sun-Times. Read These Next RFK Jr. suggests antidepressants to blame after shooting. Isolated tribe members show up in an unexpected place. Trump just used a spending maneuver last seen nearly 50 years ago. One key to Telsa's huge court loss: a hacker in Starbucks. Report an error