To quote the Chicago Godfather (Mayor), while he was working for Obama, "You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before."

Note he's fighting tooth and nail to keep Chicago "subjects" disarmed (can't call them citizens if they're disarmed, at least by historical use of the word), and keeps robosigning mid-6 figure checks to the other side when he loses; here's the latest: http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2012/12/chicagos_latest.ph...