Blago's 'Do As I Say' Man Forgot His Gun

A longtime advocate of a national handgun ban, (Roland) Burris organized Chicago's first Gun Turn-in Day in 1993. But when he ran for governor the following year, he admitted that he owned a handgun ("for protection,") and did not hand it over to police as he urged others to do. "He had simply forgotten about it," his spokesman said at the time -- a claim that, if believable, suggested Burris was not exactly the model for conscientious gun ownership. "Honey, didn't I used to have a pistol around here? Any idea where it might be?" ~ Excerpted from an article in The Chicago Tribune.

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