Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was accused of “throwing the police under the bus” by Alderman Raymond Lopez of the city’s 15th Ward in the aftermath of another shooting, this one taking the life of a 7-year-old girl who was sitting in in a drive-thru with her father at a McDonald’s. According to the popular website […]
SAF, ISRA Sue Illinois State Police over CCL Delays as Chicago Blood Spills
The Chicago Sun Times reported that carjackings across the Windy City were down in February while the month saw shootings spike and police logged 31 homicides, while law-abiding Illinois citizens are having a hard time getting concealed carry licenses. To remedy that, the Second Amendment Foundation and Illinois State Rifle Association along with four private […]
Anti-Gun Chicago Priest Removed Over ‘Decades-Old’ Sex Abuse Allegation
One of Chicago’s most ardent anti-gunners, Father Michael Pfleger, pastor at the St. Sabina Catholic Church, has been removed from the Auburn Gresham parish after a decades-old allegation of sexual abuse was revealed, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Pfleger has become prominent in the gun prohibition movement in Chicago over the past several decades. Pfleger’s […]
Remembering 2020: ‘A Level of Violence…That Reversed Recent Progress’
As 2020 bows out the Chicago Tribune, looking at a body count exceeding 765 murder victims, reported the Windy City had “endured a level of violence in 2020 that reversed recent progress, with homicides increasing by more than 50%, according to official statistics.” Chicago is not alone in its level of mayhem. Newsday quoted New […]
Seattle a ‘Textbook Example of Failed Policies,’ Says Gun Rights Group
The City of Seattle is a “textbook example of horribly failed policies,” according to a national grassroots gun rights organization headquartered coincidentally in nearby Bellevue that looked at the skyrocketing number of murders in several major cities Wednesday. Fox News reported this week that the “Jet City,” which is also known as “The Emerald City” […]
More Murders in Chicago than in Most States Last Year
Chicago has hit a milestone, racking up more homicides so far in 2020 than all but two states did during the entire 12 months of 2019, according to the FBI Uniform Crime Report for last year. Only California (1,679) and Texas (1,379) reported more murders in all of 2019 than Chicago has logged over the […]
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