
Arne Duncan gave his final speech as education secretary on December 30, expressing his “frustration” that Congress has not passed more gun control and his hope that more such control will be secured to keep school children safe.
by AWR Hawkins1 Jan 2016, 12:55 PM PST0

A third day of protests descended upon Chicago’s busy downtown Michigan Avenue shopping district, shutting down some stores as protesters barricaded doors arm-in-arm to prevent shoppers from entering or leaving stores on Chicago’s famed “Magnificent Mile.”
by Warner Todd Huston27 Nov 2015, 5:38 PM PST0

On November 11, film director Spike Lee told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that he believes “social media is partly to blame” for the surge in “gun violence” and firearm-related homicides in Chicago.
by AWR Hawkins12 Nov 2015, 8:45 PM PST0

An activist Chicago Catholic priest is trying a new tactic in his quest to stamp out the Second Amendment in Illinois. Now he is suing several nearby suburbs surrounding Chicago claiming that they are aiding and abetting the sale of illegal guns in Chicago.
by Warner Todd Huston19 Jul 2015, 7:31 AM PST0

On July 7, Father Michael Pfleger, the Coalition for Safe Communities in Chicago, and other gun control plaintiffs filed a lawsuit suggesting gun control is a “civil right” that is violated by a lack of gun laws and regulations in the Chicago-area villages of Riverdale, Lyons and Lincolnwood.
by AWR Hawkins12 Jul 2015, 2:20 PM PST0

On June 11, Father Michael Pfleger said it is time to “ban high capacity magazines” and to “title guns like cars.”
by AWR Hawkins15 Jun 2015, 6:02 AM PST0