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Chicago teacher charged with dealing ammo, gun accessories

by Andrew Shepperson

A Chicago Public Schools teacher has been charged with allegedly selling ammunition and gun accessories on the Windy City's south side.

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Chicago teen finds escape from gun violence in funeral home

by Andrew Shepperson

A Chicago teen is finding an escape from all the gun violence in a unlikely place--a local funeral home on the Windy City's south side.

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Fewer shootings, but more murders in Chicago as top cop calls for more gun laws

by Brian Seay

Chicago's top cop says CPD has recovered 5,000 firearms this year, but called for more gun laws to help drive down the city’s persistent gun violence.

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Chicago gets 20 ATF agents to help new gun task force, Trump takes credit

by Brian Seay

Twenty more federal agents are now in Chicago, working as part of a new task force that will crack down on gun traffickers and repeat gun offenders.

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New Jersey man fights state gun permit law all the way to Supreme Court

by Chris Eger

Claiming that New Jersey's gun permit laws are derived from slavery and motivated by racism, a man denied a license is set to have his case reviewed by the nation's high court next month.

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4 police involved shootings in Chicago in 10 days

by Brian Seay

It was a violent Thanksgiving week in Chicago for law enforcement -- four police involved shootings in a nine day stretch, with four completely different stories to tell.

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Teens charged as adults in murder of congressman’s grandson

by Brian Seay

Two juvenile murder suspects have been charged as adults in connection with the shooting death of a congressman's grandson in Chicago over the weekend.

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Man fatally shot in Chicago neighborhood where local moms have been on patrol

by Jennifer Cruz

It was the first shooting that has occurred on the mom-patrolled blocks in two months, and residents say they are making a difference and should keep at it.

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Local moms patrol Chicago streets in an effort to reduce violence

by Jennifer Cruz

While the group has been somewhat disappointed in the lack of community involvement, they were surprised to have more than two dozen teens join the battle.

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Man pulls gun on clerk for throwing half-eaten hamburger at him

by Brent McCluskey

A New Jersey gas station clerk found himself staring down the barrel of a gun after throwing a discarded hamburger at a litterbug. When Tyrone Harrison, 22, was finished with his hamburger, he tossed the remains on the ground of a Mobil gas station in Englewood. When one of the clerks hurled the half-eaten sandwich […]

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