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As violence in Chicago reaches a level not seen in decades - more than 700 murders so far in 2016 - one state senator says he'll introduce a bill next month that would impose harsher sentences for repeat gun offenders.

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John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, has challenged President-elect Trump and his attorney general pick to keep their promise to be tough on crime but by modernizing law enforcement tools used to combat gun violence.

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A discussion this week on public radio station WYPR in Baltimore featured guests who were talking about the Safe Streets program, an effort that employs former felons and gang members to help fight gun violence.

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Nearly 90 percent of murderers in Harris County, Texas convicted since 2014 bought guns on the black market, a Houston news station reported Friday.

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A ballot initiative in California looks to go a step further on a bullet background check law already passed by the state's legislature in May.

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The men had several meetings with undercover agents posing as illegal arms dealers discussing the purchase of automatic weapons, silencers and explosives.

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Authorities found seven guns and what appeared to be a heroin distribution operation after following two robbery suspects to the office.

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Kevin Lumpkin was a North Randall police officer when he supplied guns to two known felons and shot a hole in their wall, according to court documents.

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