Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said federal gun control legislation is desperately needed after the Texas and Ohio shootings as well as 7 people being killed and more than 50 people injured on the city's west side in incidents she said"happens here almost every weekend."Nearly all of the city's weekend violence was isolated to Chicago's South and West sides.
Lightfoot said Trump's suggestion that"red flags" and dismissals of"some crazy person" won't matter much if there aren't federally enforced, uniform gun control laws. She said residents from neighboring states such as Indiana can easily bring firearms over state lines and into the hands of drug dealers and other criminals.
"How do you have a red flag if you don't have universal background checks?" Lightfoot said at a news conference on Monday."How do you have a red flag if you have this patchwork of state regulations that are not uniform, that vary? We are very different in Illinois than we are in Indiana [and] we're neighbors. Same thing with Wisconsin and Michigan. That's why we need the federal government to step up and do its job to fill these voids.
Lightfoot said she was"devastated and heartbroken" over the weekend shootings across the country and in Chicago. She specifically noted parts of the Midwestern city's west side are so"desperate" that entire public spaces have been"taken over entirely by drug operations." She once again urged Trump and federal lawmakers to help the city fight gun violence.
"We've spent over the years probably hundreds of millions of dollars policing on the West Side — CPD, federal and state law enforcement — and we have barely moved the needle," she said.in the city of Chicago this year. There have been more than 300 homicides according to data collected by the
tedd152 Chicago has a total gun ban so obviously gun control doesn't work
Donnie dumbass is too busy playing golf to come to Chicago. Perhaps something more up his alley would get him there....maybe a beauty pageant where he can grab something...or perhaps a kkk rally?
So obviously gun control doesn’t work because well you know...criminals will be criminals and not care about the law.
doesn't this state have some of the strictest gun laws in the nation and one of the highest gun violence crimes in the nation?
Agree 33 people shot just last weekend!
LOL yes then nicely ask the gang bangers to hand over their certainly-legally-purchased guns. Violence in Chicago will cease forever!! 🎶🎶🎶🎶