Mayor Daley Considering Changes to City's Gun Laws
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he’ll rework but not scrap the city’s handgun ban in response to a recent US Supreme Court ruling.Chicago Students Talk About Gun Violence
DALEY: You have to delve into it. You have to read it and then find out how you can adapt the changes that we’re looking at locally in regards to this issue, in regards to guns in America. Local mayors have to deal with it, not the federal government.
Mayor Daley says that among other things, he wants firearms registration to stay a part of the city’s gun policy to protect police and emergency first responders.
It's been a violent year, and so far a violent summer for Chicago Public School students. A lot of adults—politicians, school principals, ministers—are talking about kids and guns. We wanted to know what kids have to say. We surveyed nearly 400 Chicago public high school students and talked with them about what they know about guns, where to get them, and how they survive the violence that's so much a part of their everyday lives.Via the Capitol Fax morning shorts.
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