Effects of Gun Violence

Downtown shootings in the City of Chicago are up 220%.

Laws and Loopholes

The Illinois Supreme Court struck down Cook County’s firearm and ammunition tax ordinances.

Laws and Loopholes

Governor Pritzker vows $250 million in state and federal funds to reduce and interrupt gun violence

Laws and Loopholes

Federal judge finds that an Illinois state law banning the concealed carry of firearms in the Cook County Forest Preserve District is unconstitutionally broad.

Emerging Dangers

The number of untraceable ghost guns in Chicago is rising at an alarming rate.

Types of Gun Violence

Poor data makes it difficult for Chicago to determine the role that gangs actually play in the city's gun violence.

Effects of Gun Violence

At least 75 people shot over a weekend in Chicago.

Emerging Dangers

A study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago found that nearly half of Chicago parents with firearms at home store them loaded.

Heartbreaking: Teen Gun Unintentionally Shoots Mother Dead, Kills Self

Effects of Gun Violence

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin addresses how poverty and trauma are devastating Chicago families

Enforcement

A Chicago lawsuit against an Indiana firearms shop could affect the future of gun control

Laws and Loopholes

The Illinois House passes House Bill 562, a broad gun control measure aimed at modernizing FOID law