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A previously convicted felon was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for stealing hundreds guns from a Chicago cargo train and proceeding to sell more than a dozen of them.

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A former player for the National Basketball Association was sentenced to 8 years in prison Thursday for possessing guns stolen from a Chicago rail yard.

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Chicago Police have seized nearly 6,000 illegally possessed guns so far in 2017, up by 250 from this time last year.

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Two Chicago cousins are facing federal firearms charges for illegally selling guns on the Windy City's south side.

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Two Chicago aldermen want parents to be punished if they know their kids have guns, and one of them had some choice words to say about it Monday.

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A Cook County judge denied bail Sunday for a 19-year-old man suspected of shooting two girls at an end-of-the-year school picnic.

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A convicted Chicago felon was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday for illegally possessing a handgun he used to intimidate his ex-girlfriend.

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Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson urged lawmakers Thursday to pass a bill that would lengthen prison sentences for repeat gun offenders in Illinois.

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A Chicago man and known gang member was arrested Friday after hiding a loaded gun beneath his 8-month-old son's car seat.

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The demand for guns is on the rise in Chicago, with 63 percent more Firearm Owners Identification cards issued in 2016 than 2015, DNAinfo reports.

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Experts and politicians have often compared gun violence to an infectious disease, using the term as a ready-made metaphor during debates and talk shows, but sociologists say that comparison could be something more than a simple rhetorical device.

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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is planning to send more agents to Chicago, hoping to augment the federal law enforcement presence in the city.

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