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Following a suit from gun control advocates, including the controversial Father Michael Pfleger, Lyons, Illinois approved a strict ordinance regulating how guns are sold in town.

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Anti-violence advocates sued three towns neighboring the Windy City where gun stores reside and allege that the stores’ presence burden residents in the area.

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Wednesday the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved a ballot referendum to ask voters their feelings on universal background checks and an assault weapon ban.

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A Chicago mass murderer, who is spending the rest of his years in prison, was awarded $500,000 in court Friday after a prison guard punched him in the face. In 2002, James Eric Degorski, 41, along with his accomplice Juan Luna, were convicted of murder after fatally stabbing two restaurant owners and five employees during […]

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About 180 Illinois concealed carry applications have raised red flags with authorities, including an application from a known high-ranking leader of the street gang known as the Latin Kings.

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Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is ramping up efforts to take firearms away from convicts and the mentally ill. But does his gun confiscation task force go too far?

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Cook County and Chicago expand their respective bans on so-called 'assault weapons' before the Friday deadline imposed under the state's new concealed carry law.

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A veteran who had his firearms confiscated by the Arlington Heights Police Dept. is suing the agency for violating his Second and Fourth Amendment rights.

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