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Chicago Mayor advocates more gun laws as shooting rates up 40 percent (VIDEO)

by Chris Eger

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is scrambling to defend a rising murder rate less than a week away from a crucial runoff election against a populous Mayoral challenger.

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Chicago saddled with $1 million in legal fees on gun store defeat case

by Chris Eger

As a follow up to the defeat in the courts of the city's ban on gun stores earlier this year, Chicago has now been billed with nearly $1 million in legal fees from gun rights attorneys.

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Chicago police seized 6,800 guns in 2013, despite sales ban

by Chris Eger

In 2013, Chicago police seized 6,816 illegal guns despite the fact that FFLs are prohibited from selling firearms within the city's limits.

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