One factor in rising gun sales in Chicago? Cash from coronavirus relief checks – Chicago Sun-Times*

Trillions of dollars of federal COVID-19 relief checks have been sent out across the country to help people buy food and pay rent. In Chicago, they’re also helping to fuel gun sales — legally and illegally. Law enforcement officials say they’re been building cases against people who have used their pandemic-relief checks to buy guns and illegally resell them on the street.Law-abiding people are buying guns with their relief checks, too.