Lightfoot said, “If the president was really committed to helping us deal with our violence, he would do some easy things. What he would push for is universal background checks, he would push for an assault weapons ban, he would push to make sure that people who are banned from getting on airplanes can’t get guns.”
She did not mention the Chicago-area already has an “assault weapons” ban, thanks to a Cook County prohibition. Moreover, Chicago and the entire state of Illinois already have a licensing process for would-be gun owners that includes a background check.
What Chicago needs in a States Attorney who will prosecute violent criminals, repeat gun offenders, drug dealers and gang bangers who are in involved in 95% of the violent crime. We need a Chief Judge that will hold criminals responsible with cash bonds that will keep criminals un jail and off the streets. We need a sheriff who doesnt want to release everybody from the county jail without any requirements and these released criminals go back to terrorizing innocent citizens. We need a mayor who wants safe streets and doesnt want to destroy the police department. We want to see… Read more »
Daskoterzar
5 years ago
Wow, more gun control. Hasn’t this issue been debated for years? Illinois already has some of the most restrictive gun control laws in the country, but most of these laws assumes the criminals are buying guns from retail stores…um, LL..they don’t. More laws on the legal purchase of firearms and ammunition only serve to restrict law abiding citizens from their right to have a gun. If you want laws that give teeth to those who illegally buy and sell firearms…ok – we are with you, I am sure every Law abiding citizen is with you all the way on that… Read more »
Governor of Alderaan
5 years ago
This mentally unstable psychopath Groot cannot accept responsibility!
Old Spartan
5 years ago
More liberal dribble from her. If you mention no family structure– you are a racist. If you talk about no positive male presence in the household, you are a racist. If you want to have a serious prosecution program by a competent state’s attorney, you are a racist. If you think murderers, gun dealers and full time drug dealers are going to follow new laws when they don’t follow the existing ones, you are Lori Lightfoot.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
What Chicago needs in a States Attorney who will prosecute violent criminals, repeat gun offenders, drug dealers and gang bangers who are in involved in 95% of the violent crime. We need a Chief Judge that will hold criminals responsible with cash bonds that will keep criminals un jail and off the streets. We need a sheriff who doesnt want to release everybody from the county jail without any requirements and these released criminals go back to terrorizing innocent citizens. We need a mayor who wants safe streets and doesnt want to destroy the police department. We want to see… Read more »
Wow, more gun control. Hasn’t this issue been debated for years? Illinois already has some of the most restrictive gun control laws in the country, but most of these laws assumes the criminals are buying guns from retail stores…um, LL..they don’t. More laws on the legal purchase of firearms and ammunition only serve to restrict law abiding citizens from their right to have a gun. If you want laws that give teeth to those who illegally buy and sell firearms…ok – we are with you, I am sure every Law abiding citizen is with you all the way on that… Read more »
This mentally unstable psychopath Groot cannot accept responsibility!
More liberal dribble from her. If you mention no family structure– you are a racist. If you talk about no positive male presence in the household, you are a racist. If you want to have a serious prosecution program by a competent state’s attorney, you are a racist. If you think murderers, gun dealers and full time drug dealers are going to follow new laws when they don’t follow the existing ones, you are Lori Lightfoot.