Three armed men wearing black hoodies walked up to a man’s front door a little before 6 P.M on April 14, 2020. One of them throws himself against the door once, twice and the third time he breaks in the door. All three run inside and then moments later you hear at least five gunshots and all three intruders are…
On April 2, 2020, a little before 7 a.m. on the West Side of Chicago, a man was out walking when he was approached by three to five suspects that attempted to rob him, Chicago police said. A 16-year-old boy in the group produced a weapon that caused the 29-year-old CCL holder to draw his own gun. They exchanged gunfire…
State Rep. Terri Bryant (R) is asking Gov. Pritzker to extend the expiration dates for FOID and CCL cards like they have done for driver’s licenses, ID cards, and vehicle registrations because of the closure of Driver Services buildings. Bryant and others have called for improvements to the FOID application process to alleviate the “massive backlog” of applications. “I appreciate…
In a video released last Friday, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba announced that he signed an order suspending open carry in the city due to the Covid-19 emergency. No further explanation was given. In the video, he stated: “The open carry law interferes with law enforcement’s ability to take illegal guns off of the streets. Prior to the open carry law,…