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Chicago Police arrested a concealed carry holder last week after a group attacked him at a pro-Palestine rally north of Chicago. There was a rally in Skokie, Illinois, where about 200 protesters showed up to support the Palestinians in the Middle East. There were multiple disturbances, and the police were there in an attempt to keep things under control. During…
CHICAGO, IL – When a couple got caught in a street takeover Friday night, they didn’t have many options except to hit the accelerator and plow their way through multiple cars attempting to escape. Chicago has a street named Wacker Drive with both an upper and lower level. The lower level is below ground, and there are few places to…
CHICAGO, IL – On a regular Tuesday afternoon in Chicago’s Archer Heights neighborhood, a sudden shooting incident erupted involving a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus supervisor. The situation escalated following a traffic accident near West 47th Street and South Archer Avenue. Around 2 p.m., a collision involving a CTA bus and several vehicles happened. The scene quickly attracted a crowd,…
CHICAGO, IL – A permit holder in Chicago shot an assailant in the hand during an altercation recently after the assailant had been asked to leave the place of business where the fracas took place. Assailant Shot In The Hand During Altercation According to a press release from the Chicago Police Department, a 25-year-old man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital…
CHICAGO, IL – Just before 1 p.m. on Sunday, September 3, gunshots rang out in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on Chicago’s Northwest Side, which is not typically a hotspot of violence or crime. A man tried to force his way into a home and was repelled by the homeowner or resident (details are few at this time), who opened fire…
CHICAGO, IL – A local news crew was robbed at gunpoint while filming a segment on recent armed robberies in the area. Univision Chicago sent a news crew to West Town, a neighborhood in Chicago, IL, early Monday morning. The segment they were filming covered recent armed robberies in the area, including a carjacking a few days earlier on the…
CHICAGO, IL – A group of kids in Chicago attempted to rob a CCL holder with a pellet gun. Their plans took an unanticipated turn when their intended victim, with a concealed carry license, responded with a real firearm. The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon on Chicago’s North Side. CWBChicago reports that a group of people approached a 37-year-old woman…
Unsurprisingly, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the state’s assault weapon ban constitutional. This overturns a lower court decision on the DAN CAULKINS vs. JAY ROBERT PRITZKER case from March. Illinois Assault Weapon Ban Update In the 4-3 ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court wrote, ” First, we hold that the exemptions neither deny equal protection nor constitute special legislation because plaintiffs…
Illinois – If you are a parent in Illinois, you might think carefully about getting your child a squirt gun because a new ambiguous law has just passed. HB-218 amends the “Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act” leaves a lot open to interpretation. Illinois Firearm Industry Responsibility Act, HB-218 The Firearm Industry Responsibility Act, House Bill 218, is supposed…
A Chicago man is lucky to be alive after getting into a gunfight with a car thief in Chicago this past weekend. Shortly after noon on Jan. 28, 2023, a 46-year-old man saw someone trying to break into his car. The address in the news reports matches Best Buy in Burbank, IL which is a suburb of Chicago. We can…
