Fed up with what he called the “revolving door” at the state’s attorney’s office, a Northwest Side City Council member persuaded his colleagues on Wednesday to levy hefty fines and impose jail time against anyone caught illegally possessing a firearm in Chicago.
The ordinance sponsored by Ald. Anthony Napolitano (41st) — and approved over strenuous objections from civil rights attorneys — empowers Chicago police officers to issue “administrative notices of violation” for the crime of illegal gun possession.
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