People with terrifying firearms of immense power keep mercilessly hunting the residents of Chicago and Illinois. Scattering and fleeing is not the answer.
Members of the Legislature are right to say they are taking a stand with legislation designed to reduce gun violence, as reported by Tina Sfondeles and Frank Main in Thursday’s Sun-Times. The bill was introduced on Thursday evening, and the next steps are committee hearings and negotiations, so it’s hard to know what the legislation will look like when it comes up for a vote. But the final bill needs to be a strong one.
