- News & Features, Feature, May 8, 2013
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Addicted to guns
Is there a cure for Chicago's crippling dependence on firearms?
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 12, 2013
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Chicago’s gun laws keep getting tougher, but more people are breaking them
Chicago has the toughest gun laws in the country, but it's not clear what they're accomplishing.
- Lit & Lectures, Book Review, Apr 3, 2013
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Gun Guys: Not quite lock, stock, and barrel
Dan Baum's latest could use more guys, less Baum.
- Lit & Lectures, Book Review, Apr 3, 2013
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No easy answers in David McConnell's American Honor Killings
That's the best thing about it.
- Music, In Rotation, Mar 8, 2013
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In Rotation: John Corbett of Corbett vs. Dempsey on vintage dead-stock vinyl from Kenya
Plus: The Reader's Peter Margasak on a Peter Brötzmann birthday box set, filmmaker Brian Ashby on Health & Beauty's hot streak, and more
- News & Features, Feature, Feb 14, 2013
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Anatomy of a heroin ring
Dana Bostic's gang-affiliated west-side drug organization employed dozens of residents, served thousands of customers, established ties with Mexican drug cartels, and relied on violence to stay in business.
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jan 29, 2013
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Mayor Emanuel swears he's not interested in running for president
So of course he is.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 21, 2013
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Hey, Groupon offered gun-related deals
But it doesn't matter: they aren't offering them any longer.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 4, 2013
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Demand for gun control surges, and so does demand for guns
Illinois may be the center of our nation's confusing and contradictory approach to firearms
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 17, 2012
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All at the same time?
Mitt Romney is hunting for votes
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 14, 2012
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Painting the picture of an efficient operation
The race to bring Cook County court records into the modern world
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 6, 2011
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Federal court rips Chicago's gun-range ban as the City Council dumps it
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 16, 2011
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City gun registration rates, zip by zip
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 7, 2011
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Police chief McCarthy expresses dislike for gun control "abolitionists"
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 17, 2010
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Nursery Crime
Annie got her gun.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 23, 2010
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State Reps Demand More Action From Daley on Violence: 'What We’ve Been Doing Isn’t Working'
In April state legislators John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford called for the national guard to help Chicago police fight violence. Now they're going even further, saying some Chicagoans get better policing than others and arguing in favor of decriminalizing pot.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 21, 2010
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After Politicians Rally and March, the City Has Another Violent Weekend
At a rally Friday night, Mayor Daley said it's up to citizens get rid of the violence in their neighborhoods. Another bloody weekend followed.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 18, 2010
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City Council Hearing Turns Into Rally For Handgun Ban
A hearing was held in the City Council Friday "to discuss violence and fire arm registration regulation." Instead a PR campaign for the city's gun ban broke out.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 27, 2010
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Mayor Daley Shoots Down More Questions About Guns Without Answering Them
Mayor Daley still isn't talking straight about guns and crime.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 21, 2010
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The Mayor's the One Missing the Point
Mayor Daley's distaste for debate and dissent is the real issue behind the sodomy and shooting "joke."
