Chicago Police Superintendent Fumes Over Missing Gun Law

By David Lombardo

Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson is still waiting for the Illinois crime bill he was promised months ago, and he is not happy about it.

“They promised me that we would have something done in January. We’re at the end of February,” Johnson said, expressing his frustration with the lack of legislation to stiffen penalties for repeat gun offenders.

Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel has made similar comments that tougher sentences for gun crimes should be an essential component of the city’s approach to public safety.

State Representatives Elgie Sims Jr. and Mike Zalewski, both Chicago Democrats, have reportedly been trying to put together legislation since last fall. Neither Sims nor Zalewski responded to a request for an interview.

On the surface, it would be difficult to disagree when you look at the 2016 Chicago statistics: 4,300 shootings including 750 homicides in which 97 percent of those were committed with a handgun.

Exactly what percentage of the shooters had prior firearms convictions wasn’t readily available however in an article published in dnainfo.com last August, of the 52 people shot in a single weekend, 40 had prior contact with police and collectively they …Read the Rest

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