What’s Chicago’s Price to Ignore Gun Trafficking?

By David Lombardo

The last thing Chicago needs is a new source of illegal guns. Last year 4,368 people were shot in the city of Chicago and with 553 shot so far this year, the indication is the total for 2017 will be higher.

Police continue to look for gang members that have robbed train cars in the Norfolk Southern rail yard in Chicago’s violent crime-ridden Englewood district. The security at Norfolk Southern rail yard is so bad that gangs in that area of Chicago have come to view it as their own shopping mall.

According to a Chicago Sun Times article, in 2015, a gang entered the yard undoubtedly looking for the typical quick cash items often found in rail cars such as toys or tennis shoes but when they cut the lock and opened the door they were must have been shocked to find the car was full of firearms. It was pure, dumb luck they stumbled onto the one car among thousands that had a shipment of 111 firearms from Sturm, Ruger & Company destined for Spokane, Washington. The .45-caliber revolvers and other firearms didn’t take long to find their way onto the street. To date, only 16 of the …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms