samedi 18 juillet 2015

Chicago Suburbs Hit With Lawsuit For Guns Used In The City

CHICAGO – Summertime in Chicago, shootings ring out on the South and West sides as gang members execute drug-fueled vendettas. Bodies pile up, and innocent civilians are caught in the crossfire.

Still, nothing seems to stop the bullets flying from illegal weapons.

Father Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina on Chicago’s South Side, is trying something new; pressuring the municipalities where he says the illegal guns originate.

He and several co-plaintiffs are now suing the Villages of Riverdale, Lyons and Lincolnwood. Each town is home to a gun store that Pfleger claims is lax with oversight for gun purchases.

He wants the villages to crack down and prevent “straw purchasing” -- buying weapons in bulk, then selling them into the black market at a profit.

“We’re not asking anybody to take away guns from [legal] gun owners,” Pfleger said.


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Chicago Suburbs Hit With Lawsuit For Guns Used In The City

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