Dahleen Glanton: Time to set the record straight about Chicago's gun laws
by Dahleen Glanton, Chicago Tribune
Oct 04, 2017
3 minutes
Chicago does not have the strictest gun laws in the country. It's time for gun lovers to stop spreading that lie.
A decade ago that was indeed a title Chicago wore proudly. We were the only major city that still had an ordinance banning residents from keeping a handgun in their home.
The handgun ban made us the primary target of the National Rifle Association and the Second Amendment Foundation, and in 2010 the U.S. Supreme Court forced Chicago to fall into line with the rest of the country.
Since then, the courts
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