Tactical Switch
Jul 17, 2021
4 minutes
By EDWARD McCLELLAND
Illustration by DAN PAGE
IN A VIDEO POSTED TO FACEBOOK LAST DECEMBER, A BEARDED YOUNG MAN named Matthew J. Nadolski stands behind the counter at Westforth Sports, a gun of him, Nadolski describes the store as family owned and operated since 1957, then apprises that it sells weapons for home defense, self-defense, hunting, and “teaching an Eagle Scout to shoot.”
Just a folksy neighborhood gun dealer, right? The City of Chicago doesn’t think so. Last year, the city’s lawyers noticed that an Indiana man facing federal charges for lying to obtain a firearm had purchased 19 guns at Westforth Sports. Seven of those
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