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Restaurant Show To Stay In Chicago Through 2016
UPDATED 11/15/10 11:30 a.m. CHICAGO (WBBM/CBS) - The National Restaurant Association has signed an agreement to keep using McCormick Place for its annual trade show through 2016. LISTEN: Newsradio...
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NRA: Keep Person-To-Person Gun Sales Private
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WBBM/CBS) – The National Rifle Association wants to keep private gun sales private, and has come out against a measure to require federally-licensed gun dealerships to administer...
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Opinion: Guns
When I dropped my daughter off at school this morning I could not help thinking about the parents and the families of the victims — especially 20 of the 6- and 7-year-olds that were taken away — of...
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Opinion: Gun Reform
In the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., it is clear that this nation needs to reform its gun laws now. There are a number of other needs that the shooting...
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Emanuel Blasts NRA School Safety Plan As ‘Outrageous And Unsettling’
CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel blasted the NRA’s suggestion that school shootings can be prevented by placing an armed security officer at every school building across the United States. The...
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Local Groups Call For Assault Rifle Ban
CHICAGO (CBS) — Gun violence prevention groups are calling for a ban on assault weapons and blasting the National Rifle Association. play pause Local Groups Call For Assault Rifle Ban WBBM Newsradio's...
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Local Gun Show Camera Shy
CRYSTAL LAKE (CBS) — Talk of gun control seems to be driving up demand for some weapons, and there is been a big boost in attendees at gun shows across the country. But at one gun show in the Northwest...
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Mayor Introduces Plan To Step Up Gun Control Measures In Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel escalated his assault on gun manufacturers on Thursday, accusing them of being more concerned with their bottom line than either public safety, or the 2nd Amendment...
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Durbin Expects Expanded Background Checks For Guns
CHICAGO (CBS) — Illinois U.S. Senator Richard Durbin says he expects Congress will vote to expand background checks for weapons purchases to include gun shows. Senator Durbin says if there is one...
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Bloomberg Super PAC Ad Slams Halvorson’s Record On Guns
CHICAGO (CBS) – There’s a new, very high-profile, player in the race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress, who this week alone plans to spend more money than any of the 16 Democratic candidates has...
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Durbin Squares Off With NRA Boss On Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON (CBS) – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) exchanged testy words Wednesday with gun rights advocates at a hearing on gun control on Capitol Hill. At one point, the hearing had to be gaveled to...
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Illinois Transit Agencies To Fight Against Guns On Buses, Trains
(CBS) — The state’s mass transit agencies say they are willing to go to the mat with the National Rifle Association over concealed guns aboard trains and buses. play pause Illinois Transit Agencies To...
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Walter’s Perspective: Allowing Guns On Public Transportation Is Madness
(CBS) — When reporting the news, I try always to stick to the facts. In “Perspective,” I express an opinion about guns tonight and the Illinois General Assembly working on a law that may allow us to...
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Group Wants To Give Out Free Shotguns In Chicago
(CBS) — If a group at the National Rifle Association convention gets it way, free shotguns will be handed out in Chicago. The group made the bold announcement at a convention in Texas, and as you might...
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Guns In Your Home: A Statistical Accident Waiting To Happen
Many U.S. citizens consider their right to own a gun as basic as their right to eat, vote or go to school. Passions run high about the second amendment and, since the Newtown shootings, has served to...
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Alderman, NRA Activist Spar Over Measure To Ban Assault Weapons
CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago Aldermen have given preliminary approval to proposals for a City assault weapons ban and other measures expected to win approval at tomorrow’s special City Council meetings,...
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City Council Committee Approves Rewrite Of Gun Laws
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago City Council Committee has approved a rewrite of the City’s gun laws that has both gun control and gun rights advocates claiming victory, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig...
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Illinois Ranks Low In List Comparing Gun Laws, Gun Ownership And Gun Deaths...
By Mason Johnson With Chicago’s hyperbolic reputation when it comes to gun violence, data like this can be perplexing. If this data is right though, Illinois ranks rather low when it comes to gun...
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Pro, Anti-Gun Protestors Rally Outside Suburban Gun Shop
(CBS) — About 200 protestors and counter-protestors were outside Chuck’s Guns in south suburban Riverdale Saturday morning, the site of frequent protests because of the number of firearms the shop...
View ArticleUnited Drops Discount For NRA Members
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago-based United Airlines is cutting ties with the National Rifle Association. United joins Delta as the latest major company to do so following the deadly shooting at a Florida high...
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