gun control

Los Angeles and New York have gun control provisions that are as tough as Chicago, experts say.

Lawmakers sent the plan to require longer prison terms to Rauner, who called it "common sense."

"We need action and we need it now," said Ald. Raymond Lopez.

The Public Safety Committee will hold a hearing on Ald. Raymond Lopez's resolution on Monday.

"Weapons of war have no place on the streets of Chicago," Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said Tuesday.

Experts will argue either side of whether the Constitution should be amended.

Shootings happen "just a few blocks from my house — and I live in a reasonably good neighborhood."

President Barack Obama used Chicago as an example of why he's pushing for stricter gun control.

McCarthy said Emanuel's recent remarks that officers had become "fetal" was "not the right phrase."

The Committee on Public Safety affirmed harsh fines and jail terms for crimes committed in parks.

Overall crime from Jan. 1-June 30 also decreased for the third straight year, down 15 percent from 2013.

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly prepared what she called the "blueprint for ending the crisis" of gun violence.

The City Council passed a court-ordered ordinance for licensing gun shops.

But the mayor's ordinance would set strict rules for sales and for the location of gun shops.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel planned to submit the ordinance at Wednesday's City Council meeting.