(Credit: CNN News cnn.com January 1, 2018)
The Problem:
- Year 2016, there were 784 Chicagoans murdered (highest in the nation).

- Eighty (80%) of those murdered were killed with a handgun.
- There also were 4,340 shooting victims.
- Year 2017, there were 650 Chicagoans murdered
- There also were 3,457 shooting victims.
Solutions:
- Licensing of Gun Dealers (Senate Bill 1657)
- Banning Bump Stocks (Senate Bill 2247)
- Minimum Age to own Assault Rifles (House Bill 1465)