(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)