Gun Laws

CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. Pat Quinn has thrown his support behind a Cook County ballot measure that asks voters to weigh in on Illinois...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Forced by court order to allow long-banned gun stores to open in Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday introduced an ordinance...

CHICAGO -- This city, where violent street gangs shoot it out dozens of times a week despite some of the nation's toughest restrictions on guns, now faces a new challenge: Well-meaning citizens with the legal right to hit the streets with loaded firearms, whenever they want. As Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn mulls whether to sign off on eliminating the the country's last concealed carry ban, the question in Chicago is whether it will matter in the crime-weary city. Will a place that long had some of the nation's tightest restrictions on handguns be more at risk? Or will it be safer with a law that can only add to the number of guns already on the street? ...

Illinois Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro, argues gun legislation while on the House floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol Wednesday, April 17, 2013,...

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-1st, on Tuesday introduced the Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013 to...

A Cook County official wants federal authorities to prosecute more gun cases. In a news release Wednesday, Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey says...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will not push for stricter gun laws this election year, the White House said Thursday, one day after...