Gun Violence
LA's City Council voted unanimously to ban possession of high capacity gun magazines.
"These concepts of gun-free zones are a bad idea."
“We don’t have to argue with each other and yell at each other. We need a common sense solution.”
If we are going to implement strategies to reduce public mass shootings, we have to keep in mind that we are not really going to reduce gun homicide rates in America. Just as in medicine, there is no one wonder drug that will reduce illness. So too is the case with criminal justice programs.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The powerful photos are more relevant than ever.
"We have to have a serious conversation."
"It is not something that I intend to stop working on in the remaining 18 months."
There have been 1,485 shootings in Chicago this year alone.