Illinois Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

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10/4/10 -"Rally for Peace on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue bring a new voice to call for common sense gun laws in Illinois." Chicago Sun-Times.
6/28/10 - “Gun-rights decision may have limited impact,” Newsweek.
6/28/10 - “Supreme Court rules that gun rights apply to local laws,” New York Times.
6/24/10 - “Chicago mayor won’t ‘roll over’ if gun ban lifted,” Associated Press.
6/22/10 - “Daley sounds off on gun violence,” WGN TV.
6/17/10 - “If Chicago’s gun ban is overturned, vote for gun laws elsewhere you think would work here,” Chicago Tribune Blog.
6/16/10 - “Gun ruling may trigger new legal fights,” Chicago Tribune.
6/14/10 - “If Chicago’s gun control is overturned, what next?,” Christian Science Monitor.
6/8/10 - “Daley names new leader of alternative policing program,” Chicago Tribune.
6/7/10 - “Editorial: If the court kills the ban,” Chicago Tribune.
6/7/10 - “Murder rate up in Chicago this year,” CBS 2 Chicago.
6/6/10 - “Criminals aren’t only ones ignoring city handgun ban,” Chicago Tribune.
5/23/10 - “No rural-city gap in youth gun deaths,” New York Times.
5/20/10 - “City could require gun owners to get training, liability insurance if handgun ban is overturned,” Chicago Sun-Times.
5/20/10 - “Daley prepares for Supreme Court gun decision,” Chicago Public Radio.
5/20/10 - “Daley: City ready to act if Supreme Court overturns gun ban,” Clout Street, Chicago Tribune.
5/7/10 - “Column: Bloody Urban Landscapes,” Chicago WGNTV.
5/5/10 - “Leaders call for response to gun violence: Say easy access to illegal guns is the root of problem ,” Chicago WGNTV.
5/3/10 - “Proposals aimed at decreasing gun violence head to Illinois House ,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
4/30/10 - “Teen shooting victim receives award,” ABC 7 Chicago News.
4/29/10 - “Lawmakers summon National Guard to stop Chicago violence,” National Public Radio.
4/29/10 - “Legislature, Daley to crack down on gun violence,” Chicago Sun-Times.
4/28/10 - “Mayor Daley hails passage of law jailing illegal gun toters,” Chicago Sun-Times.
4/28/10 - “Daley calls on Springfield to pass more gun laws,” Chicago Public Radio.
4/28/10 - “Daley going global with anti-gun campaign,” Chicago Public Radio.
4/27/10 - “Daley: Send gun industry lawsuit to World Court,” Chicago Sun-Times.
4/26/10 - “Editorial: Listen to the families,” New York Times.
4/26/10 - “Daley: National Guard only a ‘Band-aid’ solution to crime,” Chicago Sun-Times.
4/25/10 - “Police Supt. Weiss: National Guard isn’t solution to city’s gun violence,” Chicago Sun-Times.
4/20/10 - “Silent obstacle: Killings mount, majority shrugs,” Chicago Sun-Times.
4/13/10 - “Dr. Crandall: Close loophole on gun sales ,” Fox News Chicago.
4/6/10 - “Shooting victim returns to school,” ABC News Chicago.
4/5/10 - “Guest essay: More guns equals more gun violence,” Wilmette-Life.
4/1/10 - “Washington Park pays respect to slain mayor at prayer vigil,” St. Louis Globe Democrat.
4/1/10 - “Washington Park mayor shot to death,” Belleville News Democrat.
3/31/10 - “Column: Rhetoric and Guns,” Chicago Tribune.
3/24/10 – “Column: Keeping kids safe in Terror Town,” Chicago Sun-Times.
3/24/10 – “Englewood embraces beloved UPS driver shot on route,” Chicago Tribune.
3/19/10 – “Howard students spend Spring Break lobbying for firearm legislation in Chicago,” HBCU Digest.
3/18/10 – “Students: ‘We demand an assault weapons ban’,” NBC Chicago.
3/18/10 – “Students rally for added gun control,” NBC Chicago.
3/18/10 – “Report: Shooter angry at NIU, which was his ‘surrogate’ family,” Chicago Tribune.
3/18/10 – “Father Pfleger leads gun rally at Federal Plaza,” WBBM Newsradio 780.
3/17/10 – “Ban on assault weapons makes its way to the Illinois House,” Bloomington Pantagraph.
3/15/10 – “Suburban gun store owners expect sales to surge if Chicago’s ban fails,” Crain’s Chicago Business.
3/12/10 – “Sherriff: Suburbs a hot zone of gang activity,” Daily Herald.
3/11/10 – “Gun transport plan clears House committee,” Daily Herald.
3/10/10 – “Letter to the editor: Burt was on the mark in gun column,” Daily Herald.
3/10/10 – “Mass. court upholds state gun lock requirement,” Associated Press.
3/8/10 – “Daley calls for new state laws on guns,” Chicago Tribune.
3/8/10 – “Daley’s gun control legislation proposes ‘micro-stamping’ pistols, harsher penalties,” Chicago Tribune.
3/3/10 – “Daly rips Supreme Court on handgun stance,” Chicago Sun-Times.
3/2/10 – “CPS high schoolers know where to get guns,” Chicago Public Radio.
3/2/10 – “Open Forum: Preserving the right to regulate guns,” by Juliet Leftwich, San Francisco Chronicle.
3/2/10 – “Column: Let’s take the safety off common sense,” Daily Herald.
3/2/10 – “Concealed carry bill stalls in Senate committee,” Rockford Register Star.
3/2/10 – “Legislators turn down plan for test of concealed carry in Peoria,” Peoria Journal Star.
3/2/10 – “Peoria concealed-carry proposal on hold,” Peoria Journal Star.
3/2/10 – “Downstate lawmakers renew fight to carry concealed weapons,” Bloomington Pantagraph.
3/1/10 – “Daley defends Chicago handgun ban on eve of Supreme Court hearing,” Clout Street, Chicago Tribune.
2/25/10 – “West side teenager shot, killed,” Chicago Tribune.
2/22/10 – “Concealed guns not an answer,” Different Perspectives, The Daily Illini Opinions Blog.
2/19/10 – “Column: Single gunshot on NIU campus rips open painful wounds,” by Burt Constable, Chicago Daily Herald.
2/16/10 – “The determination of Ondolee Perteet,” ABC 7 News Chicago .
2/15/10 – “Fighting to keep guns off campuses,” New York Times.
2/11/10 – “Column: Public school safety takes another hit,” by Mary Mitchell, Chicago Sun Times.
2/11/10 – “Letter to the editor: Handguns in the home are the real hazard,” by Thom Mannard, Niles Herald-Spectator.
2/10/10 – “The costs of a bullet start mounting the moment the trigger is pulled,” Medill Reports Chicago.
1/30/10 – “The public face of gun rights,” Chicago Tribune.
1/23/10 – “Op-ed: New poll at odds with gun rhetoric,” Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel.
1/22/10 – “Daley gets ammo ready for court,” Chicago Sun-Times.
1/21/10 – “Daley rallies mayors urge Supreme Court to uphold Chicago handgun ban,” Chicago Sun-Times.
1/19/10 – “Editorial: Politicians watch more criminals pack heat,” New York Times.
1/17/10 – “Terror in the projects: East St. Louis residents live a life under siege,” Belleville New Democrat.
1/13/10 – “Editorial: A sorrowful reminder on gun safety,” Westchester Suburban Life.
1/10/10 – “Targeting guns to reduce violent crime,” Christian Science Monitor.
1/8/10 – “Op-ed: The Wizard with a bad plan,” New York Times.
12/25/09 – “A random shooting disrupts a life, but good may follow,” New York Times.
12/16/09 – “Editorial: Gun control’s NRA supporters,” Los Angeles Times.
12/13/09 – “Tennessee demonstrates trend of looser gun laws,” The Associated Press.
12/12/09 – “Illinois gubernatorial candidates on guns,” Chicago Tribune.
12/10/09 – “Column: Beyond the NRA’s absolutism,” by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Washington Post.
12/8/09 – “Editorial: Beyond the The ‘terror gap’,” New York Times.
12/4/09 – “Editorial: Veterans and gun safety,” Los Angeles Times.
12/1/09 – “Editorial: Crazy about guns,” Los Angeles Times.

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Mark Walsh
Campaign Director
773.209.1002
mark@icpgv.org