Mayor Lightfoot: Chicago’s Gun Problem Due to Other States Having ‘Virtually No Gun Control’
‘We are being inundated with guns from states that have virtually no gun control’
Jul 26, 2020 7:30 PM
By Grabien Staff
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We would be able to solve it like you wouldn’t believe and quick. But they just don’t want to ask. Maybe for political reasons but they don’t want to ask. It’s a disgrace.
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TAPPER: “What’s your response, madame mayor?”
LIGHTFOOT: “That’s classic Trump hyperbole. I sent him a letter on Monday outlining the very specific things that the federal government is uniquely yal if ied to help with starting with common sense gun control. The fact of the matter is our gun problem is related to the fact that we have too many illegal guns on the street. 60% of which, 60% of which come from states outside of Illinois. We are being inundated with guns from states that have virtually no gun control, no background checks, no ban on assault weapons. That is hurting cities like Chicago. That is the thing that if the president wanted to help and the other things I identified in my letter he could do today, tomorrow but he is not really interested in helping in that way.”
