Incoming Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Blames Gun Laws in ‘Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin’ for Chicago Violence

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LIGHTFOOT: “Well, look, I’m meeting with the superintendent and his executive team this afternoon, so we can get to work. You’re right, summer is coming. And it’s one of the most deadly times in our city. But I’m determined to make sure that we do what’s necessary to stem the violence. That means we’ve got to start investing in our people, investing in neighborhoods, because a lot of the violence that we’re seeing is really crimes of poverty. But we’ve also got to make sure we’ve got a proactive plan to deal with the guns that are coming into our city from Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and -- and some of the southern states. And that means we have to have our federal partners step up and work in cooperation with us to focus on gun traffickers, felons in possession, and straw purchasers.”