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Announces it will stop selling handguns and certain ammunition in the wake of the odessa, texa shooting. chicago's democratic mayor saying the gun violence problem is the result of republican lai state. we are tracking both those threads for us tonight. >> we have heard so much about this latest mass shooting in texas, but this weekend in chicago seven people were kille and 34 wounded in 29 separate incidents in just one weekend. it got the attention of texas senator ted cruz and he's in a heated dispute with the city's democratic mayor. >> as pressure mounts on congress to pass some form of g...

Firearms come from outside illinois. most states dominated by republicans like you who refused to enact common sense gun legislation. keep our name out of your mouth. every day gun violence in chicago and baltimore on the tip democrats try to pass reforms when congress returns next week. the house passed a bill on background checks. democrats in the senate want mitch mcconnell to bring it up for a vote. chuck schumer told mcconnell it is time to lead on this issue but mcconnell says he won't do anything unless he knows for sure what donald trump would sign. >> if the president took a position ...

Seize in guns but there's no stopping to it. we have, unlike new york or l.a., we don't have connecticut and new jersey gun laws. we have gun laws that are reflective of wisconsin and indiana. you and i want to get in a car and drive 20 minutes, i can get you anything you want. 60% of the guns we seize here in the city come from outside illinois. second is, we have lighter sentences for gun crimes than new york. they have a three year minimum. we have a one year minimum. so -- and then we have a different more entrenched gang culture. now, it is a reflection of parts of the city, not the whole...

Will to do what it would take to save the next hadiya pendleton? hadiya was most likely killed with a handgun in a city that has been reeling from gun violence, a city that is seeing its crime rate soar, specifically homicide. a city where roughly 90% of the near record number of homicides last year were gun-related. a city where local gun laws are only as strong as national gun laws. "the new york times" broke this down recently. of 50,000 guns traced by chicago police, more than half came from outside illinois. mostly from indiana, mississippi, and wisconsin. the second amendment means we ha...

"the new york times" broke this down recently. of 50,000 guns traced by chicago police, more than half came from outside illinois. mostly from indiana, mississippi, and wisconsin. the second amendment means we have a right to bear arms. should it also mean that there is no place in our political dialogue about the factors that made hadiya pendleton's murder possible? is it impossible to talk about removing handguns from our streets? is that simply too extreme? our first lady is going to be in chicago tomorrow attending the funeral of a child killed by gun violence. chances are while she is the...