Chicago's War on Crime

Authors

Madison Flores, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Document Type

Article

Abstract

About one in five U.S. adults say they or someone close to them has had a personal experience with gun violence.¹ Seventy-one percent of Americans also believe gun laws should be stricter.² Most people favor a federal law preventing people with mental illnesses from purchasing guns and a smaller percentage favor a nationwide ban on semi-automatic weapons.³ The debate is not so simply divided between those who want to ban all guns and those who want no restrictions on guns. Rather, many Americans value both preventing gun violence and protecting gun rights.⁴

To understand the atmosphere surrounding Chicago's gun violence issue, one first must understand the political climate set out by the Supreme Court and the Biden Administration. With that framework, Chicago's gun violence appears more nuanced and simple solutions no longer make sense. The goal of this article is to understand the Supreme Courts stance on the Second Amendment, and then use that knowledge to critically analyze solutions to gun violence in Chicago to make educated decisions inside a courtroom, at the polling place, and out in the community.

Recommended Citation

Madison Flores, Chicago's War on Crime, 29 Pub. Interest L. Rptr. 23 (2025).
Available at: https://lawecommons.luc.edu/pilr/vol29/iss1/4