Blame Quote by Wayne LaPierre

As big a problem as gun violence is for Chicago, it is not beyond our ability to solve. Ending this string of tragedies is…

— Rahm Emanuel

Gun violence in Chicago is unacceptable. It threatens everything we have done together and all of the progress we have made in other areas.

— Rahm Emanuel

Look, there's no question that we have a challenge with gun violence. But there's a lot more nuanced parts of that narrative, and that's…

— Lori Lightfoot

I've got an idea; how about you don't blame all gun owners for the actions of a few?

— Jeanine Pirro

This is part of the president's problem. Where's Barack Obama been when the crime rate and the murder rate in Chicago has gone up…

— Chris Christie

“The gun control meccas of Washington, DC; Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California are precisely the jurisdictions suffering high murder and violent crime rates.”

— Charl Van Wyk

Chicago is highly segregated, a fact that both causes and compounds the problems we face in bringing an end to violence.

— Blase J. Cupich

Yes! There is violence in Chicago. But not by me, and not by anybody who works for me, and I'll tell you why because…

— Al Capone

I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the gun manfuacturer's…

— Barack Obama

Representative Willis has introduced a bill, modeled after a Chicago law, to hold gun stores accountable for flooding our streets with weapons. Thousands of…

— Rahm Emanuel

The people of Chicago have made it very clear that they favor sensible restrictions on gun ownership.

— Mike Quigley

“Victims blame, managers maintain, and leaders change.”

— Orrin Woodward