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Chicago City Council Passes Ordinance to Protect Students from Gun Violence

Increases Gun Penalties Along Safe Passage Routes, Around Schools and Parks

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013.  The City Council today approved a measure introduced by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to increase penalties for serious weapon and gun-related offenses in “student safety zones” along Safe Passage routes, in schools buses and around schools and some parks in an ordinance introduced on Wednesday. 

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