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The city of Chicago saw seven people killed and dozens of individuals wounded over the weekend, in spite of the city\u2019s restrictive gun laws.<\/p>\n

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Breitbart reports that the brutal weekend began Friday night with 13 people being injured in a drive-by shooting in the city\u2019s Princeton Park neighborhood.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: 35 shot, 5 killed, in shootings across Chicago so far this weekend including a huge mass shooting of 13 people on the city\u2019s South Side during a Juneteenth celebration.<\/p>\n

The @ChicagosMayor Brandon Johnson bloodbath continues to shatter records. pic.twitter.com\/3TQg47VHol<\/p>\n

\u2014 Dapper Detective (@Dapper_Det) June 21, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nPolice say the drive-by shooting took place when two shooters inside a red SUV opened fire on a crowd of people celebrating Juneteenth.<\/p>\n

Shootings continued across the city with ABC 7 reporting a 32-year-old man shot in Englewood, two men being shot in the Grand Crossing neighborhood and other victims found shot to death on the West Side and in Little Village Friday night.<\/p>\n

An 18-year-old man was killed in a West Side shooting and a 37-year-old man was found shot to death on Chicago\u2019s South Side early Saturday, while a 15-year-old boy was shot later that evening outside a McDonald\u2019s restaurant.<\/p>\n

The violence spilled over into Sunday with a 21-year-old South Side man fatally shot, a 36-year-old woman being shot during a gathering in Lawndale and a 17-year-old boy shot in Brighton Park.<\/p>\n

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Chicago along with the state of Illinois boast some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation.<\/p>\n

Those policies include a red flag law, an \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban, a \u201chigh capacity\u201d magazine ban, a 72-hour waiting period on gun purchases, a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card requirement for gun possession, a concealed carry license requirement for carrying a firearm for self-defense, a gun storage law, and more.<\/p>\n

Chicago also bans so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d and \u201chigh capacity\u201d magazines and prohibits individuals from being armed for self defense on public transit as well.<\/p>\n

The weekend shootings prompted a response from President Donald Trump who weighed in on the violence in a social media post, asking why Governor Pritzker hasn\u2019t called him for help.<\/p>\n

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Lots of Killing going on in Chicago. 22 people shot, at least 4 Dead. Why isn\u2019t Governor Pritzker calling me for help. I could make Chicago a safe City in ONE MONTH, in ONE YEAR, it would be one of the safest!!! D.C. went from one of the worst, to one of the safest cities in the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/fMtCKnOt5e<\/p>\n

\u2014 Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) June 21, 2026<\/p>\n

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