A North Side community group is calling for people to refrain from shooting guns in Chicago between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. to reduce the risk to people "not involved in high risk activities."
The proposal from Rogers Park-based Native Sons, known as "The People's Ordinance," was recently promoted in an email newsletter by Ald. Maria Hadden (49th).
The thinking behind the plea:
"We have to start somewhere," Tatiana Atkins, co-founder of Native Sons, said. "Our goal is to approach our city's gun violence problem strategically and not all at once. Things didn't become this way overnight, and change won't happen overnight.
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