“Chicago is a town besieged by gun violence, mostly in deprived neighborhoods where life is tough enough without having to worry about whether your kid gets home safely each night. In response, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the police are taking aggressive measures to reduce the violence, including running firearms trade-in programs and pushing moderate gun-control laws. To mock those efforts, even as one might disagree with them, is offensive. Our children lie dead in the morgue. There’s a legitimate debate to be had as to the effectiveness of gun-control laws, a debate that begins on both sides with respect, good will and hard facts. The aim is to persuade, not pummel. But the more groups like Guns Save Life pull stunts like the one last weekend, the more they drive away caring and thoughtful people.” – today’s Sun-Times editorial lamenting Guns Save Life using a Chicago gun buyback to fund their NRA shooting camp for kids