News Around the World Takes Chicago Claims at Face Value

Sometimes news features can have a bias even when that wasn’t the intention. While News Around the World isn’t exactly what we’d consider the first or last name in news, it serves as a good example of how the mainstream media often has an anti-gun bias in how it reports the news. Without any attribution or source the article offers this bold statement:

“Chicago believes that its new ordinance will keep guns away from drug dealers and gang members, limiting the possession of handguns to the home and the possession of long guns to places of business.”

Can a city really believe anything? Yes, we’re being nitpicky as city name’s are sometimes used to describe groups or individuals, or even the government – notably national capitals in the latter case. But in this instance the use of “Chicago” is a little vague, especially as the plaintiffs are also from Chicago. The bigger issue is that this statement has no attribution as we stated, yet it makes a very bold argument. Does anyone, even an anti-gun zealot such as Richard Daley, the city’s mayor, really believe that the ordinance will keep guns away from drug dealers and gang members?

We would challenge this news outlet to try to get official comments, rather than making rash statements in the future.