In 1999, at the end of a decade in which Gary, Indiana, had endured being labeled as the “murder capital of the nation,” then-Mayor Scott King filed a suit against gun manufacturers he believed were knowingly flooding his city with illegal guns. But soon, the NRA would help ensure that such lawsuits were nearly impossible.
The Protection of Lawful Commerce of Arms Act, or PLCAA, is one of those rare laws that Democrats are desperate to repeal. It seems they love passing laws right up until the activity being restricted.
The Gary SouthShore RailCats minor league baseball team, a mainstay in downtown Gary for 20 years, has been sold to New York-based technology executive Joseph Eng, the team announced Thursday.
A Democratic at-large East Chicago City Council candidate successfully challenged his removal from the primary ballot in Lake Superior Court late last month after facing allegations he voted as a Republican in the 2020 primary.