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Chicago police call for stricter gun control after 8 dead, 46 wounded on Labor Day

  (Courtesy CCTV) — Police officials in the U.S. city of Chicago on Tuesday called for stricter gun control laws after a violent Labor Day holiday weekend saw eight people killed and 46 others wounded in multiple shootings. The shootings occurred just days after the most serious single-day gun-violence in decades which saw nine people killed on Sept. 2. The police have seized 4,824 illegal firearms in Chicago in the first eight months of 2015, […]