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Mayor Lori Lightfoot is joining with Everytown to go after a gun shop in Indiana.<\/em> (Photo: Lori Lightfoot Facebook)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The City of Chicago announced this week that it is partnering with Everytown for Gun Safety to sue an Indiana gun shop for allegedly selling firearms to suspects who would later commit crimes in Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suit accuses Westworth Sports, Inc., in Gary, Indiana, of ignoring clear signs of straw purchases and selling more than 850 firearms that ended up as crime guns in Chicago. The suit also claims that 44% of federally prosecuted illegal gun purchases in the North District of Indiana between 2014 and 2021 could be traced back to Westworth\u2014a total of about 40 prosecutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Straw purchasing is illegal in every state, but Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot nonetheless blamed the rising crime rates in her city on surrounding states with less restrictive gun laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are surrounded by states and cities that have a much, have a much more lax gun control environment. You can go over the border to Indiana and get military grade weapons if you have the money,” Lightfoot said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the suit, Everytown lawyers claim to have seen documents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) outlining repeated instances of suspicious purchasing behavior by Westforth customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Illinois Gun Shop Moves to Indiana Before New Regs, Fees Kick In<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In one seven-month stretch in 2020, a buyer is alleged to have purchased 19 handguns from Westforth: ten guns bought in multiple-sale transactions and nine others bought at intervals. Another individual purchased six handguns from the store in the spring of 2020, three of which were identical, and another person purchased five Glock handguns in a single purchase, two of which were duplicates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suit claims that this pattern of behavior should have alerted Westforth employees to suspicious activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All three individuals have been charged in connection with their purchases at the store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, the suit claims that the store should have known the damage it was causing to the City of Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWestforth knows, or reasonably should know, that many of its gun trafficking customers are bringing Westforth\u2019s firearms to Chicago given the widely available public reporting on Westforth being the highest out-of-state source for crime guns recovered in Chicago,\u201d the suit claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: New York Democrat Threatens Extinction of Local Gun Shops with New Bill<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s unclear why the ATF hasn\u2019t brought its own prosecution. The suit claims that over the past 10 years, the agency has cited Westforth 39 separate times for \u201cmany serious violations of federal law,\u201d including for transferring firearms to straw purchasers after a failed background check, and failing to conduct a background check in the first place, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ATF allegedly considered revoking Westforth\u2019s FFL twice but decided against it on both occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its prayer for relief, the City of Chicago asks that Westforth be required to submit to special oversight and training requirements and pay a \u201creasonable sum of money\u201d that will allow the city to \u201cabate the nuisance that Westforth has created\u201d and compensate the city for the damages allegedly incurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Westforth did not immediately respond to a GunsAmerica request for comment, but the owner, Earl Westforth, told local media<\/a> that he was surprised by the suit. He claims to turn away gun buyers every day and maintains that his business is in compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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