Chicago Has Every Gun Law Democrats Ever Wanted and Juneteenth Weekend Violence Just Proved None of It Works

Two gunmen in a red SUV rolled through Princeton Park and opened fire on a crowd of people celebrating Juneteenth.

Thirteen went down – in a city with an assault weapons ban, a red flag law, a 72-hour waiting period, and eight more gun control laws on the books.

Now Pritzker is refusing Trump's help – and you need to hear what this governor said just months ago.

The Drive-By That Lit Juneteenth on Fire

More than 100 shell casings were recovered at 95th and Wentworth after those two shooters finished.

The victims ranged from 17 to 47 years old.

No arrests were made.

That wasn't the first shooting of the weekend – and it wasn't the last.

At 5:15 Friday afternoon, a 29-year-old was shot multiple times from a passing vehicle on South Michigan Avenue and died at the hospital.

By 8:55 p.m., a 33-year-old in Little Village was found shot and transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Before 10 p.m., a man with a gunshot wound to the chest was discovered in Austin and later pronounced dead.

Around 10:50 p.m., a 50-year-old in Grand Crossing was found shot in the chest – dead at the hospital.

At 12:15 a.m. Saturday, a 37-year-old was fatally shot in the neck in Bridgeport.

By the time the weekend closed out, at least 27 people had been shot and five were dead in a city that the political left holds up as proof that gun control works.

The Governor Who Told Trump to Stay Out

President Trump saw what happened and said exactly what every conservative in America was thinking.

"Lots of Killing going on in Chicago," he wrote on Truth Social Sunday morning.

"Why isn't Governor Pritzker calling me for help. I could make Chicago a safe City in ONE MONTH, in ONE YEAR, it would be one of the safest!!!"

Trump pointed to Washington, D.C. – where he deployed federal resources and called it a model – as the standard Illinois refuses to meet.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche went further, publicly slamming Democrat Gov. JB Pritzker for turning down federal assistance while his constituents bled in the streets.

Pritzker's response was to keep refusing.

This is the same governor who last fall stood outside Trump Tower and told the president, "You are neither wanted here nor needed here."

This is the same governor who went on Jimmy Kimmel's show dressed in a Kevlar vest to mock the idea that Chicago was dangerous.

Standing downtown in body armor, Pritzker joked that Chicagoans were being "forced to eat hot dogs with ketchup."

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Five people were shot dead in his city this weekend.

Democrat Gun Control Doesn't Stop Criminals

Here is the part Democrats will never answer.

Chicago has an assault weapons ban, a high-capacity magazine ban, a red flag law, a 72-hour waiting period, a FOID card requirement, a concealed carry license mandate, a gun storage law, and a public transit carry ban.

Illinois is ranked second in the country for the strength of its anti-gun laws – and Chicago buries the state baseline under even more restrictions.

The city runs its own assault weapons ban on top of the statewide ban, with Cook County adding a third layer on top of that.

Possessing a firearm in Illinois requires a government-issued FOID card.

Carrying one requires a separate concealed carry license.

Between buying a gun and taking it home, there is a mandatory 72-hour wait.

Armed self-defense is banned entirely on public transit.

None of it stopped two men from loading up in an SUV and shooting thirteen people in Princeton Park.

The guns doing the killing in Chicago are not clearing background checks or waiting periods.

They are illegal guns – and criminals, by definition, do not follow gun laws.

Democrats have spent four decades running this experiment with Chicago as the lab.

The results are in.

Trump offered a solution.

Pritzker said no.

Twenty-seven people were shot this Juneteenth weekend in the most gun-controlled city in America.

That is the Democrat Party's record on public safety – and it is written in blood on the streets of Chicago.

Sources:

• AWR Hawkins, "Gun-Controlled Chicago: At Least 27 Shot Friday Into Saturday Evening," Breitbart, June 21, 2026.
• Peter Pinedo, "Chicago's Deadly Juneteenth Weekend Leaves 7 Dead as Trump Shames Dem Gov for Inaction," Fox News, June 21, 2026.
• "AG Blanche Slams Pritzker for Refusing Help as Chicago Crime Surges," Fox News, June 22, 2026.
• "Violent Juneteenth Weekend in Chicago Catches Attention of President Trump," CBS Chicago, June 22, 2026.