Chicago aldermen fighting gun cell phone cases

Monday, July 13, 2015
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two Chicago aldermen are taking up a fight against those gun-shaped cell phone cases.

Aldermen Ed Burke and Willie Cochran say the cases could be confused by law-enforcement officials and call them a threat to public safety.
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The proposed ordinance would outlaw gun replica cell phone cases as well as other products shaped like guns.

If approved, violators could face up to $750.
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