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WTTW News | July 6, 2011, 7:00 pm

Gun ranges will now be legal in Chicago. The Chicago City Council passed the ordinance today, keeping Chicago one step ahead of a federal court decision that could mandate the ranges. Elizabeth Brackett has the story.

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