Chicago's Top Cop Calls Gun Owners "Corrupt" For Lobbying Their Representatives

Garry McCarthy once used his badge to try to get a relative out of a traffic ticket

Facing a surging homicide rate and several headline-grabbing murders, Chicago's top cop is taking aim at lobbyists who he says prevent politicians from implementing more gun control measures.

Appearing on a local Windy City Sunday morning talk show on the radio station WLSAM, Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said special interests that lobby politicians to influence their opinion on gun control are the real problem.