Garry McCarthy Quotes

United States, Officer
May 4, 1959

Garry Francis McCarthy is former U.S. law enforcement officer, politician, and former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. He was a candidate for Mayor of Chicago in the 2019 Chicago mayoral election.

Carrying a loaded firearm is the gateway crime to committing a murder.

Garry McCarthy
- Murder
- Carrying
- Gateway
I don't care if they're licensed legal firearms, people who are not highly trained putting guns in their hands is a recipe for disaster. So I'll train our officers that there is a concealed carry law, but when somebody turns with a firearm in their hand the officer does not have an obligation to wait to get shot to return fire and we're going to have tragedies as a result of that. I'm telling you right up front.

Garry McCarthy
- People
- Waiting
- Disaster

If there was special interests affecting police work, I believe that would be called corruption. So, if it has do with donating money versus a popular vote, I think we have a bigger problem in this country and somebody's gotta wake up to that.

Garry McCarthy
- Believe
- Control
- Problem