Kennedy scion puts gun violence at center of Illinois campaign

CHICAGO — Few people running for public office have been more personally affected by gun violence than Chris Kennedy, who was a child when his father and his uncle, Sen. Robert Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy, were assassinated.

Now the 54-year-old Democrat has made the issue a centerpiece of his campaign for Illinois governor, talking often about growing up without a father and family trips to Arlington National Cemetery, and saying too many people in Chicago and elsewhere in Illinois are dealing with the same kind of pain.

The move has brought endorsements from African American leaders, including Reps.