Concealed Carry News

SAFETY ISSUES WITH S&W'S REVOLVERS MODELS 19 & 66?

Safety fears over police guns
December 1, 2003

A MAJOR review has recommended the SA Police Department's armoury of 2725 Smith and Wesson revolvers be replaced because of safety concerns.

Senior officers - including those in the Ballistics and Armoury Section - believe the revolver "can no longer be regarded as a reliable frontline weapon".

The Review of SAPOL's General Operational Handgun identified faults with the revolver's firing pin and barrel and recommends its replacement with a semi-automatic pistol.

It puts the cost of that at almost $3.9 million over three years, which includes purchasing the pistols and training police to use them.

NEWS.com.au

GUN CONTROL / VICTIM DISARMAMENT WORKING WELL DOWN UNDER

12/1/03

Guns in customers' faces as club robbed

December 1, 2003

A man and a woman armed with double-barrelled shotguns stole thousands of dollars from a western Sydney club in a brazen daylight robbery yesterday.

The balaclava-clad couple burst into the Blacktown City Rugby League and Sports Club at 12.30pm yesterday, aiming guns at staff and customers.

It was the latest incident in Sydney's gun crime epidemic and the sixth reported to police in just one week.

Gee, what a surprise....gun control is not working well?

The Daily Telegraph

HUNTING PERMIT EASY TO GET. CCW IMPOSSIBLE.

West Bend - A 33-year-old man killed in a hunting accident was shot once in the abdomen by his best friend - who fired a shot 10 minutes after hunting was to have ended for the day, authorities said Monday.

JS Online: Late shot blamed in hunting fatality: "

MILWAUKE JOURNAL SENTINEL CALLED ON THEIR ANTI-CITIZEN SAFETY VIEWS

Once again I cannot believe the hypocrisy of the Journal Sentinel Editorial Board and some of our state legislators when it comes to passing laws in our state. Now it seems the push is on to pass a primary seat belt law because perhaps 387 lives might have been saved in the past eight years and 20 other states have such a law so we need one, too. Seat belts are known to protect people in accidents and prevent loss of life.

Well, 45 other states already have a law that lets people protect themselves and prevents loss of life, but the Journal Sentinel and some state Democrats do not want that one. In the past eight years, thousands upon thousands of Wisconsinites have been murdered, raped, robbed and assaulted because they were not afforded the opportunity to protect themselves. The simple passage of a concealed-carry law could have prevented hundreds of these.

Instead of being a nanny state passing laws that try to protect people from themselves, why doesn't Wisconsin pass laws that let people protect themselves?

William Frommgen
Hartford

JS Online: The Morning Mail: ""

ANOTHER UNDER AGE BIG DUMMY WITH A GUN. HARD TO SEE HOW ANOTHER GUN LAW WOULD HELP.

An 18-year-old Chicago man was charged Thursday with first-degree murder in the death of a Lindblom High School assistant wrestling and football coach a day earlier.

Marcus Roberts is charged with shooting Brian Jones, 21, in the back of the head inside Jones' home in the 8800 block of South Marshfield, police said. The shooting occurred shortly before 1p.m. Wednesday, police said. A member of Jones' family found Jones slumped over his computer desk, police said.

Man charged with murder in coach's death

THE NAPERVILLE RAPIST STRIKES

A gunman wearing a ski mask tried to sexually assault a Naperville woman while she worked alone in an office earlier this week, Naperville police said. The attack happened in an office in the 1200 block of Iroquois Drive at about 6 p.m. Tuesday, police said. The attempted assault failed and the woman was not injured, police said. Her attacker was carrying a handgun and wearing a black ski mask and black clothing, authorities said.

Metro briefs

ANONYMOUS CHICAGO COP GETS THE OK TO KILL UNARMED BIG DUMMY

Chicago Police have ruled as justified the shooting death of an unarmed man who allegedly threatened an off-duty Chicago police officer working as security outside a McDonalds' restaurant in Hyde Park earlier this week.

You shoot an unarmed man in Chicago and let's see if your name is kept out of the paper. Let's see if you are "cleared" and given the "ok." Let's see if you aren't cuffed and tossed into Cook County Jail on the spot. Another reason I recommend all stay out of big dummyland.

Off-duty cop cleared in fatal shooting

AN EXCELLENT PHONE CALL

Thursday, 11/27/03

I just received an phone call from Mr Marcial Rodriguez, owner of A Emergency Fire Board-Up Service in Gurnee regarding the gun-buy back program he has donated to.

I was very impressed by his call on Thanksgiving Day. According to Mr. Rodriguez, he just returned from being out of town and saw "numerous" emails concerning the article in the Daily Herald.

While I am glad to hear that no one actually threatened Mr Rodriquez, some emails did resort to calling him something other than a human being.

To set the record straight, Mr. Rodriguez tells me he believes in the 2nd AM and believes in the right to keep and bear arms. His intention is to rid homes of unwanted firearms that no one may want and have no way of storing or securing properly.

I felt like he was very sincere and is looking to better the community as he mentioned he grew up in the inner city. He also mentioned that he will be checking with the powers that be concerning the transportation of said firearms to the desired location. It is not his intention to circumvent the law. One thing that was not apparently considered was that people could call the police or sheriff's department and have the firearms picked up.

My personal opinion is he is doing what he believes in his heart is correct. We all want unwanted accidents/killings to be minimized. To that extent, he is doing the right thing.

To those whom may have called him some vulgar names, I say sorry to hear that. He doesn't deserve that and that is no way to try to debate the issue.

My 3 cents worth.

Bo Tasso

HOW TO GET YOUR FOID CARD REVOKED

I had my FOID revoked earlier this year. April 4,2003 I received a letter from the state police saying that they were revoking it pursuant to 430 ILCS 65/8(f) [enclosed copy at end of letter]. This happened over an incident where local law enforcement was dispatched to my residence believing that I was suicidal. They forced me to go to a local hospital (not a mental institution) for an evaluation, in which I was released within 90 minutes of my arrival! Then eventually I received the letter I dreaded receiving stating my FOID had been revoked. I sent one of three documents the state requested for an appeal, and copies of my discharge paperwork. I also sent a letter from myself explaining that I was only able to send three character references, and unable to get a letter from 1) my psychologist / psychiatrist 2) the local police; due to the fact both organizations refused to do so due to possible criminal, and civil liabilities. I have been waiting so long to hear from the state police I decided to give them a call. I was basically told that I would receive a phone call (he did ask for my phone number), and this matter may require a hearing.

Now that I have explained my situation, I ask you of two things (that I would greatly appreciate). If you could refer me to an attorney, or send me a list of a few different attorneys that might be able to assist me with the reinstatement of my FOID. Secondly a personal reply with any recommendations on what I can/should do.

Well first thing you should do is use Amsoil so I'm motivated. But failing that this is truly a job for an Attorney and I recommended one to him. If this were a state with an NRA affiliate that gave a damn I'd refer him to the I$RA but why waste everyone's time with an organization that to my knowledge, under the current regime, has never stepped in to help a gun owner in need?

Posted By John Birch, President, Concealed Carry, Inc. Comments welcome: john@concealcarry.org

COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S: HIGHLY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS OR JUST BIG DUMMIES?

A Cook County deputy sheriff filed suit in federal court Wednesday alleging she was sexually harassed by a supervisor, who put 'his hands down her pants, placing his hands between her legs and attempted to pull the front buttons off her uniform.

Deputy sheriff files harassment suit

ANOTHER HIGHLY TRAINED PROFESSIONAL HEADED TO JAIL

DETROIT -- A veteran police sergeant was charged with robbing 13 banks with his brother and a third man.

Walter John Bates, 46, has been with the Detroit police force 18 years and is a sergeant in the homicide division.

Prosecutors Wednesday said he acted as a lookout or getaway driver in 13 holdups in the Detroit area from July to November 2002. He was charged with conspiracy in a 14th robbery allegedly committed by the other men.

Veteran police sergeant charged in 13 bank robberies

IF THIS HAPPENED IN CHICAGO GOOD CITIZENS WOULD HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED. THANK GOD THEY WERE IN ARKANSAS.

LUFKIN -- An Oklahoma murder suspect relied on the kindness of strangers in making his escape through Arkansas. But he didn't count on good Samaritans carrying a gun.

A 37-day manhunt for Scott James Eizember came to an end in East Texas on Sunday when an Arkansas doctor he allegedly abducted shot Eizember at least three times.

HoustonChronicle.com - Hostage helped end manhunt in slayings: " "

CHICAGO TRIBUNE DONATES OUR SPACE AWAY. READERS SILENCED FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

Chicago Tribune Editor's note: We would like to devote space in the Voice of the people section during the holiday season for readers to share stories of good news they have experienced this year. This could be as simple as a child's achievement against great odds or as textured as a community's response to a crisis. Use your imagination: Tell the world about something you've encountered that left you heartened. Please submit letters by Dec. 1.

So for two or three weeks the Tribune can report and editorialize freely and we are silenced and relegated to telling feel good stories. Kind of like North Koreans when writing to the editor who surely only have good things to write. If these letters are so important I say let the Tribune give up it's own editorial space. You can write your letter to the Tribune at ctc-TribLetter@Tribune.com

Here is mine:

Dear Editor:

I remember when Christmas meant giving something to someone, not taking something from someone.

For instance this very Chicago Tribune letters section used to contain the often well thought out balance to your reporting and editorializing. As a present to the readers you have generously given your readers laryngitis while the Tribune retains it's full editorial voice and the attendant majesty.

If the Tribune wants to "give" space to these letters I suggest your Editorial space be donated so as to allow the readers their few and much appreciated column inches.

Sincerely,

John Birch

Chicago Tribune | VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (letter)

MR. BIG DUMMY SHOT, KILLED. MS. BIG DUMMY SHOT IN ASS.

SOUTH SIDE -- A man was fatally shot and a 14-year-old girl was wounded Wednesday in a shooting on the Far South Side, police said.

The shooting took place about 3:05 p.m. in the 10000 block of South Michigan Avenue, police spokesman Matthew Jackson said. The unidentified man was shot in the abdomen and later pronounced dead at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said. The girl was shot in the buttocks and listed in stable condition at the hospital, police said.

Detectives were investigating the shooting. No one was in custody late Wednesday.

Chicago Tribune | Unidentified man slain, teenage girl wounded: "

HOME INVADERS TARGET GUN OWNER - WONDER WHERE THEY GOT THE INFORMATION?

Fairborn man assaulted, robbed answering door
Dayton Daily News
November 26, 2003

FAIRBORN, OH | A 20-year-old man told police that four masked men rushed into his apartment Monday and put a gun to his head before stealing two handguns, Fairborn police reported.

The man said he opened the door of his apartment, in the 200 block of Dayton-Yellow Springs Road, about 9 p.m. believing a neighbor was knocking. He told police the men barged in and began assaulting him, but when he realized the gun one of them had was a plastic toy he struggled and yelled for help, according to a police report. Police said he told them the suspects fled when neighbors came to his aid.

Witnesses also told police that two semi-automatic handguns — a black Lama .45-caliber and a chrome Jennings .380-caliber — were stolen, according to the report.

Commentary:
Since the victim's firearms were clearly the intended target of these criminals, it is obvious they knew they were present in his home. If concealed carry licenseholders' personal information is made open to the public, criminals like these will be provided a list of Ohio homes in which they can find firearms to steal.

These criminals had a toy gun when they invaded this home. Because they knew exactly which home to rob in order to get what they wanted, they were able to use that information to assault this man and steal his property. Now they have two real guns.
Sign of things to come?

DOCTOR AND HIS FAMILY TO HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING THANKS TO WIFE'S GUN!

Full story at AP: Doctor Says Shooting Abductor 'Trying'

NASHVILLE, Ark. - A doctor who shot and wounded a suspected killer who had abducted him and his wife said the five-hour experience was "the most trying ordeal I have ever endured."

Dr. Samuel Peebles said Scott J. Eizember, who had claimed he was having car trouble, pulled a gun as soon as he and his wife, Suzanne, let him in their van in Arkansas on Sunday.

Samuel Peebles said he reached under the seat for his wife's handgun when Eizember stopped on a rural Lufkin, Texas, road for a restroom break.

"When he (Eizember) came back to the vehicle, I shot what I thought was four times, but the police later told me that I emptied all nine shots," Peebles said. Four of the shots hit Eizember.

Eizember, 42, is charged in the Oct. 18 deaths of Patsy Cantrell, 70, and her husband, A.J. Cantrell, 76, in northeastern Oklahoma. He also allegedly beat up the mother of his ex-girlfriend, Kathy Biggs, and wounded her teenage son.

He had eluded one of Oklahoma's longest manhunts until he was captured Sunday in Texas after Peebles shot him.


Guns can save lives if only the Big Dummies in Chicago would open their minds to the concept. This family will be together for the holidays thanks to a handgun! Plus, there's one less wanted murderer out there... Everyone wins!

HI, I'M FROM CHICAGO, THE MURDER CAPITOL OF THE USA!

From the Chicago Suntimes: Chicago can't be lumped with rest of Midwest

But there's a region known as the Midwest -- and there's Chicago. And anyone who's from the Midwest or from Chicago will tell you they're not the same thing. The great majority of Midwesterners wouldn't be caught dead living in Chicago, and vice versa.

If it sounds like we're the City of the Big Chip on its Shoulders about this -- well, yeah. We're tired of this condescending, ignorant assessment of one of the great cities of the world as just another Buffalo, with slightly better weather and taller buildings. (If the people of Buffalo are offended by that, get over it. You live in Buffalo.)

There's nothing wrong with being from the Midwest. Some of my best friends are Midwesterners, and they're perfectly content living in big houses on large lots adjacent to corn fields. (The distance from State and Madison to such places is only about 35 miles.) When those folks talk about taking a trip to Chicago -- commonly referred to as "downtown" -- they make it sound like an exotic and rare journey. And when Chicagoans talk about going to Frankfort or the Indiana Dunes, it's known as a trip to "the country."

That's because we know there's a huge difference between Chicago and the Midwest.

E-mail: rroeper@suntimes.com


One of the great cities of the world? I guess if you like terrible traffic, a high cost of living, a corrupt city hall, innocent victim disarmament and the USA's murder capitol! It's great to see that most midwesterners wouldn't be caught dead (perhaps literally) living in Chicago. They're no Big Dummies! Now if the rest of Illinois could just divorce itself from Chicago's influence. Clearly Chicagoans don't want to be associated with small town midwesterners and vice versa. Perhaps it's time to put up that Great Wall around the murder capitol...and seal King Daley in with his subjects!

JESSE JACKSON JEERED BY OTHER BLACKS SO IT IS NOT RACISM

Small groups of seemingly organized hecklers disrupted a 'jobs, education and justice' rally at Federal Plaza sponsored by the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition on Tuesday afternoon.

Although the hecklers chastised various speakers and political candidates, they targeted most of their wrath at Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder of Rainbow/PUSH.

As Jackson tried to elicit chants of peace and justice from the crowd of about 100 people, the hecklers drowned him out, bellowing into bullhorns. Most of the hecklers were black men in their 20s who said they couldn't find a job and blamed Jackson, at least in part, for their plight.

When Jackson said the poor were being ignored by the Bush administration and called for George Bush to be ousted in 2004, one heckler roared through a bullhorn that Jackson was complicitous with a system that impoverishes young blacks.

'This all happened under your watch, Jesse!' screamed one young man. 'We can't find jobs and you have done nothing! Go find a TV camera to talk into, Jesse!'

'Let's go get a Budweiser, Jesse. I can't find a job and you haven't done anything for us,' yelled another man, apparently in a reference to the beer distributorship awarded to Jackson's sons by the city.

Chicago Tribune | Protesters use bullhorns to give Jackson an earful

OFF DUTY CHICAGO COP KILLS UNARMED MAN. THIS CALLS FOR A SUSPENSION!

A 21-year-old male was shot and killed by an off-duty Chicago police officer late Tuesday after a confrontation outside a McDonald's restaurant in the Hyde Park neighborhood.

Chicago Tribune | Off-duty cop shoots, kills man

FEDS TO KEEP NICS RECORDS 24 HOURS...DOWN FROM 90 DAYS

WASHINGTON -- Background checks on gun buyers would be retained for just 24 hours, instead of the current 90 days, under a deal Republicans struck during final negotiations over an immense spending bill funding dozens of federal agencies.

Feds may keep gun checks for 24 hours instead of 90 days: "."

U.S. SENATE BANS GUNS THAT DO NOT EXIST...FEELING SAFER?

The Senate on Tuesday did approve and send to the president a 10-year extension of legislation that bans the manufacture, sale and possession of firearms that cannot be detected by airport metal detectors or X-ray machines.

By the way, if the guns can't be detected how will anyone ever be arrested for violating this law? Just asking.

Feds may keep gun checks for 24 hours instead of 90 days: "

DANGER! DANGER! ANNUAL CHILD TOY ALERT.

'Tis the season for dangerous toy warnings. The Public Interest Research Group issued its 18th annual 'Trouble in Toyland' report Tuesday, while the Consumer Product Safety Commission was releasing its list of toys cited for safety recalls. Last week was the 31st annual presentation of the '10 Worst Toys List' from WATCH -- or World Against Toys Causing Harm.

You know the drill by now: toys that might choke a kid, toys that could put somebody's eye out, toys that could poison you if you chewed them up, many of the toys so obscure that you'll never see them on the shelves.

Today's dangerous toys pale to those of past

I$RA PRESUMPTIVE ENDORSED U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE RAUSCHENBERGER ON GUNS

llinois Leader: Let's move into the Second Amendment issue. Some of the candidates have been hesitant to answer because they say it is not a federal issue. I'd like to know what your thoughts are on the right to carry guns?

Rauschenberger: I voted for it - one of 29 senators to support it. I'm proud of my vote - the bill called for 27 and a half hours of firearm training, psychological evaluation and review by the head law enforcement official (of the relevant jurisdiction). It's reasonable for citizens to have the right to protect themselves.

Do some of these guys whine and try to say it's not a federal issue?

I voted against Richie Daley's Safe Neighborhoods - I think he's wrong. The communities with the most oppressive, constitutionally violative gun control are the ones with the highest crime."

Frankly I think it is the Illinois GOP that needs psych evaluation, not gun owners.

Illinois Conservative Politics: "

CANADA BUDGETS $2M FOR GUN REGISTRY. SPENDS $1B INSTEAD. IF IT SAVES EVEN ONE LIFE IT'S WORTH IT EH?

OTTAWA - Costs are piling up at the troubled federal firearms registry and could top the $1-billion mark a year earlier than originally forecast, government figures show.
The new expense numbers are contained in the most recent government estimates, which show the total program cost will rise to $814 million by next March, which marks the end of the 2003-04 fiscal year.

That figure doesn't include the $130 million in planned expenditures for the current year and other costs associated with the program, according to the opposition Canadian Alliance, which says the cost spiral is continuing unabated.

Last year, federal officials estimated the total cost of the registry, which was originally budgeted at $2 million, would hit $1 billion sometime in early 2005.

National Story - canada.com network

ANTI-GUNNERS PLAYED FOR FOOLS

I think this a very good cause, we must stop this needless killing with guns.

The type of Government for which we are striving will never come to pass untill the masses no longer have access to guns.

I have made a commitment to do what I can to show the world that we are apposed to guns in the hands of the people Therefore I will supply anyone who will stand up with me and post a sign at their front door that proclaims 'THIS IS A GUN FREE HOME' e-mail me for a free sign wildbill@usa.com

Thanks, Bill

Bill
Kennesaw, GA

T A P E S T R Y [view the tapestry]

WHERE'S THE CHICAGO TRANSIT POLICE WHEN YOU NEED THEM?

From the Chicago Tribune: Teen wounded as he rides bus

A 17-year-old boy was critically wounded Monday evening while riding northbound on the CTA's No. 91 bus, authorities said.

About a dozen passengers were on the bus at about 6:40 p.m. when the driver pulled to a stop in the 1800 block of North Austin Avenue and the shooting occurred. Officials said the shooting was apparently gang related.

Two passengers were being questioned at the Grand Central Area police station, police spokesman Matthew Jackson said. The victim was reported in critical condition in Mt. Sinai Hospital.


You should know that the Chicago Police Department has its own Transit Detail just to protect CTA trains and buses. They are the guys in the marked police car following the bus. How stupid! Why not put them undercover INSIDE the bus where they might actually witness a crime! I guess they were nowhere to be found at the time... What next metal detectors as you board a bus just like in the Chicago Public Schools? Chicago is DANGEROUS...stay out of there!

MILWAUKEE PAPER AT LEAST SUGGESTS POLICE SHOULD BE DISARMED

Law enforcement officers chasing a fleeing vehicle or making a traffic stop can obtain via police radio and computer all sorts of information about the automobile and its owner. But under the concealed-carry bill that Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed, records would be so hush-hush that officers would be barred from learning one vital fact: whether the driver in question has a license to carry a weapon.

This provision - regardless of how a lawmaker feels about the merits of giving ordinary citizens the right to carry hidden weapons - should be reason enough to uphold the veto. Contrary to what the gun lobby likes to imply, concealed-carry license holders aren't model citizens 100% of the time.

So, following the logic....since cops aren't model citizens 100% of the time...what should we do about them?

JS Online: Editorial: Another flaw in a gun law

TOWN TO PUNISH HUNTERS. I$RA A NO SHOW.

During Canada goose-hunting season, Karen Abry has grown accustomed to being awakened by shotgun blasts. But the Lake Zurich resident said she was recently shocked to see a wounded goose fall near a group of children waiting for a school bus.

'All of a sudden we were standing there, we hear a gunshot and then a goose falls from the sky about 3 feet from the bus stop,' said Abry, 36, who has four children. 'All the kids were screaming, and we were thinking, `Oh, my God, that could have hit one of us.'

We all know the I$RA is useless when it comes to gun rights, but they are real big on hunting and plinking. Why therefore was the I$RA a no show in Lake Zurich? As the I$RA sinks ever slowly into irrelevancy.

Chicago Tribune | Town up in arms over goose hunts

BIG DUMMIES PAY WHILE MAYOR TAKES THE CREDIT

Donate 'em: Daley donated an ambulance to the Ramakrishna Mission on behalf of the citizens of Chicago.

I am sure the mayor bought this ambulance with his own money....

Scoopsville . . .

NEGLIGENT CHICAGO COPS BACK ON THE JOB. RONYALE WHITE STILL DEAD.

Two Chicago cops returned to work Monday after the city decided not to fire them for responding too slowly to a 911 call from Ronyale White in the minutes before her estranged husband allegedly killed her.

Officers Donald E. Cornelious and Christopher Green will receive 'refresher' training at the police academy before returning to the street, said police spokesman David Bayless.

2 cops back on duty after fatal 911 fiasco

ANOTHER HIJACKING PREVENTED!

An Indiana man was arrested at O'Hare Airport on Monday after authorities found a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag.

Ban Peo, 37, of Goshen, Ind., was at the E & F checkpoint in Terminal 2 around noon when the semiautomatic, nickel-plated pistol with a three-inch barrel was found, officials said.

Passenger arrested after gun found in bag at O'Hare

HATE CRIME OR STUPID CRIME?

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- A bullet fired in the air during a Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony came down and struck a participant in the head, critically injuring him, authorities said.
Gregory Allen Freeman, 45, was charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment in the Saturday night incident that wounded Jeffery S. Murr, 24.

About 10 people, including two children, had gathered for the ceremony. The man who was being initiated was blindfolded, tied with a noose to a tree and shot with paintball guns as Freeman fired a pistol in the air to provide the sound of real gunfire, Sheriff Ed Graybeal said.

Gun fired in air at Klan rally wounds man

BIG DUMMY RAPIST LEAVES VICTIM HIS CELL PHONE TO DIAL 911

EVANSTON -- A 25-year-old woman was attacked Sunday evening in an attempted sexual assault while she was jogging in northwest Evanston, police said.

The woman--who unlike the victims of recent Evanston attacks was not a student--was running along the 3000 block of Central Street at 6 p.m. when a man approached her from behind, attempting to start a conversation. He then dragged her to a nearby auto repair shop, police Cmdr. Michael Perry said.

'He told her to shut up or he'll cut her throat,' Perry said. The assailant punched the woman in the face as the two struggled. He fled, leaving behind a cell phone.

Chicago Tribune | Female jogger attacked; cell phone left at scene

MUST READING FOR WOMEN IN CHICAGO!

With the rash of sexual assaults in Chicago and the perpetrator still at large...

Against a rapist By Massad Ayoob

Can you use lethal force in self-defense against a rapist? The answer, of course, is yes. Deadly force is permissible only in a situation of “immediate, otherwise unavoidable danger of death or great bodily harm.” No victim of rape has ever submitted unless the attacker clearly or implicitly gave her (or, sometimes, him) the choice of compliance or “immediate, otherwise unavoidable danger of death or great bodily harm.” These concepts mesh rather clearly.

It’s most clear-cut when the attacker is shot during the actual assault. In a Los Angeles case, the rapist grabbed a woman on the street and was forcing her to the ground and attempting the rape when she drew her miniature Freedom Arms .22 Magnum, shoved the muzzle into his chest, and inflicted a swiftly-fatal contact wound. The sympathetic District Attorney’s office ruled the shooting itself a justifiable homicide, and allowed her to plead guilty to a misdemeanor with no time served for illegally carrying a concealed and loaded handgun.


Women in Chicago, and anywhere else for that matter should read the FULL article at the link above. Please, do it! You can defend yourself from rape with a handgun. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. More women need to support the push for a concealed carry law in Illinois. It is also recommended reading for Cook County State's Attorney Dick Devine and his staff. You guys down there need to know when NOT to prosecute!

KANSAS TOWN RESIDENTS REQUIRED TO HAVE GUNS AND AMMO

GEUDA SPRINGS, Kan. -- Residents of this tiny south-central Kansas community have passed an ordinance requiring most households to have guns and ammunition.

Noncomplying residents would be fined $10 under the ordinance, passed 3-2 earlier this month by City Council members who thought it would help protect the town of 210 people. Those who suffer from physical or mental disabilities, paupers and people who conscientiously oppose firearms would be exempt.

'This ordinance fulfills the duty to protect by allowing each individual householder to provide for his or her protection,' said Councilman John Brewer.
'This is simply using the U.S. Constitution - Second Amendment in particular - to the city of Geuda Springs' advantage.'"

Of course, you have the usual whiners.

Seattle-Post

PRO GUN RESTAURANT IN LAKE COUNTY. CHECK IT OUT!

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Hickory House BBQ and Catering Company of Grayslake

PATRIOT FIGHTS SEAT BELT LAW IN COURT. NO BIG DUMMY HE!

WOODSTOCK – Ken Prazak stood outside a McHenry County courtroom with his arms crossed and a huge smile across his face.

'It's a madhouse in there,' he said of Judge Suzanne Mangiomele's traffic courtroom. 'I bet a good minority of those people in there are for seat-belt violations. It's just crazy.'
And it is exactly what he hopes to eliminate.

Prazak has filed two motions to dismiss a $25 seat-belt ticket on the grounds that the law is unconstitutional.

Northwest Herald Online: ""

BIG DUMMY ROBS CHICAGO COP

Clearly, he didn't do his research.

Police say an armed man tried to pull a stickup at a West Side ATM about 3 a.m. Saturday.

Except he picked an ATM just a stone's throw from the Fraternal Order of Police building in the 1400 block of West Washington.

And the man making a withdrawal was a Chicago police vice sergeant.

And he was on duty.

The would-be robber allegedly approached the sergeant, brandished a handgun and took his money, said Officer Matt Jackson of News Affairs.

The sergeant announced he was a police officer and 'was able to push the offender aside,' falling to the ground in the process, Jackson said. The sergeant fired two shots in self-defense, Jackson said.

Isn't it nice the officer had a gun? Now if you do the exact same thing....Class IV Felony for you.

Would-be robber picks cop as victim

BIG DUMMY LOSER RANTS ABOUT GUN DEALERS

Poor Milton P. Klein. It is understandable that he would have felt moody this time of year as he remembered his role in selling the gun used in the death of JFK. But I am having a hard time managing any sympathy, as your front page article seems to aspire to ['How the rifle that killed JFK haunted a Chicago family,' Nov. 16].

As a gun dealer, Klein got a chance to see the result of his profession played out for all the world to see. But what about the role he may have played in any other anonymous gun deaths? Milton seems to have been able to sleep well for most of the year, knowing that he was making a living off of selling guns to folks of lesser notoriety. Were any of these sales linked to crimes or tragedies or murders? It's doubtful anyone will ever know. But I'm sure there was, and continues to be, enough bloodshed to make nearly every day a moody one for gun dealers past and present. At least, the ones with a conscience.

Danny Higgins,
Logan Square

As a gun dealer I feel as responsible for gun deaths as car dealers do for vehicular homicide.

Why must we pay too much for drugs?

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF LIFE IN BIG DUMMY LAND, THE ARMED ROBBERS PARADISE

NORTHWEST SIDE -- A suspected ring of armed robbers targeting jewelry salesmen in Chicago may have struck again, seizing gold and stone-studded earrings worth between $80,000 and $120,000, police said.

Five men speaking both English and Spanish and carrying handguns waited until two salesmen left the Karmina Jewelry store, 3610 W. Irving Park Rd., just before 7 p.m. Friday, police said.

Chicago Tribune | Jewel thieves rob 2 salesmen

6 BIG DUMMIES MURDERED SO FAR THIS WEEKEND...MAYOR DALEY REPORTED SAFE

Chicago police were investigating six weekend homicides Saturday, including two women found dead in their West Side homes and a Kansas man fatally shot on the Southeast Side.

Chicago Tribune | Cops probe 6 slayings in Chicago

LAKE COUNTY ILLINOIS CONDUCTS ILLEGAL GUN BUY-BACK

Marcial Rodriguez is putting his money where his heart is.

The owner of A Emergency Fire Board-Up service in Gurnee is the major bank-roller of this year's Lake County Gun Buy-Back Program.

'I believe the police are doing this for the safety and the benefit of our children, and I am more than willing to help with that,' Rodriguez said. 'If getting unwanted guns out of homes in Lake County keeps even one child from being needlessly hurt, then it is worth every penny.'

"This is an excellent example of the inclusive nature of law enforcement in Lake County," Chief Bruce Johnson said. "This operation will prevent guns from potentially reaching the hands of someone who will purposely or accidentally cause a family to endure a severe tragedy."

The Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence estimates a gun kept in the home is 22 times more likely to be used in a homicide, suicide or unintentional shooting than in self-defense. More than 28,600 Americans died in 2000 as a result of gun violence.

Firearms being turned in must be unloaded and transported in the trunk of the car. When you arrive at the police station, leave the gun in the trunk, go inside and an officer will come out to retrieve the gun.

Rodriguez said he is donating $5,000 to fund the buyback, a large amount of money unless, he says, the proper context is considered.

"Our children are priceless," Rodriguez said. "If even one mother does not have to feel the pain of a child lost to a gun that did not need to be out there, the money is well spent."

Reported by:Tony Gordon Daily Herald Legal Affairs Writer

The below was sent by CC, INC. to the Daily Herald reporter, his editors, Mr. Marcial Rodriguez, the Lake County State's Attorney, the Lake County Sheriff and the Chicago Division of the BATFE:

Dear Mr. Gordon and Editors:

As a Federal Firearms License holder I am a bit distressed by your November 22d article on the Lake County gun buyback on a number of criminal levels. In fact I believe the Daily Herald may have given it's readers advice that could land them in jail on a Class 3 felony at worst or a Class A misdemeanor at best.

Your article states that the police want the guns brought to the station in the trunk of the car but make no mention of the need for a Firearms Owner ID (FOID) card. The Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) is clear on this, not having a FOID means anyone bringing a gun to the police is committing a Class A Misdemeanor. If they have more than one gun or are not eligible for a FOID the charge becomes a Class 3 Felony. Those who have a stray gun laying around are unlikely to have a FOID. Are the police simply going to look the other way? What does the Lake County State's Attorney say about this?

Some may take the Daily Herald article as legal advice and those transporting to the gun buyback could easily be doing so through other jurisdictions. Residents of Cook County come to mind. I assure you Cook County does not take the lax approach that Lake County evidently does toward Illinois gun laws.

Now it is one thing for the police to have a gun turned in to them, it's another to engage in commercial firearms transactions. Just who has the Federal Firearms License here? Mr. Marcial Rodriguez? Chief Bruce Johnson? I'd like to know and I'm sure the BATFE would too.

And what about record keeping? Let's leave the BATFE record keeping aside, under the ILCS the person causing the transfer must keep a record for 10 years. If two years from now some LEO knocks on their door to inquire about the gun turned it, they better have the record available. That record must include the transferees FOID number.

Lastly, the ICHV used to say a gun in the home was 43 times more likely to cause the death of a family member. Now they say 22 times more likely. I am wondering if you got their source for this data and if so would share it with me as I can't find anything to support their claim. I do hope the Daily Herald checked this "fact." I do know that Gary Kleck documented that guns used defensively resulted in the death of the perpetrator only 0.1% of the time which would indicate to me that a gun is far more likely to stop a crime than to kill a family member.

Yours, etc.

John Birch
President
Concealed Carry, Inc.

You can email Legal Affairs Reporter Tony Gordon at tgordon@dailyherald, the Daily Herald at editorial@dailyherald.com, Marcial Rodriguez at marcialprfun@aol.com ,
the Lake County State's Attorney at StatesAttorney@co.lake.il.us, the Lake County Sheriff at GDelre@co.lake.il.us and the Chicago Division of the BATF at ChicagoDiv@atf.treas.gov

Full Daily Herald Story

CHICAGO STILL TOPS IN MURDERS. MAYOR DALEY SAFE.

Although homicides are down more than 5 percent this year, Chicago still leads the country with 544 slayings, and the Police Department has hired a retired detective to review unsolved cases in hopes of raising the department's dismal 40 percent clearance rate.

Chicago Tribune | Slayings down, but city tops U.S.

DEM'S AIM TO KEEP BUSH OFF BALLOT IN ILLINOIS UNLESS THEIR MISDEEDS ARE FORGIVEN AND MORE BIG DUMMIES ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE

SPRINGFIELD -- President Bush's spot on next year's Illinois ballot was threatened Friday after the state Senate killed a Democratic bid linking next year's presidential race with a controversial plan to forgive steep election fines against scores of Democrats.

After quietly passing out of the House late Thursday, the omnibus elections package failed 27-23 in the Senate Friday, falling seven votes shy of the 30 needed to pass. Seven senators who voted for the bill faced pending election fines of up to $55,000. All were Democrats.

But in turning back the proposal, Republicans may have given their standard bearer in next year's elections a case of political heartburn.

In order to be on the Illinois ballot, state law requires that President Bush certify his candidacy for president in late August. But he won't be nominated by his party until Sept. 2, the last day of the Republican convention in New York City. The bill would have waived that filing deadline for Bush.

Democrats thumped their chests and taunted Senate Republicans for refusing to endorse the Bush provision and the rest of the package, including a change permitting the same type of flawed paper ballots to be counted in Illinois that the GOP fought against in Florida to hand Bush the 2000 presidency.

"Perhaps you don't want us to have a target because I want to go after him [for] destroying the economy [and] triggering the . . . war," bellowed Senate President Emil Jones (D-Chicago).

"I'm still looking for the weapons of mass destruction . . . in his personal war. It's ridiculous. I want him on the ballot," Jones said.

"I called the various news organizations that had colored charts in the 2000 presidential campaign and suggested they color in Illinois to whatever color there is for Democrats because we won," said Steve Brown, a spokesman for House Speaker and Illinois Democratic Party Chairman Michael Madigan.

Madigan's aide said Democratic lawmakers might revisit the issue next spring but likely would again try to tie the election fines, dimpled chads and more relaxed mail-in voting rules to Bush's ballot dilemma.

The part of Friday's bill that turned Republicans blue in the face was the provision granting the bipartisan Illinois State Board of Elections greater leniency in dismissing pending fines against dozens of mostly Democratic campaign funds for violating disclosure requirements.

A 1999 ethics law imposed tough sanctions against politicians who were slow in filing campaign documents with the election agency, resulting in fines as high as $797,600 -- a levy imposed against Democratic Secretary of State Jesse White.

The secretary's office insisted White -- who has yet to pay anything for violating the 1999 law --had nothing to do with having the fine-waiver language inserted in this week's election bill.

"I feel comfortable our candidate will be on the ballot. If not, we'll have the most active write-in campaign in the history of the country here in Illinois," said Senate Minority Leader Frank Watson (R-Greenville).

Bush could be absent from ballot here

REPORT ON "TAKE BACK ILLINOIS"

On Nov 6, CCRA board member Jim Whitmore and I attended a meeting of TAKE BACK ILLINOIS at West City just north of Marion, IL. I spent the morning driving the back roads of southern Il, searching for gun stores who would like to receive CCRA’s GUN NEWS monthly newspaper. This of course, after unloading and disassembling my personal protection at the state line. Take Back Illinois is a coalition of likeminded conservative organizations and individuals working together on agreed issues of gun rights, property rights, morality issues and education matters. The TAKE BACK ILLINOIS Second Amendment Committee is headed up by Mac McWilliams of Findley IL (tbi2a@frontiernet.net) who organized and hosted the meeting.

This is one of several meetings Mac is holding around the state pointing out the need for a statewide gun rights organization. TAKE BACK ILLINOIS Second Amendment Committee appears to be solely a political organization with grassroots training in grassroots organizing and profiling elected officials designed to promote the political agenda of the pro-gun community, with CCW being a major goal. I was glad to see long time friend GARY WALLACE, ‘ol’ reliable from Mt Vernon’ at the meeting.

Much of the meeting was conducted by Mr. Norman Davis of TAKE BACK KENTUCKY, from Clarkson KY (ndavis@aispc.net) upon which Mac has modeled his organization. Norman spoke of the successes and work of the TBK group. Its pro-gun success is in part due to it dove-tailing it’s effort with like-minded groups when possible. This includes such types of groups as home schooling, personal land rights, and other similar groups to leverage their political clout when possible. Overall they appear to have had some respectable successes.

I was most impressed by the amount of research Mac had done in profiling politicians and their pro-gun (or lack of) voting record. This is the real tool needed to tell the difference from the politician who only provides us lip service to those who really believe in the second amendment. It was from Mac that I heard about State Senator John O. Jones (Mt. Vernon) who introduced SB1888, a not too bad of a CCW bill for Illinois. I also learned of a provision of the FOID law 430 ILCS 65/16 which allows for voters to petition for the RECALL of the FOID act. This is all information I wish I had had in time to make a difference, information I expect a state-wide organization to provide it’s members. In light of the continued collapse of I$RA, I think Mac is right. The time has come for IL to be served by a statewide pro-gun organization. Perhaps we CAN all come together and be trained in how to organize effectively, and work as a unified coalition before we lose all of our gun rights via Senate Bill 1195 in the Illinois Legislature or a future similar bill.

We need Take Back Illinois and Take Back Illinois needs us. We all have much to offer each other and the time has come to do this.

REPORTED BY: Tom Menner

Posted By John Birch, President, Concealed Carry, Inc. Comments welcome: john@concealcarry.org

I$RA BLOWS MORE MEMBER $$'s ON LAWYERS INSTEAD OF ON GUN RIGHTS

The I$RA has responded to the reporting of the $98K that went to the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence.

Now the response of accountable people would have been for heads to roll at the I$RA. But in true KIM Jong-Il fashion, the problem isn't with the I$RA leadership or even the rubber stamp board of directors. No, the problem is the MESSENGER!

We don't have a copy of the letter the high priced, member paid for, attornies for the I$RA sent, but we are promised it soon and will send a .pdf out to everyone as soon as we get it.

Keep on sending that money into the I$RA and they will forward it on to the ICHV or lawyers.

In the mean time the below is from John Boch, Editor of GUNnews.

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And so the letter from the law firm arrives.

You know you are effective when folks threaten "legal action" for shining the bright light of truth on them.

Well, the Illinois State Rifle Association's Board of Directors apparently met at the November meeting and decided to squander additional precious assets on hiring expensive big-name law firms to attempt to intimidate GunNews Editor John Boch, Champaign County Rifle Association, Inc. and CCRA President Roger Dorsett.

Roger called me tonight and read me a letter dated November 18, 2003 in which the ISRA's law firm gave CCRA officials until November 20th, 2003 to announce intentions to publish a retraction of the story published in November 2003's GunNews Magazine about the ISRA's $98,000 payout to the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence.

The law firm claims the story was entirely incorrect and demands a full and complete retraction or...

Or the ISRA will publish that letter from the law firm in the Illinois Shooter! [I'm not going to sleep for a week!]

Here's my initial counter offer, if ISRA would like to buy a full page ad in GunNews, I'll give them a full page ad anywhere inside the publication... their choice... to reproduce that letter. Make the check for $150 out to Champaign County Rifle Association or "GSL.com" if our full name represents too many letters to spell out.

Seems a lot cheaper than the hourly billing that ISRA is going to get for their law firm's partners to read the letter I'm fixing to send off to them. Let's see, a half-dozen lawyers times an hour or two (or more to research citations) times $200 per hour...

Not to worry. We have zero legal exposure as we verified every piece of information with at least two sources and furthermore, we sought comment from ISRA on the facts as we believed them to be from two separate directions and received no response or comment.

It's interesting enough that Mr. Pearson and ISRA did not use Mr. David Wheeler, Attorney-at-Law, to draft this latest threat. If you recall, he is the big-shot Chicago attorney who in 2001, either committed a Class 3 Felony of Intimidation or was incompetent at the practice of law reference a threatened suit against CCRA and me for publishing Mr. Pearson's Stipulation and Consent Order (about some alleged "irregularities" in his manner of doing business at his insurance company.)

So, there you go.

I'll scan the letter and send a .pdf soon. Roger's going to give it to me tomorrow.

Thanks for reading.

John Boch
Editor
GunNews Magazine




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John Boch
templar223@insightbb.com
Certified Pistol and Personal Protection Instructor

Vice-President, Champaign Co. Rifle Assoc.
Editor, GunNews Magazine

Visit http://www.gunssavelife.com

Posted By John Birch, President, Concealed Carry, Inc. Comments welcome: john@concealcarry.org

HE'S BACK...LOOKS LIKE CHICAGO'S SEXUAL ATTACKER HAS CHANGED NEIGHBORHOODS

Sex assault in Lawndale similar to other attacks

Previous crimes were on N. Side

By Glenn Jeffers
Tribune staff reporter
Published November 21, 2003

A 26-year-old North Lawndale woman who was headed home early Wednesday was grabbed from behind, beaten and sexually assaulted by a man believed to be responsible for eight sexual assaults or other attacks on the North Side since August, police said Thursday.

"These are very specific acts; this is all pointing toward one individual," police spokesman Pat Camden said.

The woman was returning to her home in the 2700 block of West 16th Street about 3 a.m. Wednesday when she was attacked, police said. She was dragged down a gangway into an alley behind her home, beaten and sexually assaulted.


Still no mention of guns for the ladies. Let them suffer while pols like Mayor Daley and Jesse White have a gang of armed guards. And you wonder why we call Chicagoans Big Dummies. Now contrast this story with the one below. We keep saying concealed carry and guns at home benefit women and the elderly most.

ROBBER MAKES DEATH WISH COME TRUE

A man in north St. Louis County was home watching 'Death Wish,' a movie about a vigilante who hunts down criminals, when he saw his wife held hostage by a robber holding shears at her neck.

Allowed to get his wallet, the homeowner retrieved his pistol instead and shot the intruder to death, county police said Wednesday after sorting out details of the previous evening's incident.

STLtoday - News - St. Louis City / County

The Identity of the stiff, I mean the deceased, is revealed here.

COP VESTS NEED SOME RE-WORKING...

Illinois officials have joined law enforcement agencies across the country in an investigation of a Michigan manufacturer of bulletproof vests--thousands of which may be worn by Illinois police officers--that the firm now acknowledges may not stop bullets

Chicago Tribune | Doubts rise on cop vest safety

US ARMY GENERAL SUGGESTS US CONSTITUTION MAY BE SCRAPPED IN WMD ATTACK

“It means the potential of a weapon of mass destruction and a terrorist, massive, casualty-producing event somewhere in the Western world – it may be in the United States of America – that causes our population to question our own Constitution and to begin to militarize our country in order to avoid a repeat of another mass, casualty-producing event. Which in fact, then begins to unravel the fabric of our Constitution. Two steps, very, very important.”

Gen. Tommy Franks didn’t speculate about how soon such an event might take place.

Already, critics of the U.S. Patriot Act, rushed through Congress in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, have argued that the law aims to curtail civil liberties and sets a dangerous precedent.
But Franks’ scenario goes much further. He is the first high-ranking official to openly speculate that the Constitution could be scrapped in favor of a military form of government.

Gen. Franks Doubts Constitution Will Survive WMD Attack

SUPPORT THE AR-15 RAFFLE! JUST TAKES AN EMAIL!

In reference to the raffle for the Rock River Arms Elite Carute .223, the Quad Cities Law Enforcement Officers memorial is meeting early next week to discuss this matter. All questions, comments and concerns can be forwarded to :

qcpolicememorial@yahoo.com

Thank you for all your support in this matter.

Quad Cities Law Enforcement Officers memorial: ""

GUN RIGHTS POLL BY HARRIS

Click on WEEKLY POLL at top right of screen.

COULD THIS APPLY TO GUN ARRESTS TOO....?

A traffic stop does not give police license to conduct a full-fledged criminal investigation, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday in two different cases.

The court reversed a marijuana conviction of Roy Caballes, who was stopped for driving 71 mph in a 65 mph zone on Interstate 80. While a state trooper wrote him a warning ticket, another trooper walked a drug-sniffing dog around his car.

In 100% of the cases referred to Concealed Carry, Inc. the citizen arrested on a technical violation of Illinois Gun Law was arrested as a result of a traffic stop. I cannot tell you enough that when you are in a traffic stop condition DO NOT COOPERATE with any search of your car. DO NOT ADMIT NOR DENY the presence of firearms. Do NOT let the police escalate a traffic stop into criminal weapons investigation.

Illinois Supreme Court curbs police powers in car searches

IL GOP REWARDS TRAITORS AND SLOTHS IN IT'S MIDST.

OPINION -- As I reviewed the listing of Delegate and Alternate Delegate selections to the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City, as posted on the Illinois Leader, I could see why the State Party has not gone to great lengths to publicize the selections.

The mega-rich and powerfully connected, like Republican National Committeeman Bob Kjellander's lobbying partner Bill Cellini, were selected. Liberal elected officials like Congressman Judy Biggert, and State Representatives Rosemary Mulligan and Sidney Mathias were tapped. So was the son of double-dipping State Senator/Vernon Township Supervisor William Peterson, Mark Peterson.

Illinois Conservative Politics

ILLINOIS GOP CONTINUES TO BE BITCH SLAPPED BY DEMOCRATS....AND THEY HAVE IT COMING. BIG DUMMY GOP

SPRINGFIELD--In a delicious political irony, House Republicans were forced to go to great lengths Thursday to ensure that President Bush's name gets on the Illinois ballot next year -- and Mayor Daley's early-retirement package hung in the balance.

The price the House GOP paid to benefit Bush meant voting to spare Democrat Secretary of State Jesse White steep election fines. Plus, they had to agree to Democratic demands to permit the same type of flawed paper ballots to be counted in Illinois that Republicans fought against in Florida to hand Bush the 2000 presidency.

GOP lawmakers pay dearly to get Bush on ballot

JESSE WHITE BEING CALLED OUT BY ERIC ZORN

THREAT WATCH

Secretary of State Jesse White's office referred me to the Illinois State Police when I called Monday to challenge White's letter to the Tribune.

In that letter, White responded to my criticism of his bodyguard detail by writing:

'I suspend and revoke more than 500,000 driver's licenses a year....Upon receiving notice for suspension or revocation, many of these drivers become angry and make threats, often approaching me in public...My life has been threatened on several occasions....'

Really? I asked to see documentation-- police reports and other paperwork -- on these purported threats. How serious and how common are they? What happens to the people who make them? Or is White just grossly exaggerating this 'problem' in order to justify the image-enhancing presence of a phalanx of bodyguards.

The state police asked me to file a Freedom of Information Act request via fax for the information, which I did. So far, nothing.

Chicago Tribune | Eric Zorn's Notebook

US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BLOWS $50M ON GUN LOCK GIVE AWAY!

A group called Project Child Safe knows that a gun lock makes it impossible for a child to shoot a gun accidentally. That's why the group drove to police departments all over the Illinois Quad Cities distributing gun locks.

On Wednesday morning, Silvis received 400 locks and if you want one, all you have to do is ask.

Each lock is usually around $15 but instead, they are being made available at no charge thanks to a $50 million grant from the justice department.

I wonder what Republican owns this gun lock company?

Free Gun Locks Available in the QCA

WISCONSIN GOVERNORS VETO OVERRIDE RESTS ON FOUR DEMOCRATS.....THIS SHOULB BE INTERESTING!

Madison - Gov. Jim Doyle's veto of a concealed weapons bill Tuesday shot the emotional issue back to four Senate Democrats, who will decide whether the Senate takes the first step toward overriding the governor.

The four Democrats - Bob Wirch of Kenosha, Julie Lassa of Stevens Point, Mark Meyer of La Crosse and Russ Decker of Schofield - weren't saying Tuesday how they will vote when the Senate takes up the governor's veto in December.

It will take 22 of the 33 senators to override the veto, and all 18 Republicans are expected to again back legalizing concealed weapons, as are two other Democrats besides the four in question. The 99-member Assembly will get a chance to override the governor only if the Senate does so first.

No Legislature has overridden a veto of a Wisconsin governor since October 1985..........

JS Online

TEENS HAVE SOLUTION TO GUN VIOLENCE IN WISCONSIN

We are angry at the legislators who voted in favor of this bill. We expect them, as our leaders, to care about our best interests and to help keep us safe. More guns will not help us. We know that. Why don't they?

Zoinishiayia Hardy
for members of TITE-GV
Milwaukee

Hmmm, Zoinishiayia will make a fine little Nazi one day.

JS Online: The Morning Mail: ""

CHICAGO DESK COPS EAGER TO DO DRUG WORK

It was the buzz among beat cops before their roll calls Wednesday.

It was on the minds of old-timers rounding out their career in administrative jobs -- and whose last arrests were years, or even decades, ago.

Desk cops eager to hit streets: "

MY PICK FOR US SENATE FOR IL: JONATHAN WRIGHT

Jonathan Wright

Position statement: Gun Control

I support the right of law-abiding citizens to own guns. I also support the right of law-abiding citizens to carry concealed guns. Most states in this country have some form of concealed carry laws and the statistics bear out the reality that these laws have a positive impact to reduce crime.

He also seems to have REAL conservative values. I hope you will consider supporting Mr. Wright. As a Republican Precinct committeeman, I will be supporting him. He will need real grass roots support.

MO SUPREMES SET JANUARY COURT DATE FOR CCW HEARING

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A judge's decision striking down Missouri's new concealed guns law on constitutional grounds was "unprecedented" and "absurd," the attorney general's office argued Wednesday while asking the Missouri Supreme Court to uphold the law and declare it effective immediately.

The Supreme Court set a Jan. 22 hearing for the appeal.....

Kansas City Star

Americans and guns: Slaughter on the streets demands we outlaw possession of handguns

There is a national debate about handgun ownership and concealed carry. Although I have read some of the vast literature on the subject, I do not profess to know all sides to this debate. I do not own a firearm. Nevertheless, I think we need to consider passing legislation to outlaw the private ownership of handguns.

Americans own at least 200 million firearms. Every year tens of thousands of people in this country are killed by guns, and many more are wounded. Today, more people are killed by gunfire than auto accidents. The majority of these murders, suicides and accidents are the result of handguns.

This is an article written by Stephen C. Richards is an associate professor of criminology at Northern Kentucky University and co-author of "Behind Bars: Surviving Prison and Convict Criminology."

It is so full of inaccuracies and just plain BS it is sickening. He pretty much says it all in the first paragraph. He doesn't have a clue!

Email the big dummy

The Kentucky Post

CC NEWS: ANTI'S ASK FOR WAR OVER AR-15. WE OBLIGE.

Symbolic things can mean a lot.

This brings me to Detective Gene Karzin's efforts to fun the Quad City Law Enforcement Memorial.

http://www.qcpolicememorial.com/

If you already know the details of what is going on please skip down to our MESSAGE TO ANTI-GUNNERS below otherwise, read on.

Det. Karzin and his board decided to raffle off an AR-15 to raise money for their memorial. Tickets are only $5. But this has the anti-gunners all atwitter and wetting their pants. Never mind that only one cop statewide in 44 years has been killed with a gun like this. The anti-gunners see this raffle as a litmus test of renewing the Assault Weapons Ban. So do we.

They want Det. Karzin to raffle off a hunting rifle instead. So far Det. Karzin has been able to tell them to go pound sand. Heck, a guy like deserves our help don't you think?

Below are press story links you might find interesting for full background and to read the BS that Det. Karzin is putting up with.

Some quotes:

http://www.qconline.com/archives/qco/sections.cgi?prcss=display&id=174459

Despite claims to the contrary, there is nothing ironic, unusual or immoral about raffling off a semi-automatic rifle to raise money for a police memorial, say members of the committee conducting the raffle.

Gene Karzin, president of the Quad Cities Law Enforcement Memorial Committee, said the fundraiser is aimed primarily at fellow police officers who might like to have a rifle for use on duty.

The gun in question is a CAR UTE Elite, a .223-caliber semi-automatic rifle manufactured by Rock River Arms Inc. of Colona. The military-style weapon has been called an ``assault rifle'' by gun-control advocates and in a broadcast-media report aired Wednesday.

``It's not what they're portraying it as,'' he said. ``It's a legal weapon you can buy at any gun store in the Quad-Cities. It is not fully automatic. We couldn't raffle off a banned weapon, or I'd have to put myself in jail.''

Tom (sic) Mannard, executive director of the Chicago-based Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, said guns like the CAR UTE Elite may not be on the banned list, but they basically are cloned replicas of assault rifles that are, like the Colt AR-15.

Mr. Mannard said the fact that it is being raffled off to help fund a memorial dedicated to officers killed in the line of duty is disturbing.

``To raffle off a gun used, more often than not, to kill innocent people, and particularly law-enforcement officers, is pretty misguided,'' he said. ``To raise money for a memorial is wonderful, but you'd hate to see an officer's name go up on that memorial because they're killed by an AR-15 or a similar weapon.''

That's highly unlikely, said Det. Karzin.

``Only one officer in the last 44 years has been killed by a weapon of this sort in the state of Illinois,'' he said.

``I don't find it ironic at all,'' he said of the raffle. ``This gun is not going to kill anybody. We'll follow the letter of the law in whoever we give it to.''
http://www.whbf.com/Global/story.asp?S=1530876&nav=0zGoJCSJ

"We respectfully respect that the QC law enforcement reconsider it's choice of an AR15 rifle as a raffle prize to raise money for a memorial to recognize officers killed in the line of duty," says Thom Mennard (sic) of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence.
The AR15 assault rifle to be raffled off is legal but that's not the issue for Bryan Miller. he lost his only brother to an assault rifle. He is determined to keep what he calls a 'cop killing firearm' out of the public's hands.

"I'm sorry," says Bryan. "I mean no disrespect but offer something other than a gun that kills police officers."

The raffle was supposed to last until February, but anti-gun violence activists are now offering a hunting rifle to raffle off instead.

OUR MESSAGE TO THE ANTI-GUNNERS - IN PARTICULAR THE ILLINOIS COUNCIL AGAINST HANDGUN VIOLENCE:

If you succeed in getting Detective Karzin to not raffle off an AR-15 and substitute with a hunting rifle or shotgun, we will hold our own AR-15 raffle. In fact I will ask every gun club in Illinois to hold a raffle of an AR-15 for the Quad Cities Law Enforcement Memorial.

Concealed Carry, Inc. has a Federal Firearms License and we wield it to get AR-15's at COST for any organization wishing to raffle one off. We will also transfer the weapon to raffle winners with NO TRANSFER FEE.

Unless the Anti's back off I promise AR-15 Raffles in Illinois are going to be as common as Starbuck's. Now you are on notice, YOU CANNOT AND WILL NOT WIN. It is just that simple.

END OF MESSAGE

Want to buy a raffle ticket?

QC Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
316 16th Street
Rock Island, Il 61201-8626

$5 per ticket. Include your name, address and phone number. A stamped self-addressed return envelope would be nice, but not mandatory.

CONTACT INFO:

John Birch
President
Concealed Carry, Inc.
PO BOX 4597
OAK BROOK IL 60522-4597
Tel: 630 660-3935 Fax: 815 327-1152
Web: www.concealcarry.org
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DESK BOUND CHICAGO COPS TO START EARNING THEIR PAY

One thousand Chicago Police officers -- some of whom have not been on regular street duty in years -- were ordered Tuesday to come out from behind their desks to disrupt open-air drug markets that Mayor Daley said create a 'climate of fear' akin to terrorism.

All officers not assigned to a beat, tactical or detective car will 'take their turn in the field' one week out of every five. The assignments are expected to begin early next month at 100 of Chicago's most active drug markets, according to newly appointed Police Supt. Phil Cline.

That includes officers in the motor maintenance, records, medical, personnel, training, evidence and recovery sections, as well as those on the personal staffs assigned to police brass.

1,000 desk cops to hit the street

WISCONSIN GOVERNOR REMAINS TRUE TO LIBERAL ROOTS. VETOES CCW.

Gov. Jim Doyle's veto of a concealed weapons bill Tuesday shot the emotional issue back to four Senate Democrats, who will decide whether the Senate takes the first step toward overriding the governor.

As he posed for news photographers, Doyle announced his veto in front of about 60 uniformed sheriffs, deputies, police officers and state troopers at Dane County Law Enforcement Training Center.

The Senate sponsor of the bill, Sen. Dave Zien (R-Eau Claire), said Doyle's veto protects criminals who carried out more than 12,000 violent crimes in Wisconsin last year.

"Apparently, Governor Doyle thinks that is an acceptable level of victims," Zien said.

Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Kansas and Nebraska are the only five states that don't allow citizens to carry concealed weapons.

The veto was praised by the National Association of Social Workers; the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence; a group of owners of Wisconsin Dells-area businesses; law-enforcement groups that included the Wisconsin Troopers' Association and the Wisconsin Sheriffs & Deputy Sheriffs Association; the Wisconsin Counties Association; and the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families.

The message I am getting here is that everytime a Law Enforcement group calls me or writes asking for money I am going to tell them (or attach a note) that they will get their money when I get my CCW Law. Until then, pound sand.

JS Online: Senate's gun veto override rests on 4: "

HAND GUN SAVES TWO LIVES

“I don’t know if we’re heroes,” Mercuri, 40, said. “I’m just glad no one was hurt, they didn’t get any money and the police got them.”

Rockford Register Star - Rockford's Newspaper and Website - Local & State News

SO MUCH FOR 'GIVE THEM THE MONEY AND YOU WON'T BE HARMED'

From the Chicago Tribune: 3 men held as holdup suspects, gas station clerk, store cashier shot

Three men were being held in lieu of at least $3 million bail each in connection with two holdups in which a North Chicago liquor store cashier and a Zion gas station clerk were shot, police said Monday.

"I think it was coldblooded," North Chicago Police Cmdr. Walter Holderbaum said of the shootings. "It seemed to be brutal. They did not hesitate to shoot them."

In the first holdup, a man walked into Ratajack's Liquor Store in the 900 block of 14th Street in North Chicago about 10 p.m. Friday wearing a black hood and a red bandanna, Holderbaum said. After demanding money, the man shot the cashier before he could respond, Holderbaum said. The robber fled without taking any money.

In the second robbery, a man entered Jim's Amoco Food Shop in the 2100 block of Lewis Avenue in Zion about 1 a.m. Saturday, ordered the clerk to lie on the floor and shot him in the head, said Zion Police Chief Doug Malcolm. The robber stole an undetermined amount of money, authorities said. The clerk was treated and released, authorities said.

A co-owner of the North Chicago liquor store whose 22-year-old nephew was shot in the robbery said Monday she was determined not to let the crime put her out of business.

"They're not going to chase me off," Cathy Rodriguez said. "You can't lose the hope to get better."

Gas station attendant and liquor store clerk, two of the most dangerous, low paying jobs out there. Wake up people, is your life worth a $6/hr job? There are many small, pocket handguns you can carry that NO ONE will know you have. You can carry a gun in IL in your fixed place of business. Just make sure you transport it properly to and from your home (unloaded, in a case and you MUST have an FOID card). The choice is yours, getting shot unarmed for what's in the register or having a chance to defend yourself. If you shoot a perpetrator, you will probably be fired, or would you rather just die? Kahr, North American Arms, and Keltec have great little guns! Make sure you get your FOID from the Illinois State Police(download form here). Make sure you understand IL law and check with your local police chief (don't bother in Chicago though). Learn how to operate your gun safely. The life you save can be your own!

INNOCENTS BETRAYED: A REVIEW OF A GRISLY MOVIE. MUST SEE.

Yes Innocents Betrayed (IB) is grisly, inhuman and even obscene. I would rate the movie an R bordering on X. Yep, there is nudity galore. More nude people in this movie then probably any movie I have seen. Only thing is they are all dead. Shot, clubbed, hung, amputated...you get the point.

IB was filmed in such garden spots as Stalinist Ukraine, Hitler's final solution camps, Cambodia, Rwanda and Idi Amin's Ugandan paradise.

On this global tour you will see film and pictures I didn't even know existed. Find out first hand what fun it is to trust your government with the guns.

Despite the "spare the viewer nothing" approach IB takes, I am convinced this movie should be mandatory showing from Junior High School on up. This is an important movie that I hope you take the time to see. My daughter is twelve, she's going to do some growing up tonight watching IB.

Order from the Jews For the Preservation of Firearms Ownership at: http://www.jpfo.org/ib-orders.htm

Posted By John Birch, President, Concealed Carry, Inc. Comments welcome: john@concealcarry.org

WISCONSIN GOV TO SURROUND HIMSELF WITH ARMED MUSCLE WHEN HE VETOES CONCEALED CARRY. THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR...

Gov. Jim Doyle will make sure uniformed law enforcement officers surround him in the state's two largest media markets today, when he vetoes a bill that would legalize the carrying of concealed weapons.

Groups representing law officers sent e-mails to county sheriffs inviting them to attend Doyle's veto, scheduled for early this afternoon at the Dane County Law Enforcement Training Center, or a rally later in Milwaukee at the Northside Branch YMCA, 1350 W. North Ave.

JS Online: Sheriffs to watch veto of arms bill

LETTER FROM DETECTIVE GENE KARZIN CONCERING AR-15 RAFFLE

Mr. Birch,

Thank you for contacting me about the QC Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ticket raffle. We are VERY glad for your support in this matter. As you know, we have not had the best of plublicity in this very legal and, we feel, worthwhile event.

In reference to purchasing tickets for this rifle, they are $5 each and they can send payment to:

QC Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
316 16th Street
Rock Island, Il 61201-8626

Please have them include their name, address and phone number so that I can fill out the ticket stub for the drawing. After that I will send them the other stub from the ticket(s) for there records.

The winner does not have to be from the QC area and the manufacturer (Rock River Arms of Colona IL) has agreed to take care of any transfer keeping all applicable laws in mind.

Thanks again for you assistance and support in this matter.

Detective Gene Karzin

Posted By John Birch, President, Concealed Carry, Inc. Comments welcome: john@concealcarry.org

BIG DUMMY WHINES AND CRIES IN THE SUN-TIMES. GET ME A CRYING TOWEL...AND AN AXE HANDLE

Mayor Daley is looking for every avenue possible to stick it to the residents of Chicago to make up for the millions of dollars he needs for his budget and to recoup what has already been spent. Instead of looking at ways to get the money from Chicago residents, how about looking at ways to get the money from suburbanites who take advantage of all the city has to offer?

These people drive into the city, park by the L stations, take up all the parking on our blocks and take the Ls to work. What do they pay for that? Nothing but the cost to ride the train. Not fair!

They drive in from the suburbs, go to our malls and movie theaters, shop on Michigan Avenue, stay at hotels, use our beaches and every other wonderful thing the city has to offer, and what do they have to pay but either the cost of the L, bus or parking lot they park their cars in, while city residents continue to pay to keep the streets, sidewalks and all other city facilities and amusements clean and updated.

For example, look at the number of people from the 'burbs who come to the city to buy drugs and hookers. And the Chicago police crack down and arrest them. So instead of the Chicago police helping a Chicago resident with an emergency, they are too busy taking down the suburbanites.

I'm sure that if Chicago's big wigs at City Hall put their heads together, they can find ways to charge the suburbanites for using all the city's wonderful things: like a fee for non-residents to use the L's and buses, or a fee for non-residents to attend our city colleges.

Ask someone who moved to the suburbs why they did. The answer you'll get 98 percent of the time is because it is too expensive to live in the city. They still keep coming back to use all the city benefits.

In the suburbs, a sticker for your car costs $20. Here in the big city, we're paying $75. Is that fair?

I live a few blocks from the start of the Orange Line, and I'm really fed up with suburbanites taking up all the parking on the streets around there that you do not need a special sticker to park on. Because of them parking, we have to put stickers for our cars in order to park by our houses. How insane is that? It should be the other way around.

The city had to make multiple blocks around the start of the Orange Line sticker-only parking because of all the outside parkers. You go from 60th and Kolmar to 56th and Kolmar east to 60th and Kostner to 57th and Kostner. Do you realize how much the city could be making by charging non-residents a higher sticker price to park on those streets instead of the resident fee for stickers?

Bottom line: The city wants revenue. Start charging the suburbanites money to use all of the wonderful things our city has to offer.

B. M. Buckley, Big Dummy, Chicago

Yep, suburbanites are the cause of all this big dummies problems. The mayor is doing a great job and the suburbanite whites are ruining PARADISE! However I do encourage all suburbanites and out of towners to NOT patronage any hotels, restaurants, stores etc. in Chicago. Every time you do you pay taxes to support the axis of evil in Illinois. If you really want a hooker, go to Cicero. A lot closer and the girls are a lot cleaner. I note this big dummy does not bitch about the mayor going to Springfield to raid our treasury to fund his failed school system. Best bet for all of us is to listen to this big dummy and stay out of Chicago.

City should hit up suburban moochers:

GUN OWNER HATER TO RUN FOR COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY....AGAIN

CHICAGO -- Cook County State's Atty. Richard Devine announced Monday that he will seek re-election in 2004.

Big Dummies gave him 78% of the vote in the last election.

Chicago Tribune | State's attorney will run again

EVANSTON'S NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNDER SIEGE

Full story at the Chicago Tribune: Assaults prompt NU safety team

The women were robbed near the corner of Foster Street and Orrington Avenue by four hooded men, one of whom showed a handgun, according to Evanston police.

Several university administrators and student leaders were conducting a safety check a few blocks away when the robbery occurred, Cubbage said. It was the seventh reported robbery or assault against a Northwestern student on or near campus since Sept. 27. Police said the incidents may be related.

"We're terrified by the attacks," said Jessica Schmidt, 21, a senior economics major from Glendale Heights, who said she has started carrying pepper spray.

Bryan Herzog, 18, a freshman from Naperville, said that when he arrived in Evanston in September, he didn't think twice about walking alone on campus.

But when his girlfriend called Saturday night and asked him to pick her up from a play several blocks from his dorm, he said he felt nervous about going out alone.

"I had her wait for the escort service to come pick her up," he said. "It's terrible you can't walk outside at night without worrying about being robbed."

What has life come to when a guy is afraid to go out at night and has to have an escort service pick up his girlfriend for him. Really sad! Evanston is one of those towns with a 'no handguns allowed' ordinance, like that matters to these perpetrators.

JUSTICE IS AGONY WHEN YOU ARE THE VICTIM IN CHICAGO

As always, John Kass of the Chicago Tribune, writes of the reality of Chicago: Mercy for man who wielded club is upsetting

Kristy Trumblay doesn't remember how the stranger raised the club.

She doesn't remember how he fatally wounded her father on 35th Street in the Bridgeport neighborhood--directly in front of the Deering District police station--and then attacked the other members of her family as they walked to a White Sox game, breaking heads and bones.

Prosecutors from the State's Atty. Richard Devine's office said that after good time is figured in, Cooper could be out of prison when he is 54. They're satisfied.

The Trumblays have been dragged through four years of continuances. Tired of it all, they said they're satisfied too.

But it bothers me.

Whether he was mentally ill or simply high on drugs and angry, whether this was a random black-on-white hate crime or a random crime of hate, none of that matters now.

What matters is what the merciful Judge Clayton Crane forgot to mention:

If Cooper is released from prison at 54, he'll still be strong enough to pick up a club of wood. He'll still be strong enough to swing it at the skulls of strangers he has never met.

People like the Trumblays. People like you and me.

CC News Blog reported this story from the Tribune recently. It is interesting to note that this is the first time I'm aware that this was a black on white crime. I don't believe that was reported earlier. Stories like this really piss me off because this was one guy with a club versus 3 adults and a child. Any one of those adults with a handgun could have ended this violent assault in short order. The outcome could have been much better, and not for the perpetrator. John Kass is right about one thing, this will happen again to Chicagoans like you and him. Unarmed, defenseless Chicagoans that is...

JESSE WHITE TARGET OF NUMEROUS ASSASSINATION PLOTS OR SPOILED BRAT POLITICIAN? YOU BE THE JUDGE.

Jesse White, Secretary of state
State of Illinois
Published November 17, 2003

Springfield -- I'm writing in response to Eric Zorn's column 'Politicians must guard against insecurity detail' (Metro, Nov. 4). Zorn pointed out that security details may not be necessary for all public figures. In my case, I believe it is.

Historically the Illinois secretary of state has had executive detail due to threats made against the office-holder. It is important to know that my office issues more than 8.5 million driver's licenses and registers more than 9.9 million vehicles. More important, I suspend and revoke more than 500,000 driver's licenses a year for offenses ranging from speeding to drunken driving or reckless homicide. Upon receiving notice for suspension or revocation, many of these drivers become angry and make threats, often approaching me in public. The presence of security diffuses these situations.

My life has been threatened on several occasions and my security detail has had to investigate these threats. It is unfortunate that some people react with threats when their driving privileges are taken away, making security necessary.

So how about the common guy who gets threats? Can he or she get a security detail too paid for by the taxpayers?

Chicago Tribune | Security forces

ERIC ZORN ON JESSE WHITE'S "CLAIM" HE NEEDS A "SECURITY DETAIL"

Meanwhile, I will be contacting the offices of Ill. Secretary of State Jesse White.

In his truly alarming letter to the Tribune today, White responds to my criticism of his bodyguard detail by writing:

'I suspend and revoke more than 500,000 driver's licenses a year....Upon receiving notice for suspension or revocation, many of these drivers become angry and make threats, often approaching me in public...My life has been threatened on several occasions....'

Italic boldface and underlines mine.

Many of the half million people whose license are suspended issue threats?

I'm eager to see documentation of these threats -- arrest records, say, or even incident reports -- because, frankly, until I do, I'm going to continue believing that White is in no more danger than any of the hundreds of judges or public officials throughout the state who get along just fine without an entourage of bodyguards.

I left messages with White's spokesman in Chicago and Springfield Monday morning asking for the paperwork on these alleged threats. I'll let you know the response.

Chicago Tribune | Eric Zorn's Notebook

CONCEALED CARRY, INC SUPPORTS THESE COPS AND YOU SHOULD TOO!

Despite claims to the contrary, there is nothing ironic, unusual or immoral about raffling off a semi-automatic rifle to raise money for a police memorial, say members of the committee conducting the raffle.

Gene Karzin, president of the Quad Cities Law Enforcement Memorial Committee, said the fundraiser is aimed primarily at fellow police officers who might like to have a rifle for use on duty.

The gun in question is a CAR UTE Elite, a .223-caliber semi-automatic rifle manufactured by Rock River Arms Inc. of Colona. The military-style weapon has been called an ``assault rifle'' by gun-control advocates and in a broadcast-media report aired Wednesday.

``It's not what they're portraying it as,'' he said. ``It's a legal weapon you can buy at any gun store in the Quad-Cities. It is not fully automatic. We couldn't raffle off a banned weapon, or I'd have to put myself in jail.''

Tom Mannard, executive director of the Chicago-based Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, said guns like the CAR UTE Elite may not be on the banned list, but they basically are cloned replicas of assault rifles that are, like the Colt AR-15.

Mr. Mannard said the fact that it is being raffled off to help fund a memorial dedicated to officers killed in the line of duty is disturbing.

``To raffle off a gun used, more often than not, to kill innocent people, and particularly law-enforcement officers, is pretty misguided,'' he said. ``To raise money for a memorial is wonderful, but you'd hate to see an officer's name go up on that memorial because they're killed by an AR-15 or a similar weapon.''

That's highly unlikely, said Det. Karzin.

``Only one officer in the last 44 years has been killed by a weapon of this sort in the state of Illinois,'' he said.

``I don't find it ironic at all,'' he said of the raffle. ``This gun is not going to kill anybody. We'll follow the letter of the law in whoever we give it to.''

Rock River Arms AR15 RAFFLE


Interestingly Mr. Mannard wouldn't know a CAR UTE Elite from a Mattel Fanner 50. So why the media goes to him for "balance" is beyond us. Concealed Carry, Inc. will do the transfer free if the winner is in the Chicago area and YES WE WILL TRANSFER TO RESIDENTS OF CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY.

HOW TO GET A TICKET

The Quad Cities Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is raffling off a Rock River Arms AR15 to raise funds for the construction of this police memorial. Tickets are $5.00 each with the drawing being held on Saturday February 28th, 2004 at the Annual Dance/Silent Auction. You must have a vaid FOID and be legally able to posses this gun prior to claiming it.
For information on how to purchase Raffle Tickets:

QCPOLICEMEMORIAL@yahoo.com

Posted By John Birch, President, Concealed Carry, Inc. Comments welcome: john@concealcarry.org

TWO-CYCLE PLUG FOULING? PREMATURE ENGINE WEAR? SMOKING?

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ENGINE TEAR DOWN PHOTO'S OF 400,000 MILES OF ARTIC CAT 600 FIELD TESTING

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Posted By John Birch, President, Concealed Carry, Inc. Comments welcome: john@concealcarry.org

BIG DUMMY OFFERS ASYLUM OPTION FOR CHICAGOAN'S

I'm gettin' tired of bein' a "Big Dummy" (qualification under #3). I laud your attempts to get people to move out of Chicago.

Please point them here, if any of them want to move to a freer place:
www.freestateproject.org

Jake Witmer

Posted By John Birch, President, Concealed Carry, Inc. Comments welcome: john@concealcarry.org

EVEN WEST VIRGINIA GOING ANTI-GUN

We could use your help in West Virginia. I live in Salem WV where we have a rifle and pistol range. We have worked hard to make this range one of the best in our area. Now the city of Salem wants to annex the land around our range and close the range down. This is a plan by the city to get rid of us. We could use as many letters or phone calls to the city as possible. Here is the address.

CITY OF SALEM
MILL & VALLEY STREET
SALEM, WV 26426
304-782-1318 CITY HALL
304-782-4229 FAX

Posted By John Birch, President, Concealed Carry, Inc. Comments welcome: john@concealcarry.org

BIG DUMMIES LURED TO PARK, THEN TOWED TO THE TUNE OF $160

More than 3,000 towed vehicles wait for their owners behind the locked gates of the downtown auto pound on Lower Wacker Drive, where each day city crews reel them in by hook or by crook.

Certainly one of the worst experiences of vehicle ownership is that heart-pounding moment when you discover your car or truck isn't on the street where you parked it, yet many drivers bring that fate upon themselves. They park in front of fire hydrants, in bus-stop zones and other clearly marked no-parking areas.

The 'me-first' behavior can jeopardize public safety and the ability of traffic to move through the congested downtown area. Such arrogance arguably deserves the $160 city towing fee.

But many other drivers, lulled into thinking they are legally parked because of the creatively deceptive placement of some city signs, fall victim to a towing trap that exists across the downtown. A few decoyed parking meters on one block, several more meters on another block, it all adds up to big bucks for the city generated by the Department of Streets and Sanitation's blue tow trucks.

And readers of this column--as well as Getting Around himself, whose car got the towing hook last week--say it's time City Hall is called on this entrapment scam.

You big dummies keep telling yourselves how wonderful Chicago is. Repeat over and over.

Chicago Tribune | City's `bait-and-tow' parking signs snag many drivers

FIRED DETROIT TOP COP HAD EARLIER GUN INCIDENT

More than two years before a gun incident that led to his resignation in Detroit, former Police Chief Jerry Oliver had a similar snafu with a handgun at Richmond International Airport in Virginia when he was chief there.

Oliver had his service pistol confiscated at the Richmond airport June 10, 2001, while passing through security to board a United Airlines flight to Chicago, according to an airport police report obtained by the Free Press.

"Mr. Oliver was rebooked on the next outgoing United flight," the report states. "No further action taken at this time." Richmond's Commonwealth Attorney David Hicks told the Richmond Times-Dispatch in a Friday article that "there's nothing unusual at all about people forgetting they packed weapons." Victor Williams, security director at Richmond International, told the newspaper, "our law enforcement officers probably took him to the office, contacted the FBI and FAA, and made a decision not to prosecute."

Nice, hope they decide "not to prosecute" when I make that "mistake."

Detroit's ex-police chief had weapon in his luggage before: " "

THE BIG DUMMIES GUIDE TO SPOTTING COPS

Like innocent minnows swimming past the jaws of a lurking snapping turtle, many drivers don't realize the unobtrusive sedan in the next lane is Johnny law--until it's too late! But if you spot the cop before he spots you, you can sometimes save yourself a ticket.

Luckily, in the United States it's still relatively easy to pick out an officer of the law--or, at least, to develop 'mental radar' for certain types of vehicles they tend to drive, and to notice the little things that suggest the presence of an 'oinker' as definitively as the smell of bacon in the morning.

Autos

ROUTINE CHICAGO WEEKEND LEAVES 4 BIG DUMMIES DEAD. NO SUSPECTS

Chicago Police had to deal with a bloody weekend that included a multiple homicide, a stabbing and a drive-by shooting that left four people dead and no suspects in custody.

Overnight attacks leave 4 dead, no one in custody

MAN CHARGED FOR WIFE'S SUICIDE USING HIS GUN

From the article:

According to the Times, he is charged with contributing to his wife's suicide by leaving the gun – which was in a dresser drawer – too accessible to his wife two days after she arrived home from Silver Hill, a New Canaan psychiatric hospital. Police claim he had assured hospital personnel that his wife wouldn't have access to the gun.

The arrest warrant affidavit claims Steven Bartush ignored warnings from hospital staff and family members to remove guns from his apartment, and that he knew about his wife's depression and a