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

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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 failed suicide attempt, reports the Associated Press.

I'll admit, that is a touch decision: Remove all firearms from the premises (and thereby disarming yourself), or worry about the mental state of a loved one who may do harm to themselves. Should he also have removed all sharp implements? Turned off the gas? How about removed all items that could be used as a rope or noose?

This occured in Norwalk, Conn. You can read the entire article here:

Man charged for wife's suicide using his gun

CHICAGOANS GIVEN INSTANT 'CERTIFIED BIG DUMMY' STATUS

I just can't figure out why people would want to give more money to a city known for its corruption. What could be dumber? Dying alongside a curb unarmed after being robbed for $20 I suppose.

Letters to the editor in the Chicago Tribune:

Sticker costs

Dakota Prentice
Published November 16, 2003

Chicago -- In times of much needed belt-tightening, it only makes sense to ask the people who can pay more to pay more. In response to increasing the city sticker fee for SUVs, the proposed increase is modest by any standard. If you can afford to buy and fuel an SUV in Chicago, an extra $15 a year will not break the bank.

This is writing in true CBD (Certified Big Dummy) style. If belt-tightning is really needed, why don't the mayor and aldermen take a pay cut. It is their wasteful spending and corruption that is causing the money shortage. Besides what about high-end Mercedes, Porsches, Lexus, Infinities, BMW's, etc. All those expensive luxury cars are exempt because they don't weigh enough!

And another big dummy is voted in...


SUV stickers

Ramona Zak
Published November 16, 2003

Chicago -- I applaud Mayor Richard Daley's plan to increase the city sticker fee for SUVs (Metro, Nov. 13). I believe automobiles that take up more space than the average car ought to pay more. Thanks to these behemoths, it is a challenge to find the on-street parking, for which I also pay when I buy my city sticker.

Then why isn't the sticker increase based on the length of the vehicle instead of the weight? Let me tell you, I used to drive a VW in Chicago and still couldn't find a parking space. Don't forget, many Chicago neighborhoods have their own zoned parking in which you can't park even with your expensive little city sticker.

And yet another big dummy...


SUV fees

Bob Dolgan
Published November 16, 2003

Chicago -- Higher city sticker fees for SUVs in Chicago are long overdue. Pickup truck owners in Chicago already pay more than $100 for their city stickers in addition to higher state fees. In most cases, these trucks are far smaller than SUVs and have less of an impact on the environment and safety.

SUV's, just like cars, have to undergo emissions testing in Cook County. It is also interesting to note that while you CAN'T drive a small pick up with B-truck plates on Lake Shore Drive, you CAN drive a giant Lincoln Navigator pimpmobile. I guess Chicago is trying to maintain a certain look to its lakefront.

PHONY COPS PATROLLING HITHER AND YON

Federal authorities are investigating how dozens of phony police credentials ended up in the hands of unqualified individuals in Chicago and the suburbs, court records show.

In some cases, the badges were presented to gun shops in attempts to illegally buy handguns, and others were used by individuals hired by Ford Heights with the aid of a federal grant to patrol public housing complexes there. The badges also were given to individuals who worked security at the Chicago Housing Authority's Robert Taylor Homes.

Well, the Feds might start with the fact that with no CCW law in Illinois citizens, by nature, will resort to other ways to carry a gun. Come on guys, figure it OUT!

Chicago Tribune | U.S. probes phony cop badges

OH PLEASE, OH PLEASE DON'T SELL GUNS! A POLITICIAN MIGHT GET HIS FOOL HEAD BLOWN OFF!

This time of year, around the anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Chicago sporting goods magnate Milton P. Klein would grow moody. For he could not help but be reminded of his awful place in history as the man who sold Lee Harvey Oswald the rifle used to kill JFK.

Yet those who sell cars to drunks show no remorse. How about the guy who sold the butcher knife to Charles Manson? I wonder if anyone ever sold a baseball bat that used to beat someone to death? This is total CRAPOLA.

The rifle that killed JFK

IF YOU DO THIS, YOU GO TO JAIL. IF YOU ARE A CHICAGO COP YOU ARE A HERO.

Police said an off-duty Prairie District officer shot and killed one of two men who tried to rob him as he walked home from a grocery store on the South Side on Saturday night. The armed men approached him near 69th and Crandon around 8 p.m. The officer, fearing for his life, dropped his two grocery bags, drew his weapon and fired, police said. Investigators said they recovered a weapon near the body of the suspect who was fatally shot. The other suspect was still at large late Saturday, and police did not know if he had been struck. The officer, who has been on the job six years, was not hurt.

In the mean time the rest of just get shot and bleed out in the gutter. Thank you Mayor Daley and thank you ex-governor George Ryan for making it an F'ing FELONY to carry a gun for self-defense. May you both, when that times comes, rest in HELL.

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ROGUE ANTI-AMERICAN SENATOR SETS UP GUNOWNER HATE SITE

May 2003
A tri-partisan group of Senators, including Senators Feinstein, Schumer, Boxer, Chafee, Jeffords, Kennedy, Durbin, and others, introduce legislation to reauthorize the 1994 assault weapons ban and close the loophole in the law that allows large capacity ammunition magazines to flood into this country from other nations, even as domestic manufacture is prohibited.

September 13, 2004
If Congress and the administration fail to act, the Assault Weapons Ban expires and these military weapons will once again flood our streets.

Save The Ban Action Center

READY ACCESS TO GUNS AT MICHIGAN UNIVERSITIES

SAULT STE. MARIE -- Before he walked through the door, he had his student ID ready to flash. It was late-morning Friday, roughly 18 hours away from the biggest day of the fall semester.

Donald Root hopped the steps and flung open the front door to the campus security office, housed in the administration building at Lake Superior State University.

'I need a gun,' he announced.

College helps hunters: Students hit books, bucks: " "

MILWAUKEE PAPER UPSET THAT MINORITY MIGHT GET SOMETHING

The gun lobby's political muscle helps to explain the passage of a concealed-carry bill by the Wisconsin Legislature despite the lack of popular support for the measure. For opponents of the proposal, the lesson is that they must bulk up, too.

The Republican-controlled Legislature has rushed this misguided bill to Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, as if arming residents were a matter of great state urgency. Doyle's expected veto deserves to be upheld. Notably, the state's top crime fighters (police chiefs, sheriffs, district attorneys) widely oppose the bill out of fear it would make the streets more dangerous. Also, the proposal underfinances duties it requires of local officials, already strapped for funds.

So if everything is based on popular support how come minorities get so many free benefits (tax dollars)? I thought the purpose of government was to protect minorities from the tyranny of the majority. Guess it depends if your issue is PC or not?

JS Online: Editorial: Guns and political muscle

TENTH CAVALRY RIDES AGAIN

Date : Saturday 11/22/03
Location : Red Lion Pub
Address : 2446 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60614
Time : 1pm

The owners of the Pub are pro-gun advocates and are interested in our club and what we are doing.

If you are coming to the meeting, Please reply back to this email or call me at 630-855-8407 and let me know if your coming so I can get an accurate count. The last meeting was very informal where those who went learned alot of different information and got to know the other people interested in the club. The meetings will be conducted al least once a month.

For new people who are still learning about the club check out these sites:

http://blackmanwithagun.com/TCGC.html http://www.tenthcavalrygunclub.org/

EMAIL: Ron Bazillion

DUPAGE SHERIFF MAKES HIS POINT WITH GUNS

It's a poky Sunday morning, perhaps you haven't yet had hands on the newspaper or a first cup of coffee. An armed deputy sheriff rings your doorbell and hands you a threatening letter with your name on it. You rub your eyes. For a split second you wonder: Did I inadvertently sign up as an extra in a new Clint Eastwood oater set in Montana? But you quickly recover: No, wait, I'm a member of the county board here in placid DuPage County!

It's hard to figure what plot line DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba had in mind when he sent his deputies last week to deliver letters to the county board members' homes, letters saying--and not in subtle fashion--that they'd better not slash his budget for next year. Give me the money I want, the letter said, or you risk being "personally held accountable for any increase in violent crimes due to budget cuts."

If Zaruba wants to make a case that his department should be spared additional budget cuts, he ought to do so through logic and persuasion, not early-morning threats delivered by armed officers. Indeed, if sheriff's deputies have time to make Zaruba's special deliveries to county board members, maybe the county doesn't need so many sheriff's deputies.

Chicago Tribune | Shootout at the Wheaton corral

ANOTHER GUN CONTROL FAILURE COSTS THREE YEAR OLD GIRL HER LIFE

A suspected gang member who allegedly fired his gun into a dark bedroom after being kicked out of the house was charged Thursday with murdering 3-year-old Angel Thomas as she slept beside her mother and infant sister, police said.

Michael Johnson, who turns 20 on Friday, and two other gang members lived in the home in the first block of East 102nd Street but were asked to leave after Angel's mother discovered they were keeping several guns there, said Calumet Area Detective Cmdr. Marienne Perry.

Let me understand correctly. There is a hand gun ban in Chicago right? And a nineteen year old can't own a handgun to start with? Am I correct so far? So explain to me again how more gun control is going help? We have a real bad people problem in Chicago. Call it socio-economically driven or racial, but whatever it is guns have nothing to do with it. Nor do gun owners. Rest in Peace Angel Thomas, the gun banners won't shed a tear for you, but they will dance in your precious blood.

Chicago Tribune | Reputed gang member held in girl's death

DUPAGE COUNTY GOP SWINGS FAR LEFT

State Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-Hinsdale) was chosen Thursday night as the new chairman of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee.

With the help of state Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, the Republican state chairman, and moderate Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.), Dillard is hoping to get more women involved in DuPage Republican politics.

In case you don't know it Topinka and Biggert are both big time RINO's. May as well give Mayor Daley control of DuPage. Illinois GOP continues to self destruct. I have resigned in disgust as GOP Committeeman in fact.

New DuPage County GOP chief ready to add some life to the party

PEOPLE OF CHICAGO CAN LEARN ALOT FROM THE CITIZENS OF THE WILD WEST

Chicagoans could learn alot from these private citizens trying to protect their families and property. Your situation is very similar, only you would be protecting your property and your neighborhood instead of the US border. You face violent criminals, gangs selling drugs, and illegal aliens too. The politicians and law enforcement can't or won't stop these criminals at the border and clearly they can't in Chicago either. Sometimes the people must do for themselves. That was one of the founding principles of this country.

Please take note! These people aren't out holding candlelight vigils every other night hoping the problem will just go away. It won't!

From the Arizona Daily Star: Patrolling private property Border militias claim success

DOUGLAS - First there was the faint crunch of footsteps on the gravelly desert soil, then a woman's voice and the whispering of a man in the scrubby mesquite along a wash near the U.S.-Mexican border about three miles west of here.

In the brush, half a dozen heavily armed men wait quietly in the gathering darkness as the voices approach.

There is more movement in the brush as some of the armed men are suddenly visible, hurrying toward the sounds, searching for the source of the voices, but they've disappeared into a maze of piled dirt and brush.

"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

A perfect summary of the situation in Chicago Al!

HYPOCRITE JESSE WHITE NEEDS ARMED PROTECTION, EVERYONE ELSE FENDS FOR THEMSELVES

Daily Herald Letter to the Editor/Fence Post

Nov. 13, 2003

Security detail is needed in this case

I am writing in response to recent stories published about my security detail.

Some have pointed out that a security detail may not be necessary for all public figures. In my case, I believe it is.

Historically, the Illinois secretary of state has had an executive detail due to threats made against the officeholder.

It is important to know that my office issues more than 8.5 million driver's licenses and registers more than 8.9 million vehicles.

More importantly, 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.

If is unfortunate that some people react with threats when their driving privileges are taken away, making security necessary.

Jesse White

Illinois Secretary of State

Springfield


Why do the people of Illinois put up with this crap? I'm an elected official, my life deserves protecting! I guess 7-11 clerks and pizza delivery guys never need the use of a firearm. They just get to die for the few bucks they get robbed of. In some states, the Secretary of State's office actually issues concealed weapons permits! Not in Illinois though...only the politicals get protected. In a final twist of insanity for Illinois, Mr. White's office may soon be issuing Driver's Licenses to ILLEGAL aliens! Don't laugh, this bill failed by ONE VOTE last time and I believe Gov. Blagojevich said he'd sign it! Illinois is full of Big Dummies...and let me tell you Jesse White isn't one of them.

NO EXCUSE FOR WOMEN TO BE UNARMED VICTIMS IN TUCSON ARIZONA

From KGUN 9 NEWS: BURGLARY FOILED BY ALERT NEIGHBOR

A burglar broke in to a Tucson woman's home while she was home. The burglar first rang the doorbell - which awakened the young woman inside... When she peaked out and saw a man she didn't recognize, she simply didn't answer. The burglar figured no one was home, so he kicked in the locked front door and barged into the house. T.P.D. Detective Roger Nusbaum says, "He then disarranged the home, ransacked it, she barricaded herself in the bedroom by locking the door and was on the phone with 9-1-1."

It may sound like an unusual crime: someone rings your doorbell, doesn't think you're there, then kicks in your door to burglarize your home, but Detective Nusbaum tells us it happens 2 to 3 times a day, every day, in the City of Tucson."

Detective Nusbaum says, "In some situations we have rapists who select a home that actually is occupied by a woman, so it's a trade-off either way -- you have to make that judgement at the time. My suggestion is that you get on 9-1-1 first before you do anything."

He suggests using deadbolts...

This sounds like a story out of Chicago or Washington DC, but its not. This lady was extremely lucky to get out of this unharmed. It is chilling to read what Det. Nusbaum says, yet he does not mention buying a firearm for protection. Lets wake up Arizona, unlike Chicago, you have your gun rights still intact. You can own and carry concealed (with a permit) a handgun here, no registration, no waiting periods. Get to your safe room, get your gun, then dial 911... The minutes the police take to respond could be your last on earth without protection!

BIG DUMMY BECOMES POSTER BOY FOR BANNING GUNS

Bail was set at $100,000 Wednesday for a Chicago Heights man accused of fatally shooting a 14-year-old boy while showing a handgun to a group of children.

Carlos Ramos, 21, of the 1200 block of Otto Boulevard, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Nathaniel Russell Jr. Cook County Circuit Judge Edwin Gausselin set Ramos' bail in the Markham courthouse.

Police said Ramos pulled the trigger of a .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol thinking the safety was on, and a bullet struck Russell in his head.

Never mind how many lives were saved yesterday with guns, this is the story you get in the press. Idiots like this give the anti's the emotional arguments they use so effectively to counter our dry, boring, factual logic and statistics.

Chicago Tribune | Bail set in fatal shooting of boy

DALEY SUV TAXES WILL HIT DRUG DEALERS THE HARDEST

Daley's plan calls for raising the sticker price to $90 from the current $75 for SUVs that weigh 4,500 pounds or more, and a preliminary list of vehicles that qualify includes a few surprises.

Joining such behemoths as the Hummer H1, Cadillac Escalade and Ford Excursion on the list released Wednesday are a number of mid-size models, including the Oldsmobile Bravada, BMW X5 and Lexus GX 470.

Should be able to balance the budget just on increased sticker taxes of all those black Escalades on the west side.

Chicago Tribune | New sticker shock for SUV drivers

POLICE FIREARMS EXPERT FOUND GUILTY

Those Brits can be such rascals!

A police firearms expert has been found guilty of keeping banned weapons – including a rocket launcher – at his home.

But former Norfolk and Suffolk police armourer Richard Ashley was cleared of two further counts of keeping too many handguns and machine guns in his armoury – charges, he says, arose after Suffolk police officers tampered with evidence.

EDP24 News

SOME SENIORS FEEL PROTECTED BY CARRY, CONCEAL WEAPONS

Sun City, AZ

Sergei Sikorsky of Sun City Grand has taken a step to protect himself. He said he carries a firearm wherever he goes with the confidence he could save his own and others' lives if necessary.

"It is better to be safe rather than sorry," he said. "I wanted to have the legal right to carry a gun in my car and the (paperwork stating) I had taken the course on gun management. I do not consider it a crime to take a pistol course to learn how to handle it."
Sikorsky said he considers Sun City Grand safe, but never knows when danger might arise.

More and more seniors also share those thoughts.

Casa Grande Valley Newspaper

THE BITCH GETS NOTHING!

BREAKING: Anti-Gun fanatic and million moron member Rosie O'Donnell's lawsuit over her magazine Rosie came up ZERO DOLLARS for her...just huge legal fees! One of her complaints was they tried to put a picture of her on the cover of Rosie that made her LOOK FAT! HAH! Now she just looks....stoopid.

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

CAR PARKED OUTDOORS?

Cold weather is coming, you will need and oil that flows quickly and reliably to allow easy starting and immediate lubricating protection. Our 0W-30 is for use in all vehicles requiring 5W-20, 5W-30 or 10W-30 motor oils.

Series 2000 Lubrication

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

MOVIE REVEW: INNOCENT'S BETRAYED

Unlike Michael Moore's crockumentary, Bowling for Columbine, Innocents Betrayed contains actual footage, photographs, and historic facts that demonstrates a definitive link between 'gun control', firearm confiscation, and genocide.

Innocents Betrayed: A Movie Review - Sierra Times.com

DON'T LIKE THE LAW? DO LIKE WISCONSIN SHERIFF'S AND JUST "OPT OUT"

It has come to my attention that I have more rights than I previously knew I had ('Many sheriffs would try to opt out of weapons law,' Nov. 10). Therefore, some of us have made a decision to opt out of several of the laws set forth by the Wisconsin Legislature.

We do not want to follow the 0.08 blood-alcohol standard for legal intoxication. We believe problem drinkers will not abide by this law, so it is basically worthless, even if the sheriff's departments like it.

We have also decided that because state and local government can't control spending, we will opt out of paying our taxes. We also will opt out of following any rules by the Department of Natural Resources on fish size and amount. We like our fish small because they fry up better, and more are needed for a big batch.

Until we read this article, we did not know that if one is not in favor of a law that is passed one could just opt out. The sheriff's departments were steps ahead of us on this. They are not in favor of the good people of the state carrying concealed weapons. Therefore, if the law is passed, they can just opt out.
That is what is so great about America.

John Baker
Mukwonago

More good letters to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Letters section at this link:

JS Online: The Morning Mail

WHO IS BIGGER THREAT TO YOUR SAFETY: A) A CRIMINAL B) THE MILWAUKEE CHIEF OF POLICE?

On Tuesday, a group of Milwaukee-area law enforcement officials asked the governor to veto the concealed weapons proposal.

Although several of the officials had publicly proclaimed their opposition to the legislation before, they joined forces for a news conference at the Milwaukee Safety Building to argue that legalization of concealed weapons would decrease public safety.

JS Online: Doyle to get weapons bill Wednesday

VIDEO: POLICE STORM HIGH SCHOOL. SMALL TIME BIG DUMMY CITY.

GOOSE CREEK, S.C., Nov. 7: Police stormed into Stratford High School early Wednesday and ordered students to the ground as they conducted a search for drugs and weapons. The search came up empty, and now the school's principal is facing questions about whether the show of force was necessary. Click Play Video to watch WCBD-TV's report on the raid.

Angry? Here is the contact info:

Principal George McCrackin: GeorgeMcCrackin@Berkeley.K12.SC.US

Chief of Police Harvey Becker: HBecker@CityofGooseCreek.com

School drug raid causes uproar

SOUTH CAROLINA COPS THINK THEY ARE WAR HEROES. TURN OUT TO BE NOTHING BUT A MENACE TO SOCIETY

Since the raid last week, McCrackin has been shown on national news reports seated at a four-panel video screen in his office where he keeps an eye on his nefarious herd. Apparently, he saw something that looked to him like an imminent threat of a drug transaction and placed a call to gulag headquarters. I mean the police department.

Whereupon 14 officers responded with notable enthusiasm. They 'assumed strategic positions,' and 'did unholster in a down-ready position,' said Aarons.

Thankfully, no one was shot or hurt, but then neither were any drugs confiscated. Instead, the entire exercise was a lesson in everything we hope not to teach our children, that:

- School officials are not to be trusted;

- Police are not to be trusted;

- Grownups are dangerous and weird.

Chicago Tribune | `Just say no' to gun-wielding cops in school

EVEN ANTI-CCW PROSECUTOR SEES THE DANGER IN OVERTURNING MO CCW LAW

Have you ever done anything licentious? Meaning 'sexually unrestrained' or 'libertine' or 'going beyond customary or proper bounds or limits.' If so, it may have occurred to you at the time that others might consider your behavior immoral; but I'll bet you never dreamed you were doing something unconstitutional.

According to the reasoning of the St. Louis circuit judge who just struck down Missouri's concealed-carry law, you were violating the Missouri Constitution during your wild sexual frenzy. Seriously. I kid you not.

Mr. Swingle is quite the decent guy. An Illinois cop once threw his weight around in Cape Giradeau. Swingle slapped him down. Cops get no special privileges on his watch.

semissourian.com: Article

THE SOLUTION TO DIFFERENTIAL CHATTER

If you know what differential chatter is you probably know about it because you have it. Here is the solution.

Slip Lock

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

MINNESOTA MAD MOM SAYS CCW TIED TO SCHOOL VIOLENCE

Asserting that the state's conceal-carry handgun permit law goes against Minnesota tradition, a Bloomington woman says the organization she helped found will fight to repeal the statute.

Kim Stanley, a Bloomington mother who has been fighting the conceal-carry law for months, unveiled a new tactic in her quest to get the measure repealed.

Stanley said at a Sunday afternoon press conference that the organization, the Repeal Conceal Coalition, will work to tie the issue to school violence as it works to get the conceal-carry law repealed during the 2004 session of the Legislature.

The new law makes schools more dangerous, Stanley said.

"The more guns that are on our streets, the more guns that are going to find their way into our schools," she said.

And they say the anti-gunners don't use logic.

MNSUN - News

CHICAGO COP BECOMES CERTIFIED BIG DUMMY

A Chicago cop thought he was on the road to retirement when his burglary crew broke into a suburban apartment to rip off $2.5 million in cash and 11 pounds of cocaine, Cook County prosecutors say.

But Officer Alan Freeman was actually walking into a trap that authorities set after he allegedly revealed the plot to a fellow Wentworth District officer, who then notified police Internal Affairs investigators.

'If you think you're going to engage in criminal behavior and hide behind your star, it's not going to happen,' police Supt. Phil Cline said.

So says Superintendent Cline....yeah....cops NEVER hide behind their badge.

Chicago cop caught in burglary sting

SCOTLAND YARD TO TRUST COPS WITH BODY SCANNER

Police are developing a mobile scanner that can detect weapons being carried on the streets as part of the fight against the rising tide of gun crime, it emerged today.

The scanner, which is being developed by scientists on behalf of Scotland Yard, will be able to pick out the outline of knives, guns and other weapons hidden underneath clothing, enabling officers to target criminals before they strike.

The scheme was initiated by Sir John Stevens, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, earlier this year as he launched a crackdown on the tide of gun crime sweeping across Britain.

Figures show that shooting incidents across England and Wales rose by 35% from 17,589 in 2000-2001 to 22,314 last year.

“There are obvious concerns that the technology would be used without discretion and it could be used for the titillation of officers interested in attractive young women.

“It would have to be subject to very strict guidelines,” he warned.

Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Police Develop Scanner to Tackle Gun Crime

WISCONSIN SHERIFFS TO WORK TO KEEP CITIZENS DISARMED. ELITISTS BASTARDS WE SAY.

About 90% of Wisconsin sheriffs will ask their county boards to opt out of the proposed concealed weapons law because they do not have enough people to conduct adequate background checks on applicants, a spokesman for the Wisconsin Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs Association said.

JS Online: Many sheriffs would try to opt out of weapons law

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FORGETS GUNS NEEDED TO THWART TERRORISTS

Terrorists are working to obtain biological, chemical, nuclear and radiological weapons, and the threat of an attack is very real. Here at the Department of Homeland Security, throughout the federal government, and at organizations across America we are working hard to strengthen our Nation's security. Whenever possible, we want to stop terrorist attacks before they happen. All Americans should begin a process of learning about potential threats so we are better prepared to react during an attack. While there is no way to predict what will happen, or what your personal circumstances will be, there are simple things you can do now to prepare yourself and your loved ones.

Then the site goes on to assist you in developing your personal plan. Only one thing, the site forgot to recommend the type of rifle and ammunition one should have for homeland defense. By clicking on the link below you can remind the Department of Homeland Security to add firearms to their otherwise helpful web site.

Ready.gov - Feedback

RABID ANTI-GUN CONGRESSMAN EMANUEL STINKS OF DALEY CORRUPTION

From the Chicago Tribune: Rahm Emanuel: From Clinton aide to money maker


Emanuel's path to wealth stands in stark contrast to the image he is cultivating as a populist champion, the architect of vote-getting reforms designed to underscore what Democrats contend is Republican protection of wealth and privilege.

Emanuel's two biggest deals involved politically connected utilities: one representing Commonwealth Edison's corporate parent in a merger and the other representing a buyer in the purchase of a home security business from telecom giant SBC Communications. Shortly afterward, SBC hired as its president William Daley, the commerce secretary of the former Clinton administration and the brother of Chicago's mayor.

Another key former Emanuel client is headed by the largest individual contributor to Mayor Richard Daley's last election campaign, Bruce Rauner, who is more a supporter of conservative Republicans on national issues.

He rocketed into national politics because of his proficiency as a fundraiser, helping Richard Daley secure resources to win his first mayoral term in 1989 and later spearheading fundraising for Clinton's 1992 campaign.

Emanuel is a 5-foot-8, 150-pound triathlete who earned the nickname "Rahm-bo" during the Clinton administration for his forceful personality and take-no-prisoners attitude.


I thought Blagojevich was terrible when we was my congressman, this guy takes the cake. At least Rod was up front with his anti-gun agenda, Emanuel is a underhanded snake. Man, am I happy I left Chicago. I'm no Big Dummy...

6TH UNARMED BLACK MAN IN 18 MONTHS COP SHOT IN MILWAUKEE.

All I know is, the buzz among black residents about the spate of police shootings of unarmed men reached an uncomfortable crescendo last week.

In the streets, on black talk-radio, in Internet chat rooms and message lists, African-Americans were voicing strong opinions on the death of Mannix Franklin Sr. from a cop's bullet, the sixth case of an unarmed man being shot to death by a police officer in Milwaukee County in the last year and a half.

Franklin, 31, was shot by a police officer last weekend after police claimed he failed to remove his hands from his pockets while approaching an officer.
He was unarmed.

To many observers, it seemed like a frustrating rerun of past events. And it was easy for them to predict what comes next.

The family of the dead man will demand answers. The district attorney will hold an inquest. The officers involved will be exonerated.

In the meantime the cops fret about citizen with concealed carry permits. I think the cops should worry more about whether they should be armed or not.

JS Online: Concern over police shootings reaches crescendo

BALLISTIC FINGERPRINTING FLOPS IN MARYLAND...WE TOLD YOU IT WAS WORTHLESS

After finding substantial problems with the state's ballistic fingerprinting database, Maryland State Police have recommended that it not be expanded.

A 40-page report by the director of the agency's crime lab concludes, among other things, that the ballistic samples on file are often not from the type of guns used by criminals, and that the state system is not linked to the national database.

sunspot.net - maryland news

BIG DUMMIES DON'T LIKE CHICAGO COP

NORTH SIDE -- An off-duty Chicago police officer was beaten into a coma early Saturday after a group of gang members jumped him in a North Side convenience store parking lot, police said. The officer came out of the coma at a hospital.

More interesting is...where is the officer's gun now?

Chicago Tribune | Off-duty cop is injured in beating outside store

ILLEGALS DON'T GET LICENSES YET. WAIT UNTIL THE 18TH - 2 RINOS SUPPORT THE BILL

Talked to my state senator on Friday concerning Senate Bill 0067 which is the drivers licenses for illegal aliens. The site has not updated the vote that took place so cannot see the role call on the vote.

Senate Bill 67

I complained and voiced all my concerns which included the voting issue, FOID, Being able to obtain SS card etc.

All these were argued according to him. The bill failed by only one vote. I was told that several Demorats were out sick and that two RINO's voted for it. I was also told that if it passes either the house or senate, it will be a done deal as Blago will sign it.

He mentioned the only hope is that whomever voted for it will get beat up on the phones while in recess. This bill will be presented again during the next session Nov. 18-24.

The two RINO's that supposedly voted FOR this bill are Rick Winkle from Champaign & Dave Sullivan from Mt. Prospect. I sure hope that anyone out there is in their districts and calls repeatedly to voice their opposition. I also hope that anyone else in other Demorat districts call their reps and complain LOUDLY.

I guess I am just too stoooopid as I don't understand why illegal doesn't mean illegal, and why do you reward illegals for being here.

Sure hope you have time to harass your reps.

COPS CARP ABOUT PROTECTING NUKE PLANT

Five Austin, TX police officers have been disciplined for going fishing while they were supposed to be protecting a power plant against possible terrorism.

The report says the officers were spotted in uniform at least once cleaning the fish they had just caught.

Texas cops catch fish, not terrorists

CAN WE TRUST POLICE WITH GUNS?

(CNN) -- After complaints from parents and students, police in Goose Creek, South Carolina, defended their decision Friday to send a team of officers, some with guns drawn, into a high school earlier this week for a drug raid that turned up no drugs.

The link below will also show you a picture of the cops with gun drawn in a "gun free" high school. It is time to disarm the police since they obviously are irresponsible when it comes to guns. I'd feel safer about my child's safety with even the most liberal teacher armed.

CNN.com - Police, school district defend drug raid - Nov. 7, 2003: "

WHAT IS A BIG DUMMY?

Ron Bond and I were kicking this around as there seems to be some misunderstanding. Now Big Dummies can be found in any big liberal city. But they are indigenous to the City of Chicago and many portions of Cook County.

Here is a city that re-elects Mayor Daley with 84% of the vote. No one can be that popular unless the voters are "big dummies."

So if you live in Chicago you are a Big Dummy for sure. If you live in Cook County you probably are one too.

But, that is not enough! Some big dummies are dummier than others. Mr. Bond and myself have developed the CERTIFIED BIG DUMMY program or CBD.

Now those of you in Chicago are wondering I know, how can I be certified?

Well there are three ways:

1. If you attend 3 candle light vigils for victims of gun violence you will become a CBD
or
2. Attend 4 "victims of gun violence" encounter sessions (3 if it's "mothers of victims of gun violence")
or
3. Live in Chicago continuously for three years. (note: If you get shot during this time you must start the three year process over.)

I hope that clears things up for you "Big Dummies."

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

80 YEAR OLD NYC BIG DUMMY CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL GUN. MUGGER GOES FREE.

He survived a violent mugging, but now 80-year-old Lester Campbell faces criminal charges for defending himself with an unlicensed gun.

WorldNetDaily: Mugger goes free,
victim arrested

BIG DUMMIES ROBBED OF $400K IN JEWELS BY MEN WITH $90 SEMI-AUTO'S

Five men robbed at least $400,000 worth of jewelry Friday from two salesmen outside a jewelry store in Rogers Park, police said. The salesmen had just shown their jewelry samples at Golden Crown Jewelers, 2709 W. Devon, about 3 p.m. when they were approached by two men at gunpoint in a nearby parking lot

Metro briefs

U.S. CARGO PLANES TO BE USED BY AL-QAIDA. U.S. CARGO PILOTS STILL NOT ALLOWED GUNS.

WASHINGTON -- The Homeland Security Department is warning law-enforcement officers al-Qaida may be plotting to fly cargo planes from overseas into such crucial targets in the United States as nuclear plants, bridges or dams, an agency official said Friday night.

Still the TSA is not arming cargo pilots and it will take 20 year to arm just 1/3 of the pilots carrying passengers at the rate the TSA is "training" pilots.

Look, either we have a terrorist threat to our homeland or we don't. If the terrorist threat is real then why isn't the federal government out there encouraging every last one of us to arm to the teeth and train to use what we got? Or is Homeland Security really just an excuse, like many of the "black helicopter" people say, to strip our rights away? This pundit is beginning to wonder.

Homeland Security warns of cargo plane threat

COOK COUNTY SHERIFF CONDUCTS PROSTITUTION STING. HERE IS WHERE TO FIND HOOKERS ACCORDING TO SHERIFF MICHAEL SHEEHAN.

...along Mannheim Road in Leyden Township, in the areas of 14th and Green Streets and 25th Street and Chicago Road in Chicago Heights, and along Roosevelt Road, near 14th Street, 16th Street and Cicero Avenue in Cicero.

I had no idea the Cook County Sheriff also provided information on the sexual underground in big dummy land. Guess it is part of his job. Glad I live in DuPage.

Chicago Tribune | Prostitution sting nets 106 men

BIG DUMMIES TOLD TO PAY MORE TO CHICAGO

The City Council's Finance Committee Friday advanced an ordinance allowing police and other city investigators to check vehicles for city stickers in nearly 500 parking lots and garages in Chicago.

The committee approved increasing the vehicle sticker fee for SUVs and other passenger vehicles weighing more than 4,500 pounds to $90 from $75. Fines for violations like blocking public facility exits to parking under fire escapes increased between $25 and $75.

The committee also imposed a .25 percent restaurant tax designed to generate up to $8 million per year. The tax would be in addition to the 8.75 percent sales tax patrons pay in most city restaurants.

Chicago Tribune | City sticker hunt closer to reality

CCW LOVING RALLY RACER USES AMSOIL IN WISCONSIN RALLY

A neat picture of Mike Johnson racing his Amsoil lubricated Subaru Impreza WRX STi in Wisconsin.

Mike Johnson: Rally Racer Extraordinaire

DANGEROUS WISCONSIN: CC, INC. LETTER IN MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL

Out-of-state families should be afraid to visit

I often visit Wisconsin with my family, but now I am afraid to.

In arguing against concealed carry, Rep. Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse) coldly turns her back on her parents, who were fatally shot, by insisting it's better to not be able to defend oneself from an armed killer ('Assembly has votes to pass gun bill,' Nov. 6).

Wisconsin's governor fears shooting in the malls at Christmastime and warned that there could have been shootings in post-Halloween violence if concealed weapons had been legal. Rep. Leon Young (D-Milwaukee) is of the mind that this law would devastate the African-American community as trigger-happy people (NOTE: The originalword used was "blacks" not "people." The Journal-Sentinel politically corrected me. I don't think whites would go to black communities on a shooting rampage if CCW were passed. Do you?) would presumably go on some sort of a shooting rampage.

If the above is how trained, background-checked, law-abiding citizens would act in Wisconsin if they had permits to carry guns, I can only imagine how savage and brutal the state's police officers and criminals are. Under these horrifying conditions, I'm afraid Wisconsin is no place for me or my family. I thought I'd never say this, but it is safer in Chicago.

John Birch
President, Concealed Carry Inc.
Oak Brook, Ill

JS Online: The Morning Mail

HUNTING SEASON ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES IN WISCONSIN IS IN FULL SWING - NO LIMIT

Finally, a new study released Thursday determined that the homicide rate by gunfire for African-American males in Wisconsin was 31 times that of white males in 2001.

Not mentioned is the racial identity of the shooters. I suspect it is black on black killings. If it were whites killing blacks the fed's would be all over the place decrying the murders and civil rights abuses. As it is, frankly, it's "ho hum, who cares." Think about it next time some gun control law is proposed to save lives....

JS Online: Weekly laurels and laments

NO BIG DUMMIES ALLOWED IN THIS TOWN

GEUDA SPRINGS, Kansas, Nov. 7 - An entire Kansas town will soon be armed after a new law has been passed in Geuda Springs. The city law mandates 'every head of household' in Geuda Springs must own a gun.

Town passes ordinance requiring gun ownership

MISSOURI JUDGE MAKES PERMANENT THE INJUNCTION AGAINST CCW

ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis circuit judge made permanent an injunction against Missouri's concealed weapons law, banning it from taking effect. The ruling on Friday clears the way for an appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court for a final ruling.

The Legislature passed the law in September over the veto of Gov. Bob Holden. It would allow more Missourians over 23 to legally carry concealed weapons and was supposed to take effect on Oct. 11. County sheriffs would take applications from people who complete certified gun safety courses. An applicant would pay a $100 fee to cover the cost of a criminal background check. Judge Steven Ohmer issued a temporary injunction against it on Oct. 10 and then held two hearings over the next few weeks to hear arguments on whether the law violates the Missouri Constitution.

Ohmer ruled it violates a section of the Constitution that says the right to bear arms does not justify wearing of concealed weapons. That section was carried over to the current Constitution, adopted in 1945, from a Constitution adopted in 1875. Article I, Section 23, which is part of the state’s Bill of Rights, says “the right of every citizen to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property, or when lawfully summoned in aid of the civil power, shall not be questioned; but this shall not justify the wearing of concealed weapons.” Lawyers who defend the new law believe this provision doesn’t ban concealed weapons but merely says that this section couldn’t have been used to challenge the old law that banned most people from legally carrying concealed weapons.

It will be up to Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court. Nixon's office defends the state against lawsuits. Gov. Bob Holden said Friday that he agrees with the ruling. He said he vetoed it because he also thinks it is unconstitutional.

Conceal-carry supporters point out that the Legislature, many years ago, allowed some people to carry concealed weapons, including policemen, prison guards, members of the National Guard, lawyers and judges. If the law allowing concealed weapons for ordinary citizens is unconstitutional, it's conceivable that the laws allowing concealed weapons for others are also unconstitutional.

Here it is folks. You as a law-abiding citizen with no criminal record are not able to be considered as responsible and you sure as hell can't be trusted. It is OK for the elitists to carry weapons though.

KYTV Springfield, MO

I$RA RUMBLINGS:

Doesn't seem the I$RA regime is too happy with the reporting of the $98K given to the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence. Some things that have surfaced are listed below. I have to tell you though that getting information out of North Korea is easier than getting info from the I$RA.

1. Callers to the I$RA are told the case can't be discussed because it is ongoing litigation. That is FALSE but a good delaying tactic.
2. There are denials floating that Todd Vandermyde and Pete Flanagan's resignations were not contingent on an insurance payout. Well, the I$RA had their chance to comment prior to publication of this story in GunNews and refused to comment. They still have not commented.
3. Those calling for dues refunds are being told "we don't give no refunds."
4. The I$RA web site is totally silent on this issue. All you find is appeals for more money and hot babes in I$RA attire.
4. Supposedly this will be a topic at the board of directors meeting. Let us hope the board understands that shooting the messenger will NOT solve the I$RA problem. If not, well let the games begin.
5. Got this email:

Dear John:

I am contacting you regarding the accusation concerning the ISRA that are floating around.

I called the ISRA Headquarters and left a message for President Pearson that I was concerned about the reports that have been circulating on the internet.

I was pleasantly surprised when he returned my call within 15 minutes.

Mr. Pearson stated that this was an ongoing case and could not comment, but did tell me that yes, they did pay legal fees amounting to $78,000 and it was paid by the insurance company & they did not lose the case. There was no judgment & only legal fees were paid.

He also assured me that there was no such thing as the insurance company asking for resignations. He stated that all the innuendos that are floating around are not true.

Well will be easy enough to prove who paid what. Our sources confirm $98K paid out of am I$RA Money Market Account. Should be easy for the I$RA to show differently and if so we will be pleased to correct the record. As to this be an ongoing case, nope, it's not. It is Finito city. I$RA President Pearson also plays loose with the facts when he says no judgement, only legal fees paid. Let me explain: The I$RA, Vandermyde and Flanagan admitted to infringement of the I$RA trademark therefore there was no need for a judge to rule on the matter. There was no "monetary" judgement regarding the admitted trademark judgement. However the I$RA was ordered to pay the ICHV legal fees to the tune of $98K. How much the I$RA paid for it's own legal fees and the fees of Vandermyde and Flanagan are buried in mystery. Guess the members don't need to know. I also looked at my copy of the new Illinois Shooter and found no reference to this matter at all. Heck, I know the Illinois Shooter loves to print dirt when it suits their own agenda, guess this time the dirt hit too close to home eh boys?

I have to be in Chicago on Monday and will go to the Federal Court and get a copy of this case to post on the web. That should settle a lot.

At the end of this newsletter is a letter from a former I$RA First VP. Interesting reading so we saved it for the end.

And what is this we hear that an I$RA VP has resigned? I wonder which one and really why he resigned? Any info please email: john@concealcarry.org

Finally, if the I$RA President wishes to make a statement, in writing, I will send it to all my readers and post on at www.concealcarry.org without comment or edit.

RODERICK PRITCHETT:

Roderick is in a hearing today. There are questions concerning the fact that blacks are charged with felonies while many whites only get a misdmeanor. Also the racial makeup of the Skokie courthouse may be addressed. This case is going into 2004 and maybe it should. I can see delaying justice if we can expose the BS that Cook County is when it comes to gun prosecutions. Details of the hearing will be posted on here your blog as soon as they are available from attorney Walter Maksym

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LETTER FROM A FORMER I$RA VP...SAYS IT ALL:

Dear John:

Somehow I feel vindicated by Vandermyde's folly and the ISRA paying the $98K fine.

Vandermyde has always been an opportunist. He was one of the cabal that ousted Jim and Pat Valentino from the ISRA several years ago. The others were Richard Pearson, Jim Vinopal, and Don Moran. There were others, but these cretins were the moving force.

When the Valentinos were ousted, I was the ISRA 2nd V-P. Pearson was 1st V-P. Pearson took over as President, and I assumed the chair of the 1st V-P. By chance, I was also Chairman of the Nominations Committee at the time, and we had an ISRA election coming up. To cut it short, several members of the Nominating Committee did not like the way Jim and Pat were thrown out the window, and neither did I.

We blocked the nomination of Vandermyde and named another candidate to fill his slot. Pearson and Vinopal were furious. Pearson tried to play "Let's Make A Deal" to keep Vandermyde aboard. I refused. Pearson then rejected the Nominating Committee's report, dissolved the Committee, and proceeded to name another Nominating Committee which (surprise) kept Vandermyde on the slate.

It was then that I resigned both the ISRA 1st Vice-Presidency as well as the editorship of The Illinois Shooter.

Illegitimi non Carborundum,

George Wm. Everitt/IL

Well, to be fair to the I$RA we will print any rebuttal or statement they wish to make without comment nor edit. And for those of you who feel the I$RA is worthy of joining you can join them by clicking here.

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

CHICAGO POLICE TELL THE TRUTH, WE CAN'T ALWAYS PROTECT YOU

From the NW Indiana Times: Shootings near high school prompt residents, police to meet

Lt. Martin Ryczek, CAPS Officer for the 4th District, told them they're all welcome to attend the CAPS meeting for Beat 433 that includes the neighborhood around the school. He also suggested organizing a joint beat meeting to discuss the issues about security around the high school.

"I'm not going to lie to you. If these kids are determined to do it (shoot someone) we could have an army there and they'll still do it," Ryczek said.

When the shooting occurred Thursday a police officer in a marked squad car at the scene failed to deter the shooting, but his presence meant police were able to apprehend the shooter immediately, he said.


What a breath of fresh air coming from a Chicago cop! If someone is really determined, they will not be stopped, even by police. Imagine Mayor Daley admitting this...keep dreaming! I guess a person may actually have to defend themselves providing they have the means to do so.

MILWAUKEE POLICE SAYING IT IS UNSAFE FOR CIVILIANS TO CARRY GUNS KILL ANOTHER UNARMED CITIZEN. SEEMS THE COPS NEED TO GIVE UP THEIR GUNS EH?

An unarmed man was shot and killed by a Milwaukee police officer on the city's north side after refusing to take his hand out of his jacket, police said Saturday.

JS Online: Police say officer shot, killed unarmed man: "

WISCONSIN THIS CLOSE TO CONCEALED CARRY. BIG DUMMIES SCRAMBLING.

Madison - Assembly Republicans during an overnight session rewrote parts of the concealed weapons bill to attract more Democratic votes, and it worked in a way that raises questions about whether Gov. Jim Doyle's promised veto of the bill would stand.

JS Online: Weapons bill passage raises veto questions

BIG DUMMIES WANTED BY COOK COUNTY GOP TO TAKE A BEATING ON ELECTION DAY. HEY BIG DUMMY SEND IN YOUR RESUME!

The hapless Cook County Republican Party hasn't resorted to running newspaper want-ads and buttonholing passersby in its efforts to dig up candidates for countywide office, but on Thursday, it came close.

And despite the party's history of running slates of people no one has heard of before -- or after -- Election Day, Murphy said she is looking for more than just someone with a pulse.

"Character and caliber is what we're going for, so that's what's driving us to open up the process and bring people in," she said. "You need a hard-working candidate that can attract dollars, but that can also carry a message."

Anyone interested should submit a resume and cover letter, one page for each, to the party's slate making committee: fax to (312) 977-1477; e-mail to cookcountygop1@aol.com. The deadline is Nov. 13.

Democrats chuckled at the GOP tactic.

"That's pathetic," said Pete Giangreco, a Democratic consultant. "Who knows? Maybe a self-funding millionaire with a vast record of public service with great ideas for the future will mail in their resume. But I'd tell Maureen not to hold her breath."

Cook County GOP: Send us your resumes

WITNESS TO MURDER WANTS VIGIL, REWARD, KILLER, NOT MUCH ELSE

When I wrote to Mr. Gross I thought perhaps we could start a dialog aimed at a solution to the murder rate in Chicago. Even if he'd didn't agree with concealed carry, maybe someway to hold Mayor Daley accountable. Some positive input... It seems Mr. Gross simply wants press for the candlelight vigil tonight and to catch the killer of his friend. You would think someone who went through this horrific ordeal would want to help prevent someone else from going through the same thing. Clearly, with this attitude, nothing will change in Chicago.

Here's a reprint of Mr. Gross' unedited response to my e-mail, below that the press release for the vigil tonight if you'd like to attend:

Ron,

Great, it's another lengthy diatribe on the merits of concealed carry from some guy I don't know who feels that I'm dying to hear his opinion! And thanks for telling me all about your move too! Good for you! Hope you got a good return on the 2-flat!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY:I was responding to John's parodying of our efforts to catch the bastard that shot my friend. I emailed him directly - - not to debate him on the merits of concealed carrying of guns. I did not post my message to John in a forum. I wasn't debating him on his agenda. I was angry because he was lampooning us from behind the safety of his keyboard and, in doing so, making a mockery of what many of us have been through in the past months.

Everyone thinks I have some opinion against guns that they need to talk me out of! I honestly don't care how many candlelight vigils you've grown weary of seeing. Do you think I really want to hang out on Leland and Damen tomorrow night, my least favorite place on earth? We're trying to publicize a fucking reward and a vigil will get the media attention we need to reach people who know who the killer is!

I asked John to remove my post and he refuses to, so now you and everyone else with an opinion are coming out of the woodwork to tell me, "sorry for your loss, but ..." One guy told me my friend "will die in vain" ... then said I had his "condolences." You guys are all the same ... you assume everyone's against you and are incapable of seeing that, guns or no guns, our friend is dead and we're simply trying to get his killer now!

If you have any empathy, email John Birch and tell him that while you agree with him, he was completely out of line to call us "Big Dummies" and to sarcastically suggest that ooh, the gang members are really scared. Also, tell him to at least remove my post and my goddamn email address ... I'M A WITNESS TO A FUCKING HOMICIDE! Experience that sometime before you go assuming things about the circumstances of the assault and pretending you'd be able to act like Bruce Willis instead of going into lethargic and utter shock. Don't reply to me. I didn't ask for this.


PRESS RELEASE:
Friends of actor Barry Cunnane will gather Thursday at 6 p.m. for a candlelight vigil in the 1900 block of West Leland, where he was killed in May. A benefit last month raised $15,000 in reward money for information about the slaying of Cunnane, who would have been 28 on Thursday. He was shot for no apparent reason as he walked with a friend. Cunnane, who was from Sandyford, County Dublin, Ireland, immigrated to Chicago because he admired its vibrant theater scene. He worked at the American Medical Association. Friends plan on circulating fliers and ads on public transportation to solicit tips about his death. 'It's justice for everybody, because this could happen to anybody,'' said his friend, David W. Olsen. Anyone with information in the case is asked to call Belmont Area detectives at (312) 744-8261.

BIG DUMMY KILLS BIG DUMMY

An argument between a South Side mother of four and her boyfriend resulted in the woman's death early this morning when the man shot her in her family's home, police said.

Chicago Tribune | Mother slain while 4 kids home

WISCONSIN CITIZENS ARE BLOOD CRAZED KILLERS ACCORDING TO DEMOCRATS

But Rep. Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse), whose parents and five employees of their Chicago-area restaurant were shot to death in 1993, said allowing concealed weapons in Wisconsin would continue 'this obsession' we have with guns.

'Guns begat guns, and this is an arms race,' said Shilling, who recounted her family's personal tragedy. 'I don't support the (Constitution's) Second Amendment hidden under my coat on Main Street.'

Milwaukee Democrats fought the change. 'Simply put, we in Milwaukee don't want this,' said Rep. Lee Cullen (D-Milwaukee).

Doyle restated his opposition to the bill Wednesday: 'This is not good for the people of Wisconsin. I do not believe the citizens of Wisconsin are safer in a crowded shopping mall at Christmastime if people are carrying concealed weapons.'

Doyle and Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz warned that someone could have been wounded or killed during the post-Halloween violence early Sunday on Madison's State Street if concealed weapons had been legal.

Wednesday, leaders of organizations of the state's police chiefs and county sheriffs and deputies repeated their opposition to the bill, saying allowing more residents to carry handguns, stun guns, non-switchblade knives and billy clubs would create an army of vigilantes handing out justice on street corners and highways.

Milwaukee-area Democrats said too many teenagers and young adults are murdered with guns on the city's streets and too many more would die if concealed weapons are legalized.

'This would devastate the African-American community,' said Rep. Leon Young (D-Milwaukee).

Doyle 'knows the people of Wisconsin don't want this,' added Rep. Johnnie Morris (D-Milwaukee). 'This is a law that is going to kill people, and it's going to kill people, and it's going to kill people from my area."

"As someone from Milwaukee, we see violence much too often," said Rep. Jon Richards (D-Milwaukee).

Reported by Steven Walters

We sent the Journal Sentinel a Letter to the Editor:

I often visit Wisconsin with my family but now I am afraid to. In arguing against concealed carry Representative Jennifer Shilling coldly turns her back on her shot dead parents by insisting it's better to not be able to defend oneself from an armed killer. Your governor fears shooting in the malls at Christmas time and predicted there "could" have been shootings in post-Halloween violence. Rep. Leon Young is of the mind that this law would devastate the African-American community as trigger happy blacks would presumably go on some sort of a shooting rampage.

Representative Spencer Black really terrified me as he said a Wisconsinite carrying a gun could use it to shoot at a nuclear reactor and it would melt down (they make their nukes kind of flimsy in Wisconsin eh?)

If the above is how trained, back ground checked law abiding citizens would act in Wisconsin if they had a permit to carry a gun I can only imagine how savage and brutal your police officers and criminals are. Under these horrifying conditions I'm afraid Wisconsin is no place for me nor my family. I thought I'd never say this, but it is safer in Chicago.

JS Online: Assembly passes concealed weapons bill

WISCONSIN CLOSE TO CCW DESPITE FEARS GUN TOTER MAY FIRE AT NUCLEAR PLANTS AND MELT THEM DOWN

At 2:45 this morning, the State Assembly amended and passed SB214, the Personal Protection Act concealed carry bill, by a margin of 64 to 35 votes.

Opponents of the bill drafted over 70 amendments to try to kill the bill. One amendment would have restricted concealed carry to one's home or business, and nowhere else. Representative David Cullen (D-Milwaukee) wanted to have an amendment that would prohibit carry in the city of Milwaukee.

One amendment to the bill would have made carrying in a prohibited place a felony, instead of a minor misdemeanor under the current bill. Wander into the wrong place by accident, and lose your right to vote and own guns.

Representative Spencer Black (D-Madison) tried to add an amendment that would make it a crime to walk within 1,000 feet of a school if you were carrying concealed, an act that's pretty hard to avoid if you live or work within 1/5th of a mile of a school.

One opponent--again, Representative Spencer Black (D-Madison)-- actually claimed that a concealed carry permit holder might shoot a nuclear reactor, resulting in a nuclear meltdown that would endanger the state or the nation.

If you as a law-abiding gunowner aren't insulted by their claims that you'll destroy our country and kill our children if allowed to carry, you darned well should be.

If adopted, any or all of the above amendments would have made concealed carry permits absolutely useless, since the amendments would ban carry almost anywhere.

Whether or not we win depends upon the number of gunowners calling and writing their legislators. We are now within inches of the goal line, and we cannot afford to let up.

If you don't know who your legislator is, go to http://www.legis.state.wi.us/waml and enter your address and town. Your friends without internet access can call 1-800-362-9472 (9am to 5pm) and they'll be transferred to their legislators' offices.

This year, citizens in Wisconsin have gotten closer to having legal concealed carry than at any time in history. Now let's finish the job by winning!

Thanks,

The Wisconsin Concealed Carry Association



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

CHICAGO BIG DUMMY COP USES GUN TO SETTLE DISPUTE. GETS HIS WRIST SLAPPED. BAD COP, NO DONUT.

A Chicago police officer was placed on 18 months court supervision Wednesday for his part in an altercation in January with workers at a McHenry County car repossession shop who said he threatened them with a gun.

William Redmond, 40, a Calumet Area detective with the Chicago Police Department since 1986, was stripped of his police powers after the Jan. 30 incident and placed on desk duty. He remains on desk duty while the department's board of professional regulations investigates the matter, said Lori Lightfoot, chief administrator of the board.

You settle a dispute a gun and see if you get court supervision, only a misdmeanor charge and your employer lets you keep your job while they spend nearly a year "investigating." This is a crock of sh*t.

Chicago Tribune | Cop given supervision in incident: "

A CHANCE TO VOTE IN A CHICAGO ELECTION

Do too many politicians have security details? Click on link below and go down the right column to vote.

Chicago Tribune | Eric Zorn's Notebook

CHICAGO, MOURN YOUR VICTIMS...THEN RISE UP AND DO SOMETHING TO PROTECT YOURSELVES

My response to the friend of murder victim Barry Cunnane:

Dear Mr. Gross,

I read your response to John Birch and believe me I understand what you are going through. At the time of Barry’s murder I lived on Leland just a few blocks away. The Lincoln Square neighborhood generally is a very safe area, yet this horrific crime still occurred. The police were not there to protect Barry or arrest the perpetrator.

The problem is that decent shopkeepers are being killed in robberies, women are sexually assaulted, and they have no means to defend themselves. Barry’s murder, and you being there helplessly unarmed, is a prime example. Every other week there is a candlelight vigil to remember some defenseless victim. The fact that there has to be an annual Homicide Victims Memorial is appalling! Clearly, Chicago and Illinois style gun control is NOT working to stop these terrible crimes. Mayor Daley, in his 1988 campaign promise, said he wanted to be held accountable for crime in the streets. Most years, Chicago holds the No.1 or 2 position for the most murders in the US. Obviously he has not! City hall quickly forgets…

Shortly after Barry’s murder, I sold my 2 flat on Leland Ave. and moved to Arizona. I planned this before that murder occurred but it reinforced my decision to leave Chicago. I wanted to live in a state that trusted me to carry a handgun for protection if I chose to. I didn’t want to be the next unarmed victim. Law-abiding people carry handguns legally in 45 states and these states don’t become the Wild West. You have that in places like Chicago and Washington, DC. Places with handgun bans…

All pro-concealed carry people ask is to be trusted to be able to defend ourselves if we choose to. You know, when the police aren’t there… Did you ever think you could have been shot next? Perhaps, even if you had a gun, Barry still would have been shot and died. Since you were unharmed, you could have shot back. Instead the murderer is still at large and free to cause this horrific pain to some other family.

This issue is close to my heart and my thoughts are with you. Even from Arizona I will continue to fight against gun control and for concealed carry laws for the states that do not have them. Is concealed carry a cure-all, of course not, but many people, particularly women and older people would benefit the most. The people of Chicago deserve the same rights that the politicians retain for themselves. Though most can’t afford bodyguards...

Sadly it took the ‘big dummy’ parody to catch your attention. But the ongoing cycle of defenseless victim memorials will not fix anything. The current situation in Chicago really is dumb! Please consider supporting concealed carry. In doing so, you could help save someone’s family and friends from going through what you have.

I hope to return to Chicago, my hometown, someday and be able to carry my handgun legally, treated like the law-abiding citizen that I am. Not a subject of the cold Daley political machine…

Again, my thoughts are with you,

Ron Bond

Benson AZ

Charter member of Concealed Carry Inc.

Comments, particularly from Chicagoans, are always welcome: atomiclookoutranch@hotmail.com

BIG DUMMIES PAY FOR BODYGUARDS FOR THE ELITE POLITICIANS THEY WORSHIP

Over the years Secret Service agents have gotten quite a kick out of Chicago politicians. Here comes Ald. Ed Burke (14th) with his security detail of Chicago cops. (He's the chairman of the Chicago City Council Finance Committee, after all.) There goes former Chicago Mayor Eugene Sawyer with his bodyguard. (He was briefly mayor after Mayor Harold Washington died back in 1987). Then, of course, there are the bodyguard details for Chicago City Treasurer Judith Rice and Chicago City Clerk James Laski. Really, it's enough to make James Bond blush.

Whether it comes out of the county budget, as in the Stroger sheriff's detail, or the city budget, where Chicago police provide protection for Burke and Sawyer, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who pays the bills.

Remember Big Dummies, if you complain about this they won't pick up your garbage or fix your sidewalk.

Chicago Tribune | So many bodyguards for so many local, county and state pols

MAYOR DALEY PROUD OF TOWING CONTRACT AWARDED TO HIS BUDDIES. BIG DUMMIES PROUD TOO OF D'ERE MAYOR.

Mayor Daley said Tuesday he had 'nothing to do' with his administration's decision to award a lucrative towing contract to the parent company of a clout-heavy firm under a federal investigation believed tied to an alleged auto theft ring.

'I have nothing to do with this. I know you're trying to pin it on me. ... This is a public bid and the professionals that handle it made the decision. ... These are professional people ... who deal with these contracts ... I'm very proud of them,' he said.

Daley defends towing contract, says he wasn't involved

YOUR CHANCE TO VOTE IN KALIFORNIA

"SURVEY: In light of the Van Nuys courthouse shooting, do you think there should be tougher gun control laws?"

NBC 4 - News - Videotaped Attacker Charged With Trying To Kill Lawyer

NY TIMES WANTS U.S. SENATE TO FOCUS ON CONTROLLING GUN OWNERS

Various amendments are afoot, including admirable attempts to close the infamous gun-show loophole for dealers and to renew the assault weapons ban, which expires next September. House Republican leaders claim that renewal of the assault rifle ban has waning support as the nation grows more terrorist-wary. Such N.R.A. propaganda is no match for what has proved to be an indispensable law. Defeat of the gun makers' immunity bill would be an excellent prelude to renewing the ban.

Aiming Beyond the Pheasants

BIG DUMMY RESPONDS
(Note this is headline of the below writer, not John Birch)


John,

Regarding your headline:

- - BIG DUMMIES HOLD CANDLELIGHT VIGIL. GANGS TERRIFIED - -

I'm one of the "big dummies." In fact, I'm the one who watched my friend die in front of me on May 24th. I saw some random thug shoot my best friend in the head. I saw him fall on the sidewalk. I called his name and watched the blood pool. I'd like you to consider what that would feel like. Politics and agendas and amendments aside, picture your best friend dying for no reason in a split second.

I'm wondering why someone who advocates carrying concealed weapons for protection would lampoon the victims of gun violence. Do victims now all somehow deserve to be the punchline to a joke made by some internet agenda goon? Do you have a Michael Ceriale joke section on your web site? Did you attend the annual Homicide Victims Memorial in October with a megaphone to tell all the surviors what "big dummies" they are? Ever been to a support group and seen a mother talk about preparing for the upcoming trial of the guy who stabbed her son to death?

Are you capable of acknowledging that a real guy with grieving friends and family members was killed in a way that is impossible for them to wrap their minds around? Or does tragedy only serve as fodder for you? Last week I spent a week in Ireland with Barry's mother, father and sister. I saw where my best friend is buried. I saw baby pictures of him. His parents are crushed. They have all the right to let this ruin them yet they still don't have one hundredth the cynicism and bitterness you do.

We here in Chicago are just doing what we can in our power to catch the men responsible for killing our friend. Meanwhile, you're sitting behind your keyboard calling us names.

I don't expect you to feel bad or understand ... I just couldn't let your remark go. In my experience, people like you are incapable of stepping outside themselves for a brief second to realize that what you read in the papers actually happened to real people who are experiencing real grief. On of your posts bitches away about how City Hall moves on. Well, it appears you've moved on as well.

Keep up the good work. I'm sure your compassionate nature and empathy for victims of gun violence will draw many to your cause.

M. Gross

Mr. Gross:

I do feel compassion, but also frustration. For a life to be wantonly taken and for the response to be to hold a "vigil" astounds me. I hope Kumbaya is not going to be sung as well. Barry deserves better. In fact I would hope Barry's friends become militant about overturning Chicago's Pro-Criminal gun laws and the go further and contact their state reps to pass what I would like to call the "Barry Cunnane Personal Protection Act" that would allow trained and background checked adults to carry concealed weapons.

That would be a fitting tribute to Barry. I pray for the swift entry of Barry's soul to heaven, the swifter dispatch of his thrill killer to hell and, finally, for no mother ever to have to go through this grief again.

NOTE: Just to clarify, the meaning of Big Dummy. A Big Dummy is any resident of Chicago. It does not pertain specifically to you nor your fellow vigil"antes" as it is more a reference to people who would put Mayor Daley back in office with a full 84% of the vote. Now there must be some very Big Dummies in Chicago for that to happen.

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

82D AIRBORNE DIVISION : ONE COLONEL'S COMMAND PHILOSOPHY

I was perusing the web and came across my old unit, the 313th Military Intelligence Battalion. Here is the current commander's philosophy. His name is LTC Nickolas Guarino:

The Rule of Little Groups of Paratroopers (LGOPS): After the demise of the best Airborne plan, a most terrifying effect occurs on the battlefield...This is, in its purest form, small groups of (motivated) 19 year old American paratroopers. They are well-trained, physically fit, armed to the teeth... They collectively remember the Commander's intent as "March to the sound of the guns and kill anyone who is not dressed like you..." Happily they go about the day's work...

Now you have to love this guy! AIRBORNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

YO! BIG DUMMIES! WANT TO BE A DRUG DEALER? MAYBE KILL A COP? ENJOY!

JAYZWORLD DEALER:

Alright this is the drug game dealer. You take the role as a drug dealer in New York and your goal is too make as much money as possible. Think profit, profit, profit and make sure you don't get caught by the hook. YOU NEED FLASH PLAYER to play this game.

I am sure glad this game is offered by a black guy and not a white guy. It would hate to think there are any racial overtones to this childrens game.

J A Y Z W O R L D

MARK BROWN ON BODY GUARDS. YOU CHICAGOAN'S ARE BIG DUMMIES.

Cook County Board President John Stroger managed to get in and out of the Chicago Sun-Times Building without incident Monday afternoon, despite no longer having five sheriff's police officers available to protect him from the taxpaying public and pesky reporters.

Petty politics take center stage in bodyguard flap

ANYONE KNOW ANY GOOD INDIAN RESTAURANTS?

NEW DELHI, India -- A former leading member of India's Congress party was convicted of murder Monday for killing his wife, covering her in butter and attempting to roast her in a restaurant's tandoor oven.

Politician killed wife, roasted her in oven

BIG DUMMIES HOLD CANDLELIGHT VIGIL. GANGS TERRIFIED.

Friends of actor Barry Cunnane will gather Thursday at 6 p.m. for a candlelight vigil in the 1900 block of West Leland, where he was killed in May. A benefit last month raised $15,000 in reward money for information about the slaying of Cunnane, who would have been 28 on Thursday. He was shot for no apparent reason as he walked with a friend. Cunnane, who was from Sandyford, County Dublin, Ireland, immigrated to Chicago because he admired its vibrant theater scene. He worked at the American Medical Association. Friends plan on circulating fliers and ads on public transportation to solicit tips about his death. 'It's justice for everybody, because this could happen to anybody,'' said his friend, David W. Olsen. Anyone with information in the case is asked to call Belmont Area detectives at (312) 744-8261.

Metro briefs: ""

CHICAGO'S POLITICIANS AND PAST POLITICIANS GET PERSONAL SECURITY DETAILS. BIG DUMMIES GET THE BILL AND THE GUN FIRE. ERIC ZORN REPORTS.

Certainly history teaches us that governors and big-city mayors require protection from crackpots who see them as vehicles for dramatic statements. But the Chicago Police Department not only guards the mayor but also City Clerk James Laski, City Treasurer Judith Rice, City Council Finance Committee Chairman Ed Burke and former Mayor Eugene Sawyer, who left office 14 years ago.

'Is paying someone to guard you a good use of public money?' I asked Sawyer on Monday.

'That's not for me to determine,' he said.

Interesting that the people who oppose a CCW law the most are the first to demand armed guards. And the Big Dummies, aka Chicago residents, see nothing wrong with this.

ERIC ZORN | Politicians must guard against insecurity detail

A VIABLE REPLACEMENT FOR INCOME TAX

The current Federal income tax system is broken. Patching up the existing code is pointless. It's time for a fresh approach, a fair approach.
It's time for the FairTax.

Americans for Fair Tax: ""

FORMER DETROIT TOP COP FINDS OUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A CIVILIAN WITH A GUN

Former Detroit Police Chief Jerry Oliver was charged Monday with a misdemeanor count of possession of an unlicensed handgun.

Oliver, who resigned Friday with the knowledge that the charges were coming, is expected to be arraigned later this week.

Oliver charged with possessing an unlicensed handgun

SUN TIMES SAYS DISARM PEOPLE NOT TERRORISTS

The Second Amendment is not a license to arm oneself in any fashion imaginable. All sorts of weapons -- machineguns, hand grenades, rocket launchers -- are against the law for civilians to own. Congress owes it to the American people to extend and strengthen the assault weapons ban. There is really no rational argument against doing so.

So the people should be disarmed. That will make us safer? And why is a driver's license good for driving a 500hp sports car when a KIA Rio will do? Perhaps the First Amendment should be strictly interpreted as well. Why should the Sun Times have access to high speed presses and the internet? Surely the founding fathers never envisioned such when the First Amendment was enacted? As Ron Bond would say, this makes my blood BOIL!

Get your letters to the editor off to them today!

Congress should strengthen, renew assault weapons ban

U.S. ATTEMPT TO STOP TERRORISTS AT MEXICAN BORDER A BILLION DOLLAR JOKE

SASABE, Mexico -- A crackdown along the U.S.-Mexico border designed to prevent terrorists from entering the United States hasn't stopped even one known militant from slipping into America since Sept. 11, the Mexican government said.

Instead, the tightening net of Border Patrol and Immigration agents has slowed trade, snarled traffic and cost American taxpayers millions, perhaps billions, of dollars, while hundreds of migrants have died trying to evade the growing army of border authorities.

We have spent so much money on the "War and Terror" I have to wonder if it wouldn't be cheaper just to give them a few airliners each month to do what they want with.

Mexico says border clampdown a failure

STUDENTS DONATE BEER TO POLICE

Police drove through a parking lot of an apartment complex shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday to check on a large party that was near Southern Illinois University's campus in Carbondale. People at the party started throwing bottles and beer cans at the police car, Sgt. Mark Diedrick said.

When officers went to disperse the crowd, they were pelted with more bottles and cans.

href="http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-carbon03.html">SIU partygoers bombard police with bottles

ANOTHER HORRIFIC WEEKEND OF MURDERS IN CHICAGO. YAWN.

Five people were fatally shot in four separate shootings over the weekend, authorities said Sunday.

Two of the victims, a 27-year-old woman and a man in his 40s, were shot in the basement of a home in the 600 block of East 103rd Place, where their bodies were set on fire, police spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor said.

'They were burned pretty badly,' Taylor said.

Chicago Tribune | 5 are slain in 4 weekend shootings

LIB SEN KERRY SAYS FEDS BEST AT GUN CONTROL

'You cannot favor federal gun control and allow the states to do it their own way,' he said. 'That's a complete contradiction. If you can go buy a gun under one loophole in one state and then drive it in your car secreted across a line to another state, the people in those other states are not safer.'

href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/01/politics/campaigns/01KERR.html">Shotgun in Hand, Kerry Defines His Gun-Control Stance

WHACKED OUT LIBERAL ASSURES US THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT OUT TO GET OUR GUNS. MAKES CASE TO CONTROL BLACKS, NOT GUNS.

The paranoia of the gun lobby - indeed, its very existence - largely stems from one man, Neal Knox of Manassas, Va., a one-time gun magazine columnist and a former NRA vice president. Knox fervently believes that the government is out to get gun owners and that any compromise will open the gates to hell. In 1995, he suggested that the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. could have been staged by anti-gun activists to build support for their cause.

The columnist, Kevin Horrigan also said:

I was riding around in a police car with St. Louis Police Chief Joe Mokwa and a couple of his detectives last spring when the issue of St. Louis' reputation as a murder capital came up. "Hey," said Mokwa, "if you're not a black male with an arrest record who's messing around with drugs, this is a pretty safe place."

This guy is a super liberal, but in one sentence he seems to be making the argument for controlling black males more than guns. I think if a conservative said this exact same thing they would be nailed to a copy of the Little Red Book and declared racist. What say you?

Email the writer, Kevin Horrigan, if you are so inclined.

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POSSIBLE DARWIN AWARD NOMINEE?

PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- A man accused of deliberately ramming a stolen pickup truck into six Outlaws motorcycle gang members, killing two, apologized from jail and said he wants to be executed.

''I did it,'' Timothy Pilgreen told the News Herald of Panama City for Friday's editions. ''I wish I hadn't, but I did. My lawyer told me to keep my mouth shut, but I gotta say it, I just got to: I'm sorry.''

Deputy Police Chief David Humphreys said he has seen more bikers in town since the incident.

''They didn't like that I called them old, and one of these guys hauls off and punches me in the chest,'' he said.

He said the bikers then laughed at him, hopped on their motorcycles and rode off.

''I was just enraged,'' Pilgreen said. ''Just so mad and drunk that when they took off, I started following them.''

''It was madness,'' he said. ''I just closed my eyes and pushed the gas and blam, blam, blam, just like that.''

Pilgreen said he had stolen the truck after arguing with his wife and trashing the house two weeks ago in Texarkana, Ark.

He blamed his rage on a history of drugs, alcohol and childhood abuse.

And stoopidity? He should have stayed home on the porch of his double-wide wearing his wife beater shirt drinking RC Cola and eating a sticky warm Moon Pie.

href="http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-bikers02.html">Man admits running down 6 bikers

CHICAGO FORECAST: LIGHT TO MODERATE GUNFIRE WITH OCCASIONAL KNIFINGS

SOUTH SIDE -- One man was killed and another injured early Saturday when they were shot in a car on the South Side, police said.

Chicago Tribune | Shooting leaves 1 dead, another wounded in car

IT'S THE GUNS FAULT, NOT THE KIDS OR THE PARENTS FOR NEGLIGENCE

Johnson: Buddies don't kill -- parents' guns do

November 1, 2003"

The hallway fell silent as they led the handcuffed and shackled young boy into the courtroom, the two deputies holding one elbow each as he

bunny-hopped past, wide- eyed.

A sheepish grin flashed briefly on his face. And not once did he cast a glance at Tina Thatcher Burks. She stood against the wall, her hand over her mouth, tears welling in her eyes.

The 14-year-old boy was on his way to be sentenced for killing her 15-year-old son, Sammy Burks Jr., with a handgun he had found beneath the mattress of his parents' bed.

As usual, it's the gun that jumped out and did the killing. You can't possibly blame the kid or the parents for being stoooopid.

Rocky Mountain News

DETROIT FREE PRESS ON THE "VIGILANTE"

October 28, 2003

Thank you for covering the good citizens who stopped an attack by a pipe-wielding thug ('Killing may have been vigilantism,' Oct. 24). While I was quoted accurately, I think it important to note that I do not support vigilantes of any stripe. Vigilantes typically act as judge, jury and executioner after the fact. For instance, they believe someone committed rape and then go after him. Clearly, such action is the province of law enforcement and the courts, not a lynch mob.

In this case, we reportedly had an in-progress attack and a citizen stepping forward to stop the attack using appropriate force, as a metal pipe is a lethal weapon. This is an instance of good citizenship, not the work of vigilantes.
I surely do not blame the citizen, however, for not wanting to be 'interviewed' by the police. I would hope any witnesses to the shooting would not come forward. Acts of this sort need to be encouraged to send a clear message to violent criminals: 'Be afraid. Be very afraid.'

John Birch President, Concealed Carry Inc. Oak Brook, Ill

More letters at the link below.

A vigilante or good citizen?

DETROIT POLICE CHIEF OUSTED. TOP COP ANGERS HIS FORCE. HIS COPS PROVIDE NO COVER IN GUN CHARGE. BYE CHIEF.

Detroit Police Chief Jerry Oliver, who came to Detroit 21 months ago promoting himself as a reformer for a troubled department, resigned Friday amid a scandal over a handgun and the possibility of criminal charges.

Welcome to what it is like to just be a regular citizen Chief. How you enjoying it so far? You will never have a badge again so get used to your knew status of being one who is "served and protected"....Also, with a gun conviction, you can't even have a gun. Too bad, so sad. You will get NO pity from me.

Detroit police chief quits amid probe of gun

COOK COUNTY PRESIDENT LOSES HIS SECURITY DETAIL. NOW HE IS JUST LIKE US.

"Cook County Board President John Stroger called on county officials to tighten their belts in his budget address Thursday, and Sheriff Michael Sheahan responded--by taking away Stroger's five-man security detail."

Chicago Tribune | Sheriff cuts budget and Stroger security

The SunTimes also reports in more detail.