At this time 74% of 591 votes are in favor.
The Northwest Herald gave top billing to the concealed carry article this morning in its print edition.
There was a reference to the May 5th vote (on HB 0148), but the article failed to mention that the bill is still alive.
I guess I'll pick on almost everyone quoted in the article or mentioned in it.
I'm glad something changed Rep. Jack Franks' mind on concealed carry. Several years ago one of his legislative aides told me that he would never vote for concealed carry. I appreciate that he has, although I wonder how the targeting of Chicago police officers has anything to do with it. They are armed.
Rep. Mike Tryon says the issue isn't guns; it's gun violence. I guess I don't agree that it's like a communicable disease, though. What kind of prevention program is going to stop drive-by shootings, carjackings, ATM robberies? Here's one - just arm everybody! When the shooters drive by, everyone unloads on them. By the time the car rolls to a stop at the end of the block against a fireplug, all the shooters in the car will be dead.
I liked Lou Bianchi's comment.
Last week there was an article about a Chicago murder trial, in which the defendant was acquitted. One of the problems was that he spent a year in Cook County Jail on his way to the acquittal. How does he ever get that year back???
Read this article, which came out right after the February 7, 2010, shooting.
http://archive.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/02/man-charged-with-fatal-woodlawn-shooting.html Read the comments about what a nice guy the assailant was. Then Google "Elliott Mayfield." He was acquitted by a Chicago judge last Friday, but after spending more than a year in Cook County Jail. How does he get that year back???
So, where do we stand on concealed carry? As Chuck Heath, Sr. (Sarah Palin's father) says, "Sarah's not retreating; she's reloading." (pg. 377, Going Rogue, HarperCollins Publishers, New York: 2009).
And that's where we are. We're not retreating; we're reloading!
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