New organization lists kill zones

There is a new organization that has sprung up in Chicago that is asking Illinois citizens to sign its petition against concealed carry.

The organization is the Stop Conceal Carry Coalition. The online Chicago Tribune carries a photo of  Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin and a comment in its article by 22nd Ward Ald. Ricardo Muñoz.

Muñoz said, "I can't fathom the idea of going to the mall and just thinking that under that coat over there, or in that purse, there might be a weapon. We cannot allow concealed carry to be the law of the land."

I wonder where Muñoz thinks he lives. Right now, every day, when he goes to the mall, he ought to be thinking that, because the criminals and the gangbangers are there and armed.

It's the law-abiding citizen who is unarmed. How dense is that guy?

Oh, and Fr. Pfleger, pastor at St. Sabina Catholic Church on Chicago's South Side, was right there to throw in his 2¢ worth, saying, "Thank God Illinois can be an example and not be pressured into following the rest of the country."
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Yep, look at the example Illinois is. And especially Pfleger's hometown. Chicago is a great example of lawlessness, shootings, killings, etc. Right?

Don't follow the rest of the country into lower crime and increased safety. Is that what he is saying?

Now look at the petition they want people to sign:

"We, the undersigned, oppose any 'Concealed Carry' legislation in Illinois that would allow people to carry concealed weapons in public, on their persons, in cars, buses, and trains, in houses of worship, schools, libraries, stores, shopping malls, movie theaters, restaurants, offices, and businesses, or anywhere other than in their own homes.”

There are the "kill zones" that the Coalition wants to maintain. Better check those 6,900 signatures. I wonder how many of them can be found in Coroners' Reports and on cemetery headstones.

How interesting that the Illinois Secretary of State doesn't know about Stop Conceal Carry. As a Coalition, must they register with the State? Is it incorporated?

On its website is a long list of supporters. I wonder how many on the list are FOID cardholders.

The NRA and ISRA will want to take note of these:Representatives Karen May, Daniel Biss, Susan Garrett, Elaine Nekritz, Laura Fine and Robyn Gabel, and Senators Terry Link and Julie Morrison.

I wonder if Ald. Muñoz and Commissioners Debra Shore and Larry Suffredin routinely "pack". Do they?

BTW, if you want to see what a stand-up guy Muñoz is, read his Wikipedia entry.