Call Jack Franks today

With the bashing that the gun-control folks took yesterday on their ill-thought-out and fast-tracked Amendment 1 on HB0831, it's possible that a "good" concealed-carry bill (HB0997) will come up for a vote today or soon in the Illinois House of Representatives.

Your phone calls do count. Call your State Representative today and ask her or him to vote YES on HB0997. It is a clean, well-thought-out bill, originally sponsored by Rep. Brandon Phelps (D-118), who has been a strong proponent of concealed carry for years.

Three McHenry County State Reps are already on board as co-sponsors of HB0997 - Rep. Barb Wheeler, Rep. Mike Tryon and Rep. David McSweeney.

Rep. Jack Franks "says" he supports HB0997, but he has not signed on as a co-sponsor.

Call Jack Franks right now at 217.782.1717 and ask him to 1) co-sponsor HB0997 now and 2) to vote YES on HB0997 when it does come up for a vote, whether today, soon or another day.

Ask Jack to contact some of his fellow Democrats in the House and help get their YES votes on this important bill.

Illinois must pass a concealed carry bill by June 8. Lisa Madigan is thumping her chest about skating off to the U.S. Supreme Court on this issue. Daddy and she need to wake up and stop thwarting the will of The People. They need to get out of the way, so that honest citizens can defend themselves.

Let them give up their police escorts and bodyguards. Let them come and go like the rest of us. Maybe they will even show up sans bodyguards at the townhall meeting in the War Zone on April 27. Not hardly!

Note that proposed laws would not allow you to go armed to that townhall meeting. Mass transit authorities don't want you to be armed on the 'L', CTA, Pace or Metra. You couldn't park in the community center parking lot or leave your gun in the car. And, if you park on the street and leave your gun in the car? Think it'll be there when you get back? And what do you do when the gangbangers invade the townhall meeting and start blasting away?