It's easy to get tired ...

... near the end of a race.

Can you imagine running a marathon? All 26.2 miles? How would you feel at about Mile 25.0? Can't quite see the finish line. Leg cramps. Sore feet. Exhausted. Then you come to Mile 26.0. Only 2/10 more. You can do it! And you do it!

This is what is going on with the concealed-carry legislation in Springfield. We (gun owners) are tired. We wonder - can we finish the race?

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's stupid request to the U.S. Supreme Court for more time to file an appeal to the Circuit Court's ruling is nothing but a little upgrade near the finish line. She's stalling for time. It's just a minor headwind in our race.

It is important for us to keep calling the State Representatives and Senators and speaking out for a FAIR concealed carry law.

The Illinois General Assembly doesn't really have until June 8 to pass a law. The State of Illinois has until June 8 (or whenever 180 days after December 11, 2012 is) to enact a law. That means passed by both houses and signed by Gov. Quinn.

The Illinois House meets this week and four more weeks. If they don't stop fooling around and get their job done, Gov. Quinn will try to call them back (more expense). Would Speaker Madigan refuse?

It won't hurt to call the McHenry County Representatives, all of whom have now become co-sponsors of HB0997. When you call, though, ask if they continue to support this Bill. No weaseling.

Then start calling the offices of those who are opposing this, and call all your friends in Chicago and Cook County. Ask them how they feel about their own personal safety. Are they afraid to come and go at will? Ask them why their own State Reps are standing in the way of people protecting
themselves.

Ask them to call their own State Reps without delay and tell them to comply with the directive of the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, which declared Illinois law unconstitutional.