Does Sen. Kotowski retaliate against those who disagree with him?

Sen. Dan Kotowski

This is not the "usual" request for immediate action from the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA). Be sure to read the final paragraph!

I myself have very high concern over this warning that Illinois State Senator Dan ("Teddy Bear") Kotowski (D-28) might retaliate against anyone who utilizes his First Amendment rights to communicate respectfully with his office or him.

If you wish to contact him, call his Park Ridge (Ill.) District office at (847) 656-5416 or his Springfield office at (217) 782-3875. (Read the final paragraph first.)

On his State website, he lists his commitment to his constituents: "... to improving the quality of life for his constituents." He is going about it in a strange way.

I just called his Springfield office and reached a polite aide, who listened respectfully to my views and said she would record them for him. She also asked the spelling of my name and recorded my address and telephone number, which I did not hesitate to provide.

My view, as I told her, is that I do not need a high-capacity magazine to defend my life or property in my home. I can get the job done with ten rounds. I shall need a high-capacity magazine, if the Government assembles forces outside my residence to illegally confiscate my weapons.

Should I find myself investigated or harassed by the Illinois State Police as a result of my phone call to his Springfield office at 11:25AM CDT, I shall do everything I can to see that Sen. Kotowski lands in Federal prison, if he does sic the State Police on me. I would certainly expect ISP Director Hiram Grau to refuse any such complaint from Sen. Grau and, instead, to investigate him for such unlawful use of legislative power or influence.

Following is the press release as received from the ISRA:

"Anti-gun extremist State Senator Dan Kotowski has introduced a ban on all magazines having a capacity exceeding 10 rounds. The bill (SB1002) banning magazines also requires large fines and prison sentences if you are caught with magazines for AR-15 and other modern sporting rifles.

SB1002 IS A BOLD AND BRAZEN ATTACK ON THE 2ND AMENDMENT:

1. SB1002 will have no effect on the criminal use of firearms yet will infringe on the right of law-abiding citizen’s constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

2. SB1002 is a backdoor way to limit your ability to defend yourself and family under the upcoming Illinois concealed carry law.

3. SB1002 is the first step towards the banning of semiautomatic rifles, pistols and shotguns.

BLOOMBERG AND THE GUN GRABBERS WILL PUSH HARD TO GET SB1002 PASSED

Magazine bans are on the top of gun controllers’ wish list this year. They want to see Illinois join with the likes of New York, Maryland, California, and now Colorado in the destruction of the 2nd Amendment.

ONLY YOU HAVE THE POWER TO STOP SB1002. ACT NOW OR LOSE ANOTHER CHUNK OF YOUR GUN RIGHTS!

Here is what you need to do to stop SB1002:

1. Call your State Senator and politely tell the person who answers the phone that you are a law-abiding Illinois firearm owner and that you oppose SB1002 and you expect the Senator to vote against the bill when it comes to the floor. If you do not know who your State Senator is, the Illinois State Board of Elections has an interactive search page here:
www.elections.state.il.us/DistrictLocator/DistrictOfficialSearchByAddress.aspx

If you already know who your State Senator is and just need the contact info, you can find that here: www.ilga.gov/senate/.

2. When you call your Senator’s office, you may hear all kinds of nonsense about how SB1002 will not affect law-abiding gun owners. Politely tell the person that you are not interested in hearing that, you are only interested in seeing SB1002 defeated.

3. Pass this alert on to your friends and family and tell them to make calls as well.

4. Post this alert to any and all Internet blogs or bulletin boards to which you may belong.

5.  Help keep ISRA on the frontlines of this fight for your rights, go the extra mile and recruit a new ISRA member.   Sign them up over the phone at 815-635-3198, or browse to isra.org/join .

SPECIAL NOTICE: DO NOT call Senator Kotowski unless he is your Senator, and even then be very careful. Kotowski has a track record of having the State Police investigate and harass people that disagree with him." [emphasis added]