tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post5612576547345743690..comments2023-10-15T09:26:58.086-05:00Comments on Woodstock Advocate: The Importance of KnowledgeGushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post-89499199648222616172009-12-28T15:39:24.220-06:002009-12-28T15:39:24.220-06:00DBTR, thanks for your excellent commentary. You...DBTR, thanks for your excellent commentary. You're right on target!Gushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post-16561076715061445202009-12-28T15:26:34.457-06:002009-12-28T15:26:34.457-06:00Hey Gus,
Winnetka backed off. You do not mention...Hey Gus,<br /><br />Winnetka backed off. You do not mention Oak Park, which may still be holding on!<br /><br />DBTRDave Labuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008650891183573083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post-10511447730561022552009-12-28T14:56:21.504-06:002009-12-28T14:56:21.504-06:00Thanks, Cal.
I knew about the FOID card. I think ...Thanks, Cal.<br /><br />I knew about the FOID card. I think Chicago still requires residents to register guns, and I'm not sure about Evanston, Morton Grove, Skokie, Winnetka. These last four might have given up after Heller, but the NRA is going to have grind Daley into the ground in the current Federal case, McDonald vs. the City of Chicago, to be argued March 2, 2010, before the U.S. Supreme Court.Gushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post-68214864555341287692009-12-28T14:54:27.577-06:002009-12-28T14:54:27.577-06:00So right you are, Gus.
I was quite the shot in my...So right you are, Gus.<br /><br />I was quite the shot in my boyhood days with others’ guns, particularly rifles, back in a more rational era. While currently not a gun owner, I am encouraged to be one as each and every day goes by – if not for the fact of President Hope-ium’s rise to power, lacking any other excuse to BE an owner. The current lack of the ability to concealed carry in Illinois, as well as a total lack of any “castle doctrine” laws have lulled me into complacency – in other words, what is the point? Did you know that Illinois and Wisconsin are the SOLE holdouts in this regard? Weird, eh? Perhaps I’ve fallen to their nefarious desires? All I have to defend myself at present is a butcher knife and a bowling pin – even though I recently would have had the opportunity to find a gun useful in defending myself against an unbalanced family member (by marriage) who was at large with a sawed-off shotgun!<br /><br />What Gus said is entirely correct – you better decide what it is that you WILL do when the time comes to defend yourself. I would further advance that IF you have a gun, and IF that is your means of defense, you MUST decide beforehand that you WILL use it, and that you WILL use it to kill if necessary. Nothing is more dangerous than a gun that is “pulled” in a bad situation when you are unable or unwilling to use it. If you can’t shoot to kill, you should not have, nor should you, use a gun – period.<br /><br />In the aftermath, you NEVER want the forensics team to ascertain that one of your slugs went into the back of your fleeing “victim”. If a gun owner, regardless of whether or not you need the training to get a concealed carry permit, you ALWAYS want to have actual TRAINING in the use of your weapon from a qualified instructor. A “fleeing victim” will always win the case or suit against you – as they rightfully should. If you shoot someone in retreat, you have gone beyond self-defense and have entered the realm of judge, jury and executioner. Good training will help you avoid this crucial mistake.<br /><br />Gus is also providing the very best advice in that should you have reason to believe that you will use your gun in such a circumstance, you need a lawyer on speed-dial. And not just ANY lawyer, but a lawyer that has experience with Second Amendment cases. Your kindly family lawyer that has handled your wills, real-estate closings or adoptions is NOT adequate to your needs in such a situation. Only a criminal defense attorney will do. Yep, that’s right, you’re gonna be looked at as a criminal defendant until you can prove otherwise. DO NOT allow your actions in defending yourself and your loved ones be IN ANY WAY construed as criminal. The only way to avoid that incorrect attitude on the part of the cops or the public is to put a stop to it in the first place as quickly as possible – get the proper training AND the proper counsel BEFORE it becomes an issue.<br /><br />Having “nothing to hide” in this instance (or any other) is NOT an excuse for not having adequate counsel – in ANY sort of dispute. Just as you were willing to utilize your weapon in defense of yourself and your loved ones “whatever the cost”, so too, don’t skimp the thousand dollars or so that may also be necessary to save you and your loved ones “whatever the cost”. More often than not, the “bad guys” (or their families) will engage an attorney in this instance. Don’t YOU go forth unarmed either!<br /><br />DBTRDave Labuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008650891183573083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post-34233742123452797112009-12-28T14:20:59.631-06:002009-12-28T14:20:59.631-06:00Guns do not have to be registered under Illinois ...Guns do not have to be registered under Illinois law. There is a Firearms Owners Identification Card that must be obtained.Cal Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04337955959473420714noreply@blogger.com