Below is an action alert from the Illinois State Rifle Association, regarding a California anti gun group’s attempt to blame law abiding Illinois gun owners for the crimes of criminals in this state and other states. Law abiding gun owners in the area should attend and make our voices heard.
URGENT ALERT – YOUR GUN RIGHTS WILL BE UNDER ATTACK ON APRIL 21ST
YOUR ASSISTANCE REQUIRED
The California-based anti-gun group, Legal Community Against Violence, will be holding a gun control forum in Wheaton, IL, on Tuesday, April 21st. The purpose of the forum will be to blame law-abiding gun owners for criminal violence and spread lies about private firearm ownership.
During this forum, the anti-gunners will do the following:
They will blame you, the law-abiding firearm owner, for the Columbine murders!
They will blame you, the law-abiding firearm owner, for the Virginia Tech murders!
They will blame you, the law-abiding firearm owner, for all the kids getting murdered by gang bangers, thugs, perverts, and psychopaths!
They will insist that you, the law-abiding firearm owner, must pay the price for violent crime by giving up your guns and giving up your rights!
HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS!
1. Make your voice heard by attending this antigun forum: WHEN: Tuesday, April 21, 2009. 7:00 PM. WHERE: Wheaton (Illinois) City Hall, Council Chambers, 303 West Wesley Street, Wheaton, IL . If you can, be sure to bring your spouse with you!
2. If you still have your iGOLD t-shirts or hats, wear them. If you have NRA or ISRA hats, wear them. DO NOT bring signs or other items that might get you kicked out before this thing gets under way.
3. The agenda for the forum includes a question and answer session. Be prepared to ask the panel questions regarding why they want to take your guns away. Also, be prepared to ask the panel members what their experience is with guns; whether they ever owned a gun; whether they can tell you what makes an AK-47 or AR-15 so “deadly.” Ask them why they are so better qualified to decide what is best for gun owners than gun owners are.
4. If you see members of the press at the forum, walk over to them and tell them you want to be interviewed. Be prepared to vigorously defend your gun rights.
5. Please pass this alert on to all your gun owning friends and encourage them to attend the anti-gun forum on Tuesday night.
6. Please post this alert to any and all Internet bulletin boards or blogs to which you belong.
REMEMBER – ONLY YOU CAN PROTECT YOUR GUN RIGHTS FROM THE LIES AND DISTORTIONS SPEWED BY THE ANTIGUNNERS!
SEE YOU IN WHEATON ON TUESDAY NIGHT!!
Well, foobar. Of course it's a group from MY home state that's trying to mess with your state's gun ownership rights. Idiots. Ghrrrrr.
On behalf of all responsible California gun owners, please accept my apologies for the idiots that tend to, 'er, congregate in our fair state, and make trouble everywhere. 😛
Well, SithSnoopy, as a fellow Californian, I think that based on the fact that all my local gunstores have had a devil of a time keeping up with the increased demand for firearms, the gun ownership levels in our state are at an all-time high, and that might (hoping and praying) just turn the tide of the foolish and counterproductive gun laws we already have in this state.
I was just on the City of Wheaton Web site and there is only a meeting scheduled for the historical commission. The meeting agenda makes no reference to an anti-gun group of any kind. Please reply ASAP as I would like to attend but I would rather not make the 1 hour drive if I don't have to.
Tim,
The only information I have on this is what I posted, and this came directly from the ISRA. I'm inclined to trust the ISRA to give accurate information about gun-related events more than I trust the accuracy of Wheaton's web-based schedule.
If you want to see another website where this ISRA alert was posted, take a look here: http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/…