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Volume 2, No. 44; November 1, 2013
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Editorial: Medica
Shooting Range Bill Advances
Miss Campus Concealed Carry
Lost & Stolen Fast Facts
Dismantling IL Concealed Carry
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Editorial:  Medica

 David A. Lombardo

 

I'm a first generation American; both my mother and father came to this country from Italy. My father's two oldest brothers came first. They already had trades as a carpenter and a shoe maker. They worked hard and saved up enough money to bring my grandparents and the remaining five brothers and sisters to "Medica." They were dirt poor, spoke no English and were confronted with signs on apartments and businesses that said, "No Dagos." The Medica of the early 20th Century was not kind to immigrant Italians or, for that matter, the Irish, Poles or anyone else that talked funny. But against all odds, thousands of immigrants learned English, found jobs and became part of the great melting pot. 

 

 My father arrived when he was 12 years old, and my grandfather lined him up with his two youngest brothers and simply pointed at each in turn saying: Lawyer, Doctor, Dentist. That was it. At 12, with no English or money, my father learned he would be a doctor. He sold neckties on the street to earn enough money to go to elementary school, high school and eventually Northwestern University for undergraduate and medical school. The brothers did indeed become a lawyer, a doctor and a dentist. It wouldn't be until my father was in his eighties that I would learn he really wanted to be a barber. 

 

 When I was young I remember asking my father why he and my mother never spoke Italian. His answer was simple and straight-forward: we came here to be Americans. Yes, we ate a lot of Italian meals, had massive family holiday gatherings with 30 or more aunts, uncles and cousins, resplendent with copious amounts of food, wine, laughter, loud voices, arguing and love, but above all every last one of them was a "Medican." Some struggled more with English than others; my oldest uncle always called a car La Macchina - The Machine. My oldest aunt would absent-mindedly mix Italian and English, but every one of them, without exception, knew the Pledge of Allegiance. Which brings me to the point. 

 

Dan Ashta, a Morton Grove Park District Commissioner, refuses to stand up for the Pledge of Allegiance, let alone recite it, during the board meetings. He says he's staying seated to stand up for the U.S. Constitution. He's quoted as saying, "We have an item on the agenda that says 'Pledge of Allegiance.' The only choice you have is to utter a statement. You don't have a choice to remain silent." Ashta stands on firm ground with his decision; he should know-he's a lawyer specializing in constitutional law. "The park board is potentially infringing on the freedom of speech guaranteed by the Constitution," he asserted. 

Mr. Ashta, with no respect at all, you're an ass. I could care less what the constitutionality is of your actions. You are a classic example of someone who would rather be right than do right-a quasi-intellectual who will argue minutia while being oblivious to the big picture. In my opinion, Mr. Ashta, you are exactly what's wrong with our country today: you're an apathetic, self-indulgent, spoiled child who lacks respect for the millions of Americans who preceded you and made Medica the greatest nation on Earth. 

 

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This week's On Target Radio will be hosting attorney Ed Ronkowski who will be discussing an issue of critical importance to Illinois Concealed Carry holders: Tennessee v. Garner. We will discuss the critical issue of when you can and can't use lethal force.

 

All that and more, this Sunday evening from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m., on AM560 THE ANSWER.  

 

Shooting range bill advanced in U.S. House

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee last week voted to advance the Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act (HR 2463). This bi-partisan legislation is sponsored in the House by Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus (CSC) member Duncan Hunter and Caucus Vice-Chair Tim Walz, along with a bi-partisan coalition of 14 of their House colleagues. This bill, strongly supported by NSSF since its inception, would allow states to use the excise taxes already collected on sporting equipment and ammunition to develop and maintain much-needed public shooting ranges while also resulting in increased wildlife conservation funding. Having already received the approval of the Natural Resources Committee, passage of HR 2463 through the Judiciary committee was the final step necessary to send the bill to the floor for consideration by the House. [Source: National Shooting Sports Foundation] 

Miss. AG: concealed carry on educational property

 

Earlier this month the office of Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood issued an opinion reinforcing and expanding its prior decisions on the carrying of firearms by enhanced licensees on educational property.  The opinion helps to clarify some questions regarding the enhanced license law and its effect on the state ban on possession of firearms on educational property and school districts' authority to regulate the concealed carry of firearms on property under their control. A prior opinion by the Attorney General's office issued on January 5, 2012, made clear the Attorney General's position that the state ban on possession of firearms on educational property does not apply to a person in possession of a valid license issued pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. 97-37-7(2).  The opinion issued reaffirms the AG office's position that the educational property ban does not apply to enhanced licensees.  Additionally the most recent opinion addresses the issue of whether school districts can exercise their authority to prohibit enhanced licensees from carrying on educational property they control. Deputy Attorney General Michael Lanford conducted a thorough analysis of the intent of the legislature in enacting the enhanced licensing regime and concluded it would contravene the intent of the legislature for local school districts to be permitted to prohibit enhanced licensees from carrying handguns on educational property.

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Sunday, November 17th - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

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Home Protection & Concealed Carry (Utah & Florida) $100 

 Eight hours credit toward Illinois Concealed Carry

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 Illinois Concealed Carry II - $200 

Saturday, November 23rd - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Aurora Sportsmen's Club; Waterman, IL

   

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NSSF lost & stolen fast facts

 

A recent study by the National Shooting Sports Foundation found that far less than 1% of firearms are lost or stolen from an FFL. Fortunately the number of firearms lost or stolen from federal firearms licensees is a small fraction of all firearms made or imported into the U.S., only about 0.15 percent, according to data from a June 2013 ATF report. This small fraction greatly overestimates the actual number because it assumes all firearms reported lost or stolen in a given year were also produced in that same year. When you factor in the stock of previously manufactured firearms retailers have in their inventory, this fraction would shrink further. Additionally the June 2013 ATF report cautioned that the data analyzed has "not been screened for duplicates or other data entry issues, and does not account for firearms that were subsequently found or recovered." As a result, ATF's lost and stolen data may double-count firearms or misleadingly count firearms that were temporarily "lost." The ATF report's estimate of firearms lost and stolen from FFLs is not limited to just retailers but also includes all other FFLs, such as manufacturers. It is also important to note that the ATF report does not reveal the number of firearms lost or stolen in 2012, rather, the number of firearms reported lost or stolen in 2012.

 

 

Anti-gunners begin campaign

to dismantle concealed carry
 
 

SAF Applauds Seattle Library on Gun Policy The Second Amendment Foundation applauds the policy change at Seattle's public libraries regarding the legal carry of firearms by law-abiding citizens in library facilities. In recognition of this policy change, reported by Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat, SAF is donating an autographed copy of Washington Times Senior Opinion Editor Emily Miller's new book, Emily Gets Her Gun But Obama Wants to Take Yours, to the library. The book details Miller's efforts to legally purchase a handgun for personal protection in the District of Columbia, which has one of the most cumbersome handgun laws in the country. "If there is any place in the country where that book should be available to urban readers, it might be the Jet City," said SAF's Dave Workman, senior editor for TheGunMag.com, a print and on-line publication owned by the Bellevue-based national organization. He also writes a column on firearms issues for Examiner.com. "We're delighted that the Seattle public library appears to be finally recognizing that it must comply with the right to carry," said SAF Founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb. "We hope that the library makes good use of Emily's eye-opening book and makes it available to library patrons so they can learn just what happens when bureaucracies create regulatory nightmare schemes to discourage people from exercising their constitutionally-protected civil rights."