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Volume 2, No. 47; November 22, 2013

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Editorial: Concealed Carry - sea-change

University punishes self defense

Female hunter population increasing

Non-lead sporting ammo exemption

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Editorial

Sheriff Tom Dart says concealed carry is a sea-change

David A. Lombardo

"There's no two ways about it. This is going to be a sea change for law enforcement around the state," Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is quoted as saying in a Chicago Tribune article on Thursday.

Dart is apparently one of those individuals who thinks if you use a big word or esoteric literary reference, people will think you're intelligent. The problem is you have to actually understand the meaning of the reference you use.

Sea-change, apparently first used by Shakespeare, refers to a gradual transformation from a bad to a good condition. Whether Illinois concealed carry is bad or good, it isn't going to be gradual; it's going to occur in one day-bam!

Interviewing Dart, the author of the article wrote, "Traffic stops already are among the most dangerous activities for officers, and throwing newly legalized handguns into the mix could have tragic consequences."

What a remarkably stupid thing to write. How can a law abiding citizen with a concealed carry permit make a traffic stop worse? Law abiding, responsible citizens aren't the problem; violent criminals are the problem, and they have always been a possibility on every traffic stop ever made.

Stopping a law abiding citizen with a case of dynamite in the trunk is safer than stopping a gang banger who has a razor blade. Whether said citizen is carrying his favorite hog strapped to his leg or a case of dynamite, he's still a law abiding citizen. You know, "law abiding," as in someone who respects and obeys the law.

Dart went on to say, "As soon as you see someone move and they have a gun, all of a sudden things get really crazy in a hurry." The whole point of concealed carry by law abiding citizens is you don't see a gun whether they move, don't move or do an Irish jig.

Dart has continually tried to muddy the concealed carry waters and frighten the general population by saying police will shoot concealed carry holders by accident, blood will run in the streets, and there will be gun fights over parking spaces. Heaven only knows what Dart thinks will happen if some nut-job moves a lawn chair parking space holder on a Chicago side street when it starts snowing.

He went on to say, "...[more] shootings will occur-including those that are ruled justified-once the new law takes effect and more people are carrying handguns."

This is Cook County's finest? He doesn't believe his own rank-and-file can handle law abiding, armed citizens? He thinks blood will run in the streets? What alternate universe does this guy live in? Forty-nine states have had concealed carry, some for many years, yet none of that has actually occurred.

By his own observation, he doesn't know how to train his own officers; he doesn't know how to research the compiled crime statistics to find out what experiences other states have had; and he doesn't know how to instill confidence in the public. What exactly does this guy do to earn his hefty paycheck?

This week On Target Radio returns to its regular 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. time slot and will be looking at hot topics for the upcoming primary season, including the proposed progressive state tax and the pension issue.

Join David and Gretchen as they talk with Matt Paprocki, Senior Director of Government Affairs at the Illinois Policy Institute. All that and more, this Sunday evening from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. on AM560 THE ANSWER.

Student's self-defense leads to university discipline

A panhandler knocks on your apartment door at night, tells you he's just gotten out of jail and wants you to give him $15 and walks in uninvited. Your roommate shows a firearm, causing him to flee. You call the cops to report the incident. It turns out the perp is a six-time convicted felon with an outstanding Department of Corrections warrant, and all's well that ends well, right? Well, not if you are a student living in off-campus housing at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. In that case they confiscate your firearms and put you on probation. The NRA reports that according to a CNN article, on the night of October 24, students Erik Fagan and Daniel McIntosh were in their apartment when there was a knock on the door. Fagan described the incident to the CNN affiliate KXLY in Spokane. The upshot is Gonzaga University officials prefer that students living in University property remain unarmed in their own residences, with every perp in the area knowing it. [Source: NRA]

Number of female hunters on the rise

More and more women are joining the ranks of hunters, with data showing a 25 percent increase in the number of female hunters between 2005 and 2011. According to National Geographic, quoting Census Bureau statistics, the number of women joining the ranks of hunters has increased by 25 percent between 2005 and 2011. In 2011 eleven percent of all hunters were women verses nine percent in 2006. This trend is not entirely unprecedented. According to opinion research firm Responsive Management, the number of women hunters has been rising since the 1980s. Research from the National Sporting Goods Association showed that women have a significant impact on hunting and shooting sports. In 2005 studies showed that more than three million women across the United States identified themselves as hunters, compared to a mere 1.2 million in 2001. Research showed women hunters hunt primarily to acquire meat and to be close with family. In a survey released earlier this year, Responsive Management found that 55 percent of women surveyed indicated that the biggest incentive to go hunting was meat while only 27 percent of men answered similarly. [Source: Outdoorhub.com]

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