Illinois Hunters and Sportsmen Stage Protest Against Gun Control Proposal-Il Gun owners, Please read

To: State Desk Contact: Richard Pearson of the Illinois State Rifle Association, 815-635-3198; Web site: http://www.isra.org

CHICAGO, April 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA):

In response to what is being billed as a preview of life under Governor Blagojevich, the ISRA is advising hunters and sportsmen to register their opposition to a gun control proposal scheduled to come before the Des Plaines City Council on April 15th.

Under that proposal, Des Plaines residents would be required to surrender many of their lawfully owned firearms to the police or face jail time. Furthermore, Des Plaines residents would be prohibited from purchasing or possessing many popular calibers of sporting and hunting ammunition. Another provision would post the names and addresses of Des Plaines gun owners, along with an inventory of their guns, to an Internet-style database. The courts would not regulate access to that database, thus leaving it readily available to a wide variety of people - including gang-affiliated employees of the Chicago Police Department.

City council member Don Smith is sponsoring the proposed Des Plaines gun control ordinance. Smith, an ally of Chicago mayor Richie Daley, is championing the proposal in support of Daley's attempt to establish a 100-mile zone around Chicago where civilians are prohibited from owning firearms. Smith introduced a similar ordinance several years ago, but saw his proposal die in committee.

For its part, the ISRA is alerting its members to the proposal and asking that members contact the Des Plaines City Hall to voice their opposition to the plan. Hunters and sportsmen are also being asked to attend the April 15th Des Plaines City Council meeting during which the proposal will be introduced.

"It's no secret that the Des Plaines gun control proposal was drafted on the 5th Floor of Chicago City Hall," said ISRA president Richard Pearson. "It matches word-for-word Mayor Daley's call for a program to eliminate gun owners from the suburbs. Having found a willing mule in Alderman Don Smith, Daley thinks he owns the Des Plaines City Council. This is an excellent opportunity for the residents of Des Plaines to remind Daley that it is their city and that they don't need Chicago-style gun control."

"It's also no accident that much of what is in the Des Plaines proposal mirrors the legislative record of gubernatorial candidate Rod Blagojevich," continued Pearson. "Blagojevich has spent most of his political career trying to abolish the law-abiding citizen's right to keep and bear arms. Gun owners across the state need only look to the Des Plaines ordinance for a preview of what life would be like for them should Blagojevich be elected governor next November. The issue of gun control is pervasive in Chicago politics. Daley and Blagojevich are fixtures in the Chicago political scene. The connection is clear. "

The ISRA is the state's leading advocate of safe, lawful and responsible firearms ownership. For nearly a century, the ISRA has represented the interests of over 1.5 million law-abiding Illinois firearm owners.

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Title 18 US Code chapter 13 Civil Rights;

Sec. 241. Conspiracy against rights

If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured - They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/241.html

Sec. 242. Deprivation of rights under color of law

Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/242.html (Note: The police act under color of authority and wear holstered guns, and holstered guns are considered threatened use of a dangerous weapon when we peasants wear them when we commit crimes.)

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rargus@compuserve.com Argus, Rosemary S. - Alderman Ward 8 847-297-4932

tony_arredia@desplaines.org Arredia, Tony - Mayor 847-391-5301

Beauvais, Patricia K. - Alderman Ward 1 847-635-0244

tcsell@aol.com Becker, Tom - Alderman Ward 6 847-699-7929 carlabrookman@aol.com Brookman, Carla - Alderman Ward 5 847-635-9375

tomcward2@hotmail.com Christiansen, Thomas J. - Alderman Ward 2 847-827-5959

dmcallis@desplaines.org McAllister, Donna - City Clerk 847-391-5311

lmurphy3rdward@aol.com Murphy, Laura M. - Alderman Ward 3 847-803-5456

dicksayad@aol.com Sayad, Dick - Alderman Ward 4 847-640-7675

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