[Cubs Fan]

This career criminal had been arrested thirty times

Nice little game the liberals have going here. Let the career criminals out, and then take away your right to defend yourself.

[Trickyguy]

Wilmette Police Chief George Carpenter did not criticize DeMar for protecting his family but said homes are safer without handguns.

Fire 90% of the police, disarm the other ten percent, arm all the citizens, and crime will drop 75%.

[XHogPilot]

PING

[montag813]

Wilmette Police Chief George Carpenter did not criticize DeMar for protecting his family but said homes are safer without handguns.

This is exactly why no one should give two sh*ts about what law enforcement has to say about firearms, gun-control, concealed carry, or anything else to do with guns.

What an imbicile this "Chief" is. Is it better to lay down our guns and give up all our possessions? Where the hell were the Wilmette Police to protect this family? MIA. Next time a politican cites law enforcement support for a gun-control law, you tell them that the cops are full of sh*t.

[freepatriot32]

[supercat]

If the guy had an expired FOID in his possession, a literal reading of the statutes would indicate that his possession of the firearm within his domicile was not in violation of the FOID statute; the statute dealing with transportation of firarms (the "Unlawful Use of Weapon" statute) explicitly states that one must possess a currently-valid FOID, but the FOID statute which applies within one's dwelling does not require that the FOID be current--merely that it have previously been issued by the State Police to the possessor of the firearms.