[Halfway Through Life]

As an almost life-long Wilmette resident I can share a few things:

• The vast majority of residents have no interest in guns. In 41 years I've only seen one gun in private hands in Wilmette.

• Growing up we didn't locked our house or car doors -- even at night. That's changed somewhat, but not a lot.

• If your a man, you can walk any where at night and your safe. If your a woman, I assume it's the same as I never have heard of someone being robbed or raped on the streets.

• We are a village with a big minority of economic Republicans that like to get along, and a majority of rich liberals (e.g., a lot of Jews and Northwestern University professors).

• The guy's house is a half block from Lake Michigan -- probably valued at more than 1.5 million, maybe a lot more.

• He lives a block a way from Jack Ryan the Republican, Senate front-runner who's a little squishy on 2nd Ammendment protection.

[Whatever_I dont care]

So you don't think this guy's argument will make any headway with the rest of the locals?