Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day (IGOLD) 2012

Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day (IGOLD) 2012

Pro-gun activists took to the State Capitol in Springfield on March 7th for the annual Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day! Estimates of between 7 and 8-thousand of Illinois most honest and upright citizens took the day off and traveled at their own expense to make their presence know to the legislature.

Led by Valinda Rowe, Colleen Lawson & Dr. Suzanna Hupp, thousands of IL gun rights advocates march to the steps of the IL Capitol Building, March 7, 2012

Keynote speaker Dr. Suzanna Hupp recounted her 1991 near death experience during the Luby's Cafeteria massacre, where a madman took the lives of 23 innocent people, including Dr. Hupp's parents.

At that time, Texas had no firearm carry permit. Dr. Hupp owned a handgun which she had left in her car outside for fear of being in violation of the law. The audience sat in silence and Suzanna described the event, and how she reached for her handgun in order to stop the murdering rampage, and then felt her heart sink when she realized she'd left it in her car. Dr. Hupp was able to escape that day, her parents weren't. She held the legislators of Texas equally responsible for her parents deaths, not just the rabid dog that murdered them.

Suzanna made it her priority after that day to change Texas state law. She ran for, and won, a seat in the Texas State Legislature, and led the charge for Concealed Carry in TX, which was a reality soon after, due to her efforts.

Now, as Illinois is the last state without some form of carry law on the books, Dr. Hupp has joined the fight here, and we were honored to have this champion of the Second Amendment marching with us!

Women will be the deciding factor with CCW in IL - get all you know involved today!

"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual... as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of." - Dr. Suzanna Hupp