Supporting gun ownership and sportsmen's rights in response to the flurry of anti-gun and sport legislation under consideration in Congress and the Illinois State Legislature.
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Fox 39 coverage of the recent Winnebago County CCW public forum... Look for SLRA and MCSA's own Jim S.! Way to Go Jim S.!!
From what everyone says, it was overwhelmingly pro-CCW!
View the segement here.
Posted 12:52PM Jun 13, 2008 by MCSA
Man, can Helmke spin it or what?! From ABC:
'We've Lost the Battle on What the 2nd Amendment Means,' Brady Campaign Head Says
"We've lost the battle on what the Second Amendment means," campaign president Paul Helmke told ABC News. "Seventy-five percent of the public thinks it's an individual right. Why are we arguing a theory anymore? We are concerned about what we can do practically."
"We're expecting D.C. to lose the case," Helmke said. "But this could be good from the standpoint of the political-legislative side."
If the Supreme Court strikes down the D.C. gun ban, the Brady Campaign is hoping that it will reorient gun control groups around more limited measures that will be harder to cast as infringements of the Second Amendment.
"The NRA [National Rifle Association] won't have this fear factor," Helmke said.
Posted 12:46PM Jun 13, 2008 by MCSA
