Concealed carry divides 84th House hopefuls
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/2...ews/710109592/


ABC7 ride-along with gang violence cop
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...cal&id=8844392


Feds withdrawing 'surge' of agents who took 125 guns off Flint streets
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/inde..._reductio.html

 

Scroll for a poll - Should Gun Buyers Face 'Violence Tax'?

http://evanston.patch.com/articles/p...e-violence-tax


(I voted and backed out of registering and it seemed to take?)

 

South Bend pols break state law to curtail gun rights
http://www.humanevents.com/2012/10/1...il-gun-rights/


NRA plays to gun-owner fears in swing states like Wisconsin
http://host.madison.com/news/local/g...ment_form=true


Oak Park police hunt for 2 men after home invasion
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...tory?track=rss



A new federal investigation into Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s finances alleges the Illinois congressman misused campaign funds to redecorate the inside of his Washington D.C. home.
Three weeks before the election, the feds also are looking into whether Jackson Jr. used money from his House spending account to pay for the home decor, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Preckwinkle targets video poker, slot machines for revenue
http://southtownstar.suntimes.com/ne...r-revenue.html

 

25 Days Until Election Day-What (More!) Can You Do?

http://www.nraila.org/249487

 

Taxing bullets criminal - Penalizing the blameless for gun violence
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...uctive-bullets


ISRA-FEDPac Announces Candidate Endorsements
http://www.sys-con.com/node/2402869


ILLINOIS: Youth Hunt participants sought … FREE!
http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=2565


Justice Stevens: Second Amendment is ‘no obstacle’ to banning automatic weapons
http://washingtonexaminer.com/justic...3#.UHyXvGefZ8E


Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Is Hanging Out at Bars While Under ‘Doctor’s Care’
http://gawker.com/5951450/rep-jesse-...are?tag=scions

 

State Representative Pam Roth (October 16, 2012)
District Office: P.O. Box 808 Morris, IL 60450
815-416-1475 pamrothd75@gmail.com

RIGHT TO CARRY TOWN HALL MEETING, BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

I would like to extend an invitation for you to join me at my second Right to Carry Town Hall Meeting, this time in Bourbonnais, presented by IllinoisCarry.com.

49 states have concealed carry provisions for law-abiding citizens which recognize the right to carry a defensive firearm for personal and family protection. That means that 49 states have some form of right to carry law in place.

Illinois is the last and only state to prohibit carrying a firearm for personal protection; it is also a felony to do so.

If you have questions or concerns about the Right to Carry, I invite you to please come to this important meeting and present your questions to the panel of experts who will be on hand to address this important issue. If you find Illinois laws regarding self-defense alarming and you want Illinois to join the rest of the nation, come find out what you can do about it!

The event is Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 from 7-9 p.m. It will be held at the Village of Bourbonnais in their Community Room. Please pass on the word to anyone you think may be interested. See you on the 24th!


CONCEALED CARRY CLASS

Also, we have added another Concealed Firearm Class since both this past weekend filled up so quickly! The new one will take place on Saturday, December 8th from 8am-noon at the Morris City Hall. Please go to www.anywhereccw.com to register. Class size is limited to 40 participants, so register now! Contact my office if you'd like more information.

Sincerely,
Pam Roth
State Representative – 75th District

 

Concealed carry public hearing Oct. 17 at Veterans Memorial Hall
http://rockrivertimes.com/2012/10/16...memorial-hall/


Women Fighting for Concealed Carry in Illinois
http://www.wifr.com/news/headlines/M...174302741.html


Police: Libertyville man packing heat while sitting at bar
http://libertyville.suntimes.com/new...ng-at-bar.html


Obama Mentions Chicago's Gun Problem During Debate
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward...174503261.html


CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is headed to Florida to campaign for President Barack Obama.

A spokeswoman for Emanuel said Tuesday the mayor will be in Florida from Saturday through Monday. Emanuel was Obama's chief of staff before he was elected mayor of Chicago.

Emanuel will visit the Tampa area and southern Florida. The Chicago mayor will support Obama campaign efforts to get out the vote.

Emanuel also will participate in outreach efforts with Florida's Jewish community. His spokeswoman says he will highlight President Obama's support for Israel and domestic issues important to the Jewish community.


Police in the Northwest suburbs are reporting an increase in the number of thefts of catalytic converters from cars
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/2...ews/710169751/

WHAT THIEVES LOOK FOR:
Vehicles that sit higher from the ground, such as trucks, pick-ups and SUVs, are particularly vulnerable to catalytic converter theft because thieves can slide underneath without having to jack up the vehicle to gain access to the converter. With just a few cuts of a battery-powered saw, the catalytic converter can be stolen in less than a minute.

SMART STEPS for preventing catalytic converter theft
Preventing catalytic converter theft on your vehicle is a matter of common sense and some research.

1. Always park in well-lighted areas.

2. At shopping centers and other similar parking lots, park close the entrance of the building, or near the access road where there’s a lot of traffic.

3. If you own or work at a business or factory, park within a fenced area that’s busy during the day and secured at night.

4. Engrave your license plate number on the converter to make it traceable. This can act as a catalytic converter theft deterrent and help with local police investigations.

5. Purchase a vehicle security system, and make sure its set to triggered with just the slightest motion.

6. Visit a local muffler shop and have the converter secured to the vehicle’s frame with a couple of pieces of hardened steel welded to the frame.

7. Check out the different types of catalytic converter theft deterrent systems at your local auto parts store or on the Internet.

 

Right-to-carry meeting draws support
http://qctimes.com/news/local/right-...9bb2963f4.html


QC Voters learn about Concealed Carry
http://www.whbf.com/story/19838884/t...eting-to-rally


Winnebago County considers concealed carry law
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...,6701952.story


Concealed Carry on the ballot in Randolph County
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/19847944...andolph-county


CHICAGO — As Chicago struggles to quell gang violence that has contributed to a jump in homicides, a top elected official wants to tax the sale of every bullet and firearm — an effort even she acknowledges could spark a legal challenge.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will submit a budget proposal Thursday that calls for a tax of a nickel for each bullet and $25 for each firearm sold in the nation's second-largest county, which encompasses Chicago.

Preckwinkle's office estimates the tax will generate about $1 million a year, money that would be used for various county services including medical care for gunshot victims. Law enforcement officials would not have to pay the tax, but the office said it would apply to 40 federally licensed gun dealers in the county.

Through last week, the city reported 409 homicides this year compared to 324 during the same period in 2011. Although the violence still doesn't approach the nearly 900 homicides a year Chicago averaged in the 1990s, officials say gang violence was largely to blame for a rash of shootings earlier this year.

Preckwinkle insists the ordinance is far more about addressing gun violence than raising money for a county that faces a deficit of more than $100 million next year.

"We think that's an appropriate thing to do, especially in the light of the gun violence we struggle to deal with in our criminal justice system and our public health system," she told a local newspaper editorial board this week, according to a transcript of the meeting provided by her office. "The legal gun shops in suburban Cook County are a conduit for crimes in Chicago. There's no way around it."

Preckwinkle declined to speak with The Associated Press ahead of the announcement Thursday, but her spokeswoman Kristen Mack confirmed the details of the plan.

Mack said the office has found no other jurisdiction in the nation that has imposed a tax on bullets, even though several have considered it. Legislation on such a tax was previously introduced by state lawmakers in Springfield, but it was never been voted on, she said.

Richard Pearson, the executive director of the Illinois State Rifle Association, scoffs at such talk, saying the tax wouldn't do anything to address gang violence but would harm local businesses and law-abiding citizens.

"If she wants to get to the people causing all the problems she ought to put a tax on street gangs," he said. "All this is going to do is drive business out of Cook County, into other counties, Indiana and Wisconsin."

One suburban gun shop owner agreed, saying that his customers, many of whom are hunters and police officers, will simply go elsewhere.

"Who's going to come to Tinley Park to buy ammunition," said Fred Lutger, the owner of Freddie Bear Sport in that suburban Chicago community.

And, said Lutger of that money going toward treating gunshot victims, "Why should be paying for gang bangers shooting each other? You're taxing law-abiding citizens for what criminals are doing."

Gun rights advocates spent years challenging in court Chicago's handgun ban, which was ultimately overturned in 2010 by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Lutger said a lawsuit was certain. Pearson said he and others started talking about a legal challenge as soon as they heard Preckwinkle was considering the tax.

Even Preckwinkle seemed resigned to a legal challenge in her comments to the newspaper board.

"You can't make decisions based on the basis of whether or not somebody's going to sue you or then you'll never do anything," she said.

 

At least it got some good comments on Toni's Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Toni-...96166530417661

I particularly like this one:

"Hi, Indiana resident here. Just wanted to say I read your proposed bullet tax, and all I can say is you're a f**king idiot. Like bad guys pay for anything, let alone taxes. Eat a d*ck, you commie b*tch."

 

Brilliant Bullet Tax Will Make Murder Too Pricey for Criminals ("His proposed budget")
http://thestir.cafemom.com/in_the_ne..._tax_will_make


Chicago bullet and firearm tax proposal stirs debate
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.s...oposal_st.html


Nickel a “Bullet” Tax Proposed in Chicagoland
http://www.shotgunnews.com/2012/10/1...n-chicagoland/

 

 

I kinda figured she was a man.

"His proposed budget would charge an extra nickle for each shell sold and $25 for every gun."

 

The Original Intent of the Second Amendment
http://current.com/1pc40kc


Wisconsin Shooter Wasn't Allowed to Possess Firearms
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/natio...irearms/58175/


Obama Goes Off-Teleprompter on Gun Control
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/...n_control.html


Wixom students locked in as police search for gunman continues
http://www.freep.com/article/20121022/NEWS03/121022013

 

I recieved a nice response from Gregg Goslin from my email regading the prosposed Cook County tax.

Dear Mr. DeMartino:

Thank you for your e-mail regarding President Preckwinkle’s proposal to tax ammunition and firearms in Cook County. I, too, am vehemently opposed to this tax for many of the same reasons you discuss in your e-mail.

You can rest assured that I will work to defeat this onerous tax as well as the other proposed taxes hoisted upon Cook County residents in an effort to plug the County’s budget shortfall.

Thank you for sharing your concerns with me.

Very truly yours, Gregg Goslin

 

Thanks Frank, I hope MORE of us do this!





Wisconsin Democratic lawmakers want to re-introduce a bill on gun control
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/175512381.html

 

THE FIRST OF 4 MEETINGS for the "VIOLENCE TAX" is TODAY! It is at the Skokie Courthouse & we would appreciate everyone's support and presence! Your attendance and voice would MAKE a difference to help SAVE OUR BUSINESS and all OTHER FFL dealers in Cook County! If President Toni Preckwinkle passes this tax, MORE GUN RESTRICTIONS will be IMPOSED ON ALL FIREARM OWNERS! Stop her and her team NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!

Thursday, Oct. 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the Second District Courthouse
5600 Old Orchard Road, Conf. Room 201 in Skokie, IL

IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT. CALL YOUR COMMISSIONER OR PRESIDENT PRECKWINKLE & tell them you OPPOSE THE VIOLENCE TAX & IF THEY VOTE "YES," You WILL VOTE "NO" AGAINST THEM in the next election!

President Toni Preckwinkle 312-603-6400
Robert Steele 312-603-3019
Larry Suffredin 312-603-6383
Earlean Collins 312-603-4566
Timothy O. Schneider 312-603-6388
Jerry Butler 312-603 6391
Elizabeth Doody Gorman 312-603-4215
Joan Patricia Murphy 312-603-4216
Jeffrey R. Tobolski 312-603-6384
Bridget Gainer 312-603-4210
John A. Fritchey 312-603-6380
William M. Beavers 312-603-2065
Gregg Goslin 312-603-4932
Edwin Reyes 312-603-6386
Jesus G. Garcia 312-603-5443
Deborah Sims 312-603 6381
Peter N. Silvestri 312-603-4393
John P. Daley 312-603-4400

 

Contact info FYI:

District 14
Barrington Hills, East Dundee, Hoffman Estates, South Barrington, Barrington, Iverness, Schaumburg, Palatine, Rolling Meadows, Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Wheeling, Prospect Heights, Riverwoods, Glenview, Northbrook, Deerfield, Glencoe, Winnetka, Northfield, Wilmette
Golf Gregg Goslin 3801 E Lake Ave Glenview, IL 60023
847-729-9300 847-729-2279
commissioner.goslin@cookcountyil.gov


District 15
Elgin, Hoffman Estates, Bartlett, Streamwood, Hanover Park, Schaumberg, Rosell, Elk Grove Village, Rolling Meadows, Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, Des Plaines
Timothy O. Schneider 711 S Chelmsford Ln, Ste A Elk Grove Village, I 60007
847-640-1632 847-640-1910
tim.schneider@cookcountyil.gov


Chicago Police Testing New Gunshot Detection Technology
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/10/...on-technology/

 

PEPPER SPRAY: Don’t bet your life on a can of spice
http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=2871


(IN) Store clerks fighting back against robbers
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/art...rs-3988109.php


Chicago ties last year’s homicide total with South Side shooting
http://www.suntimes.com/news/1601392...day-night.html


CHICAGO — A Cook County commissioner has a new proposal to reduce gun violence without taxing firearm and ammunition purchases.

In a statement Saturday, Commissioner John Fritchey said his plan would create a gun court to expedite the prosecution of people charged with gun crimes.

It also would provide $1 million in grants to organizations aimed at preventing violence and getting youth involved in positive activities.

Earlier this month Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle proposed a new tax of 25 cents per firearm and a nickel for each bullet.

Preckwinkle said the tax would help quell gang violence and raise about $1 million. She acknowledged it would likely face a legal challenge.

Fritchey said he would pay for his plan by delaying filling 28 high-paying, vacant administrative positions.

 

Subway Worker Hurls Hot Soup At Robber Because It Hurts More Than Freshly-Baked Bread
http://consumerist.com/2012/10/29/su...y-baked-bread/


Gary takes 107 more guns off streets at buy back event
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/l...5f818e99d.html


Chicago: Homicides already pass mark for 2011, defying trend in other US cities
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society...All+Stories%29



Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced Monday she’s tweaking her proposed new tax on merchandise purchased outside of Cook County.

Earlier this month she pitched a new 1.25 percent “use tax” on items — from lumber to televisions — worth $2,500 or more that residents and businesses purchase outside the county; the tax wouldn’t apply to titled property.

But Monday, she bumped the threshholed to $3,500. The aim of the proposed new tax is to get county businesses and residents to buy items they’ll use locally.

 

Top tips for staying safe on Halloween from the NRA
http://www.nrablog.com/post/2012/10/...m-the-NRA.aspx


CHICAGO MAYOR SHOULD SHARE BLAME FOR MAYHEM, SAYS CCRKBA
http://www.thegunmag.com/chicago-may...m-says-ccrkba/


More than 14,000 murders in Chicago since 1990...Mayor oblivious
http://www.examiner.com/article/more...ayor-oblivious