[zook]

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[Reelect President Dubya]

Whoa!

Right between the eyes.

[William Terrell]

Mr. Carpenter.

[Core_Conservative]

Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah! - Good job and I hope he never has to do it again - but he is ready from now on, I'm sure!

[Gritty]

Hale DeMar deserves a medal, not a trial.

Police are nice to have around but they are usually only around after the fact, as Mr. DeMar so eloquently states, to comiserate with the luckless victim (if he is still alive) and take the report.

He was perfectly justified in protecting his family and himself. But, he does need to spend a bit more time polishing his technique at the range. My bet is, he will.

[Kevin Curry]

Wilmette Police Chief George Carpenter . . . said homes are safer without handguns.

Commenting from his hospital bed, home invader Morio Billings replied, "Man, the chief's got that right."

[greenwolf]

This George Carpenter (the police chief) should be hearing it from the whole nation. Anybody have an office phone number?

[Middle Man]

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

This speaks volumes about "law enforcement".

[CHICAGOFARMER]

This letter was published in the Chicago Sun Times by yours truely.




xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Homeowner defenseless

You probably read this Letter to the editor in the Chicago Sun Times, in case you did not read it, enjoy.

Wilmette citizens should question the current city ordinance making it illegal for city residences to defend themselves? Headlining the fact the city will not charge Hale DeMar for shooting a felon inside his home is grandstanding and trying to put a good face on an ordinance that violates a human right. The city will only take away his gun, how crazy.

People who fear firearms have a phobia disease known as Hoplophobia. People who have this disease should not be in charge of determining methods of self-defense of fellow citizens. In the Cain Abel murder Jesus did not disarm or ban the stone or sword from the victim, he focused on the bad behavior.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) agrees, having just completed an intense study of 51 scientific studies of the 20,000 gun laws and cannot find any evidence that gun-control laws reduce violent crime. The Washington Times stated, “these 20,000 laws are laws that endanger, humiliate, criminalize, or otherwise burden good citizens”.

It is a MYTH to believe police can protect you. Washington, DC; New York; and Chicago have banned honest citizens from owning firearms. Chicago, New York, and Washington have the highest murder rates in the nation. U.S. Senator Hatch (2003) stated, "The prohibition of firearms in Washington DC is as ineffective and deplorable as it is unconstitutional; it is high-time we rectify this wrong." 24,000 firearm laws have not solved the criminal’s propensity to commit crime and, in the process, have disarmed honest, law-abiding citizens.

Here are the facts for the state of Illinois for 2002. 508,680 felon acts of Murder, Criminal Sexual Assault, Robbery, Assault, Burglary, theft, Vehicle theft, and arson. Arrest rates for 2002 were 108,720 for these crimes, or 21.3 %, or only 1 in 5 criminals prosecuted. We know by logical deduction police were not present to prevent these felon criminal acts when they occurred, thus dialing 911 and prayer is the policy of Wilmette.

The real issue of Wilmette citizens should be to give back the rights of self-defense to honest citizens so they can protect their families. Prisons do not rehabilitate, they only incarcerate for a period of time and release back into our neighborhood. A large percentage of the 7million adult Illinois citizens would agree that self-defense is the responsibility of the citizen not the police who are incapable of stopping crime. 60 million citizens understand this concept in other states, Why not the citizens of Wilmette?

[7.62 x 51mm]

Bravo, Mr DeMars! Next time, double-tap to the head or center mass. Death ends recividism, permanently. But good going, anyway.

[Cubs Fan]

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

[Tribune7]

Great letter.

[Jason_b]

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[TigersEye]

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

So what is the Illinois approved safe way to handle home invaders Chief? Baseball bat? I'll be glad to 'Al Capone' 'em if you'll clean up the mess.

[SteveH]

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

It strikes me that when a police chief says this, he is really expressing a desire to see all civilians unarmed to increase the safety of the beat cops that he supervises. So yes, the homes are safer-- but only in the sense that a cop called to the scene of a suspicious event at a home is slightly less likely to gun the homeowner(s) down, under one mistaken assumption or another.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Nice post!

[wjcsux]

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[VOA]

And, in a move that has drawn criticism, DeMar was cited with breaking Wilmette's ban
on handguns and with failing to update his firearm owner's identification card.

I wonder how many burglars have simply "vanished" while on their last job, thanks to the
Bravo Sierra that local authrorities use to prevent citizens from protecting themselves
and their property.

How many home-owners have taken a pragmatic (and illegal) approach and
simply made sure their annoysome burglar gets shot dead (or at least incapacitated)...
then buried in a shallow grave or ends up as flotsam-and-jetsam that apprears
after the lake thaws out in the spring?

[budwiesest]

to protect your family from the miscreants that this society has produced.

Pretty rich. Watch any daytime talk/audience participation show and you'll notice the 'production' line is in full swing.

[MissAmericanPie]

He only shot him in the shoulder and calf, the guy might come back. On the other hand, if he had killed the criminal the "community" and the law would be all over him.

Shoot straight, bury deep, and keep your mouth shut, is the advice I have heard over and over. It's begining to sound alot more reasonable than the other options.