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

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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?

The chief and the prosecutor may be giving the perp a break in order to screw DeMar as much as they can. They are charging this guy with "felony residential burglary". Residential burglar is a felony anyway. The perp in this case pulled a home invasion that is when the homeowners are present. I don't have time to look up the relevant IL law, but the charge of home invasion would give more credence to self defense than burglary. This situation would allow the perp to sue DeMar and make coviction for violating the Willmette ord and FOID laws easy.