Posted on 05/11/2004 6:16:13 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan
SAF BLASTS ELITIST CHICAGO ALDERMAN;
'WHERE'S PROTECTION FOR OTHER CITIZENS?'
Chicago Alderman Arenda Troutman has achieved a new low in elitism, insisting that she deserves special police protection after a series of burglaries at her South Side home while her legally-disarmed constituents are left like defenseless sheep in a city of wolves, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) said today.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported May 6 that Troutman's home, burglarized twice in the past three months, now has a police officer assigned during all shifts to watch the residence, including weekends. In a statement quoted by the newspaper, Troutman said, "Deserve it? Damn right. I should receive the protection I am receiving. I am an elected official. You're darn right."
Stunned by Troutman's cavalier attitude, SAF Founder Alan Gottlieb offered this harsh rebuke: "What happened to the rights of Troutman's constituents to police protection in a city where honest citizens have been left virtually disarmed by insidious gun laws that Troutman no doubt supports?
"While Troutman gets special treatment," Gottlieb said, "what happens if another citizen needs police protection? The district police commander ordered a squad car parked in front of Troutman's home on weekends. In a gun-free gulag like Chicago, everyone should have around-the-clock personal police protection. This is costing taxpayers an estimated $366 a day. That's an outrage."
Gottlieb agrees with many police officers in the city that Troutman doesn't deserve the special treatment.
"Just who does Arenda Troutman think she is," Gottlieb questioned. "While she is part of a city government that makes it virtually impossible for average citizens to protect themselves from burglary and other crime, here's Troutman saying she deserves special treatment because she's an elected official. It's time for Troutman's South Side neighbors to tell her she's wrong.
"In an ideal world," Gottlieb observed, "Troutman would not need a policeman parked in front of her house, because citizens in Chicago would be legally armed, and able to defend themselves and their homes. But the world is not ideal, and it is the kind of elitism Troutman has exhibited that makes it so."
The Second Amendment Foundation is the nation's oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 600,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control. SAF has previously funded successful firearms-related suits against the cities of Los Angeles; New Haven, CT; and San Francisco on behalf of American gun owners, a lawsuit against the cities suing gun makers & an amicus brief & fund for the Emerson case holding the Second Amendment as an individual right.
Daley makes noises, but he buys votes, as his family has for fifty years. A Chicago cop, judge, D.A. stays bought, or rides a barrel of concrete into the North Branch of the Chicago River.
Occasionally, to make a point, a car with the owner's body in the trunk will be left in O'Hare's long term parking. Ever hear of ANYONE ever being prosecuted, and rolling over?
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