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[Molly B.]

Cook County
Right To Carry
Town Hall Meeting
Thursday May 27, 2010
7:00-9:00 pm

Serbian Social Center
18550 Stony Island Ave .
Lansing, Illinois 60438

Please help spread the word about the Cook County Right to Carry Town Hall Meeting.
This County is the obstacle to Illinois passing a Right to Carry law.

If you know people in Cook County that have questions and concerns about
the issue of Right to Carry invite/bring them to the meeting.

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[billzfx4]

I'm off work next week and thinking up a 'hit list' of south suburban places to drop fliers off at.  

Chuck's - Riverdale
Sporting Arms and Supply - Posen
Pelcher's - Lansing
Glenwood Gun Shop - Glenwood
Freddie Bear Sports - Tinley Park

Deb's - Hammond, In ?
Blythe's - Griffith, In ?

If I'm missing anyplace or if someone is close and can drop fliers off, please add to or edit the list.

[Molly B.]

billzfx4, on 04 May 2010 - 07:35 PM, said:

I'm off work next week and thinking up a 'hit list' of south suburban places to drop fliers off at.  

Chuck's - Riverdale
Sporting Arms and Supply - Posen
Pelcher's - Lansing
Glenwood Gun Shop - Glenwood
Freddie Bear Sports - Tinley Park

Deb's - Hammond, In ?
Blythe's - Griffith, In ?

If I'm missing anyplace or if someone is close and can drop fliers off, please add to or edit the list.

I believe fliers have been dropped off at Chuck's Guns - you may want to call first.

[Hunter TS]

I can possibly drop some off at Freddy Bears and Sporting Arms and Supply sometime this weekend.  With work and the baby its hard to find time to even eat lately but ill see if i can get out there.  I will let you know after the weekend.

[billzfx4]

I'll hit Fredie Bear this weekend, I've got to run over to the Will Co. side of Tinley Park - need cigarettes and gas.

[RobR369]

I was in Glenwood Gun Shop, one day last week, and there was a lady in there dropping off flyers for the meeting.

[RacerDave6]

RobR369, on 06 May 2010 - 04:07 PM, said:

I was in Glenwood Gun Shop, one day last week, and there was a lady in there dropping off flyers for the meeting.

We have been out dropping Will Co. flyers for the past couple weeks. I betting Paula has hit most of the same places with the Cook one also.

Dave

[billzfx4]

RacerDave6, on 09 May 2010 - 10:40 AM, said:

RobR369, on 06 May 2010 - 04:07 PM, said:

I was in Glenwood Gun Shop, one day last week, and there was a lady in there dropping off flyers for the meeting.

We have been out dropping Will Co. flyers for the past couple weeks. I betting Paula has hit most of the same places with the Cook one also.

Dave

Any way to confirm where the Cook Co. flyers were dropped off at?  I'm planning on heading out tomorrow, and if any of these places already have the flyers I can pass them up.

Thanks, Bill

[Molly B.]

billzfx4, on 09 May 2010 - 10:53 AM, said:

Any way to confirm where the Cook Co. flyers were dropped off at?  I'm planning on heading out tomorrow, and if any of these places already have the flyers I can pass them up.

Thanks, Bill

Fliers have been posted at the following locations:

Popovich's sporting goods (gun shop) in Beecher
Most feed store in Crete
Classic Guns In Crete
Crete Township Fire Department
Crete's American Legion
Crete Lion Club
Buddy's in Beecher
Beecher's Sportsman Club
Reneza Gun Club in Crete
Peotone' laundry mat
Peotone's TruValue
Harley-Davidson in Crete
Ken's Lawn and Leisure in Crete
Tony's Pizza in Beecher
Laundromat in Beecher
Walt's food stores in Crete, Beecher and South Holland
Vicari's Gun Shop in Chicago Heights
Bythes Gun Shop in Griffith and Valporaiso in Indiana (lots of us from Illinois go there)
OnTarget in Steger
Sportsclub in Manteno
Gyro Place on Sauk trail in Richton Park
Chuck's Gun Shop in Riverdale
Glenwood Gun Shop in Glenwood
Freddie Bear Gun Shop in Tinley Park
Thorton Fire Station
Stony Tire in Lynwood
Leisings Gun Shop in Chicago Heights
Moose Club in Chicago Heights
Glenwood Villager Hall
Glenwood Senior Center
Thorton American Legion
Yankie Clipper in Glenwood
Glenwood Fire Department
Rick's Clips in Glenwood
Leets Plumbing Supply in Lynwood
Lynwood Public Works
Lynwood Fire Station
Lynwood Elks
Lynwood Village Hall
Lynwood Police
Holiday Boats in Lynwood
Pelcher Gun Shop in Lansing
999 Fine Coin and Jewelry shop in Lansing
Ted's Restaurant in Calumet City
Cabela's at Hoffman Estates
Sporting Arms Gun Shop in Posen

[RacerDave6]

Cook Co meeting tomorrow
We need a good turnout for this one, so come on out if you can and let all your friends know

Any Illinois Carry members attending we will probably need a hand with running the table, getting people signed up for email alerts, etc. Come on out, we need ya.

Dave

Cook County
Right To Carry
Town Hall Meeting
Thursday May 27, 2010
7:00-9:00 pm

Serbian Social Center
18550 Stony Island Ave .
Lansing, Illinois 60438

[Yas]

SCC was kind enough to give a plug for the Lansing (Cook County) town hall meeting and the upcoming Debate.  In its blog this morning.  Thanks Scc!


link to scc

[Drylok]

We had a town hall in Cook Co last night and now it's nearly 8:00 am the next day and no comments on how it went? This makes me nervous!

[Molly B.]

The organizers of the meeting were VERY pleased with the meeting last evening -
I counted nearly 200 in attendance and we had a good representation of the cultural mix
of the area and women.

Funny note on perspective - I commented to one of the other speakers that
I was thrilled with the number of women in the crowd, he laughed and said he was just thinking what
do we have to do to get more women to attend!  It's all in looking at where we've been and how
far we've come!  What is doubly thrilling is that the women who are attending are intense about the
issue of Right to Carry and ready to jump into action.

One young woman came up to us afterward and said she had always been ambivalent about guns but her
husband had always been a gun owner and encouraged her to be pro-gun and she just didn't get it . . .
until last night . . . now she says she's a changed person, now she gets why it is so important to
have the right to protect yourself and your family.

Dr. Paula Bratich of Second Amendment Sisters was the key organizer for the Cook Co. meeting and she did
a terrific job of putting together a top-notch panel of presenters. Nubian Malik, a fine young man from
the NEIU town hall meeting was the moderator. Speakers were Dr. G (Gerald Vernon), Neil Boot - retired Chicago
police officer and former Ex. Director of National Safety Council's Public Safety Group, David Lemieux - retired
Chicago police detective, IllinoisCarry member Frank Sharpe Jr. - Sr. staff instructor for Defensive
Training International, Dr. Paula Bratich - IL Coord. Second Amendment Sisters, Mike Weisman - 1st Vice President
of the ISRA, and Valinda Rowe - Spokesperson for IllinoisCarry.

One of the key goals of the town hall meetings is activate public support for Right to Carry and
we are seeing that very thing happen at all the town hall meetings!  People are wanting to know
what they can do to help the cause and they are getting involved! Someone commented they thought
they would never see the day when a crowd like we had last night would turn out in Cook County to
show support for Right to Carry - and last night was just the beginning in one small part of the county.

Plans are already underway for town hall meetings all over the county!!

[Matt H]

Drylok, on 28 May 2010 - 06:56 AM, said:

We had a town hall in Cook Co last night and now it's nearly 8:00 am the next day and no comments on how it went? This makes me nervous!

It went well. DR G spoke alongside Valinda and Mike W, as well as a retired CPD detective with some real insight into Chicago's crime problems. (I apologize for forgetting his name). Turnout was around 150 by my estimate, so a little low for being in a high population area. The crowd was about usual, mostly older folks with a handful of younger people mixed in. Mike usually asks by a show of hands whether he is "preaching to the choir". I always sit off to the side or at the back so I can get a feel for the room and I can say that as far as hands in the air, I think we reached a fair number of first timers at this one.

[Matt H]

Matt H, on 28 May 2010 - 08:06 AM, said:

Drylok, on 28 May 2010 - 06:56 AM, said:

We had a town hall in Cook Co last night and now it's nearly 8:00 am the next day and no comments on how it went? This makes me nervous!

It went well. DR G spoke alongside Valinda and Mike W, as well as a retired CPD detective with some real insight into Chicago's crime problems. (I apologize for forgetting his name). Turnout was around 150 by my estimate, so a little low for being in a high population area. The crowd was about usual, mostly older folks with a handful of younger people mixed in. Mike usually asks by a show of hands whether he is "preaching to the choir". I always sit off to the side or at the back so I can get a feel for the room and I can say that as far as hands in the air, I think we reached a fair number of first timers at this one.

David Lemieux was the detective- Thanks Valinda!

[RobR369]

I agree, I thought it was a good overall meeting and a good turn out. Speakers did a great job, and I believe, Nubian did a wonderful job of moderating. I agree with you Molly, I thought there was a large number of women in the crowd. I as a matter of fact, commented to my wife after I got home(she wanted, but couldnt make it) about the number of women present. Growing up and living majority of my life in the area,Another thing, I found quite surprising was amount of people that I actually knew there, but never knew they were or talked about to, the Right to Carry. Oh yeah, by the way, The Tongue depressor was a big hit with the wife, I brought it home and gave it to her, she got the biggest kick out of it. And this morning when she was getting ready to leave for work, she walked back in the door, and said"oh yeah, I almost forgot the most important thing", grabbed the tongue depressor, put it in her purse, and said"OK, now im safe and protected"

[Molly B.]

RobR369, on 28 May 2010 - 08:25 AM, said:

Another thing, I found quite surprising was amount of people that I actually knew there, but never knew they were or talked about to, the Right to Carry.

YES!!!  That is the huge change we're seeing all over the Cook Co./Chicago area!  Everyday citizens see a potential victory coming with McDonald vs Chicago, they are emboldened by the current increased violence and good, brave souls are beginning to step out to voice their support for gun ownership/carry.

We have turned a corner in this effort . . . things are moving and changing rapidly.

[RXtion]

The meeting was great! Not quite as many people there as I had hoped to see. But, it was kinda held at a southern point of Cook. I came from literally the top right corner of cook, a good hour and 10 mins. Cook is a huge county. I wonder if anyone from Barrington(~1.5 hrs away) showed up. I'm sure the future planned meetings around Cook will have an even better turn outs. I'm sure a few were deterred because they didn't want to have to go through the city during rush hour. I had to, it was brutal! But worth it!

Here's a quick video pan around the room from the seat I was sitting in. All I had with me was my iPhone camera, so quality stinks, but you get the idea.