FRIZ
January 14, 2004, 12:57 PM
National Review
January 14, 2004
Wilmette Injustice
By Timothy Wheeler
Homeowners banned from protecting their families.
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/wheeler200401140958.asp
The good citizens of Wilmette, Ill., have a problem. Just before Christmas in this leafy, upscale Chicago suburb, homeowner Hale DeMar used his handgun to shoot a burglar. Trouble is, Wilmette years ago outlawed the ownership of handguns.
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The people of Wilmette must now explain to us why they believe Hale DeMar was right in using lethal force to protect his family but wrong in using the only safe instrument for the job — a handgun. One way they could begin to atone for the persecution of this good man is to make a life-affirming New Year's resolution to repeal their handgun ban.
— Timothy Wheeler, M.D. is director of Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership, a project of the Claremont Institute.
January 14, 2004
Wilmette Injustice
By Timothy Wheeler
Homeowners banned from protecting their families.
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/wheeler200401140958.asp
The good citizens of Wilmette, Ill., have a problem. Just before Christmas in this leafy, upscale Chicago suburb, homeowner Hale DeMar used his handgun to shoot a burglar. Trouble is, Wilmette years ago outlawed the ownership of handguns.
...
The people of Wilmette must now explain to us why they believe Hale DeMar was right in using lethal force to protect his family but wrong in using the only safe instrument for the job — a handgun. One way they could begin to atone for the persecution of this good man is to make a life-affirming New Year's resolution to repeal their handgun ban.
— Timothy Wheeler, M.D. is director of Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership, a project of the Claremont Institute.
