In September, 1966, a fiend broke a panel of glass in a home on Lake Michigan, opened the door and entered, ascended the stairs, and savagely committed the first murder in the history of Kenilworth, IL. The victim was Valerie Percy, one of the twin daugthers of Republican political candidate Charles H. Percy. The murder weapon is believed to have been a WWII bayonet. The crime has never been solved.
The manually-operated burglar arm was a stand alone device that only made noise. It was turned on after the murder had been committed, to no avail.
Percy was elected to the US Senate that year, and the family moved to the Washington DC area.
Percy did not believe in the ownership of firearms by private citizens, and he did not own one. In his new home, Chuck had good deadbolts put in. They always remained unlocked until day's end, at which time everyone in the family was expected to be in the house, and Percy went around locking every lock.
Apparently, he thought that home invasions only happened at night.
Senator Percy gave the commencement address at my college graduation in June, 1967. I cannot remember a word he said.
Over the decades, I have come around to appreciate much about Percy, but not his stand on gun control, and not his ideas on---Strategies, Tactics, and Training
The manually-operated burglar arm was a stand alone device that only made noise. It was turned on after the murder had been committed, to no avail.
Percy was elected to the US Senate that year, and the family moved to the Washington DC area.
Percy did not believe in the ownership of firearms by private citizens, and he did not own one. In his new home, Chuck had good deadbolts put in. They always remained unlocked until day's end, at which time everyone in the family was expected to be in the house, and Percy went around locking every lock.
Apparently, he thought that home invasions only happened at night.
Senator Percy gave the commencement address at my college graduation in June, 1967. I cannot remember a word he said.
Over the decades, I have come around to appreciate much about Percy, but not his stand on gun control, and not his ideas on---Strategies, Tactics, and Training