ISRPA Responds to Mayor of Chicago

[El Tejon]

Recently the Mayor of Chicago claimed that Chicago's violence was the fault of Wisconsin and Indiana.

El Tejon, Director-at-Large of the Indiana State Rifle and Pistol Association, responds in Crain's Chicago Business:

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/arti...icagos-gun-violence-isnt-indianas-fault-rahm#

 

[Jeff White]

Great Response!! Maybe we could get it circulated in some other Chicago media outlets.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Good, to the point, and reasonable. I like it. Great job.

 

[GarySTL]

Excellent response.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

Hey!

Kirk S. Freeman is from my hometown!

We gots lots of smart people there...

 

[Ryanxia]

Not bad, nice little shot of common sense.

 

[jbrown50]

Excellent response.

4% of the gangsters in urban areas commit 50% of the murders in the US. The overwhelming majority of these gangsters are violent repeat offenders.

Mayor Emanuel and his brethren should spend more time attacking criminals
and the root causes of crime instead of pandering to the anti-gun factions of their political party.

 

[MErl]

I assume this was also submitted to the Chicago newspapers as an editorial?

 

[El Tejon]

I assume this was also submitted to the Chicago newspapers as an editorial?

No, it is for Crain's. Crain's contacted me. An editor at Crain's, Ann Dwyer, sent me an e-mail around Columbus Day.

 

[grampster]

So, bloody El Tejon strikes again at the throat of emotionalistic statism using facts. Woe betide poor Rahm to be dragged thusly though the mire of truth, justice and the American way.

 

[Nickel Plated]

I assume this was also submitted to the Chicago newspapers as an editorial?

not like any of them would print it anyway.

 

[MErl]

not like any of them would print it anyway.

Never know if you don't try. Once written it is nothing to submit.

 

[El Tejon]

Just to clarify, this op ed was written for Crain's at Crain's request.

I did not "shop it around". An editor at Crain's contact me and asked that I write it.

 

[230RN]

Super. Well reasoned and expressed.

You keep on badgering them!

Terry, 230RN

 

[morcey2]

Hey!

Kirk S. Freeman is from my hometown!

We gots lots of smart people there...

Well.


You have at least one!

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

Well.


You have at least one!

More than some!

 

[SC Shooter]

An excellent rebuttal. Once again strong, solid facts trump unsubstantiated drival.

 

[Valor35]

You tell 'em, Kirk! Good job.

 

[hso]

So how do you enthusiasts put this to use to expand the audience and get more people to see it.

Back-slapping is all well and good, but unless El Tejon has some opposition or there's some copyright issue it should be distributed to amplify his voice for our side.