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Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
CCRKBA Says Wilmette Trustees Acted Properly in Repealing Handgun Ban
August 9th, 2008
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said that the decision by officials in Wilmette, IL to repeal their 19-year-old handgun ban is "a victory of substance over symbolism." CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb said the 1989 ban -- made infamous five years ago when Wilmette homeowner Hale DeMar shot a career criminal in the act of burglarizing DeMar's home for the second night in a row -- has never shown that it had any impact on violent crime. "It appears the only people affected by the ban were law-abiding citizens like DeMar who were ensnared by the ordinance for having guns that suddenly became illegal," Gottlieb observed....
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-08-09)
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