Well Lasersailor, that's easy to say when you don't live somewhere where there is a need to "fight them." Life must be good from the sidelines -- I can only imagine. I have been fighting "them" for quite some time now. At least a dozen letters to the editor, numerous calls to state and federal legislators, donations to the almost useless ISRA, membership in the NRA, voting for the best 2nd Amendment choices on the ballot...
Without any factual coverage in the major media there's not much you can do in Cook County. Only one side is allowed to present information to the people. Factual inaccuracies are a regular part of the coverage, with no challenge. basic questions like "how many murders are actually committed by "assault weapons" go completely unasked. Letters to the editor that point this out go unpublished. The referendum I posted passed by 86 percent -- just how, exactly, should I fight that without a fair treatment from the mass media? IT"S FOR THE SAFETY OF THE ****ING CHILDERN AFTER ALL... And, Daley is serious. He tried to put the entire firearm industry out of business with his sue the gun manufacturers push a few years back. So, Cook County is lost short of seeing Daley indicted for his patronage practices (which is a real hope). Moving out of Cook County is a no brainer when the time is ripe. It's hopeless, and when you consider all of the tax dollars helping pay for Chicago's waste and graft then it's even more of a no brainer.
At the state level... Things are not quite as bad though having Gov. Hoowdy Doody in office makes it much harder. And, Daley has been using his influence manpower to influence elections outside of Chicago and Cook county to get his kind of Democrats in power. A state-wide AWB is a tougher nut and as I have at numerous times in the past, I will actively work to resist this. Should the Ban pass, then IL is not a state that represents my view of America and if I can, I'll leave. That simple.
Charon