The Illinois Governor is doing a power grab. So many folks in leadership positions today think that they know best and that their authority is the ultimate authority and they should be able to unilaterally have what they deem best. We see it with President Obama initiating policies through executive orders…
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I think a gun cap is typical Chicago politics. Their crime rate skyrockets every time they attempt to thwart firearm freedoms.
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Gov Quinn's recommendation is somewhat ridiculous given the state of affairs.
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Last December the 7th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court ruled that the Illinois concealed carry ban was unconstitutional and gave it until July 9th to pass a law. The concealed carry bill passed both the Illinois House and Senate with better than a three-fifths majority. Apparently Governor Quinn sat on this bill for nearly…
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I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these states. Yet through all the gloom I see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth all the means. This…
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Not just a quote but the reference to our Independence document & Founding Fathers' John Hancocks - thank goodness!!!!! Many July 4th's within beautiful travel resort stay times thru out Upstate NY mountainous regions.
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I still love this one by Benjamin Franklin: I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth- that God Governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that…
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I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these states. Yet through all the gloom I see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth all the means. This…
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from…
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Seeing today how our representatives in the federal government - from the President, to both houses of Congress, and the justices of the Supreme Court - I believe we would do well to remember the words of Thomas Jefferson, who wrote, “In questions of power, then, let no more be…
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