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February 20, 2008

Subject: Proposed Ban Gun Ordinance by Ken Keil, Colorado

I just read what you're trying to do as far as banning all guns in Cook County, http://isra.org/cook_county/isra-pvf_alert_01062008.html banning gun shows, and preventing licensed gun dealers from operating within 10 miles of each other. Have you read the U.S. Constitution lately? If you haven't, I highly recommend you go online and find it. It's very easy to find and easy to read.

Your attempt to ban guns is a clear violation of our 2nd Amendment rights. Don't you see the fallacy and future failure of what you're attempting. During the 70's or 80's, Washington, D.C. effectively banned guns. What happened? Crimes went through the roof. The recent shootings at NIU and Virg. Tech both schools with no guns on campus show not only the ineffectiveness of gun control, but the failure of it. The media after the 1st Virg. Tech shooting didn't reveal that the shooter was subdued by 2 students who raced to their cars, got their guns and then apprehended the shooter. Have you ever read the American Rifleman? Every month, this magazine publishes 2 to 4 dozen cases in which people have defended their homes, businesses, families and friends from intruders and criminals. I have to believe many minorities in Cook County, which are substantial in number, believe you are a bigot and racially prejudiced against them by attempting to preclude them from protecting themselves. There was a reason why our forefathers wanted to give law abiding citizens the right to bear arms.

Please be advised I'm not a resident of Cook County. However, I am part of a growing network of American citizens who not only care about our 2nd Amendment rights, but all of our constitutional rights. We are tired of politicos like yourself who are taking away our God given unalienable rights. Consequently, I have bcc'd this email to numerous people some of which of us have family and friends in the Chicago area. My goals in so doing are threefold. Obviously, the first is to notify as many as possible to ensure the failure of passage of the ordinance. The second is to prevent you from achieving your alleged goal of becoming Illinois state attorney for Cook County. The third goal is to have you as well as your co-comissioner, Mr. Beavers, citizen controlling communist bureaucrats, removed from office.

I pray freedom will reign in Cook County!

Power to the People!

Ken Keil
Colorado