CNS writes of taxpayer dollars being used to fund a politically motivated protest using children as pawns:

The Chicago Police Department and the Chicago Board of Education are sponsoring a “youth protest” outside a suburban gun shop, much to the dismay of some gun owners and Second Amendment supporters.

The Illinois State Rifle Association says the youth protest is nothing more than “state sponsored terrorism against the 2[nd] Amendment.”

The February 21st protest will take place at 10:00 a.m. in front of Chuck’s Gun Shop in Riverdale, Ill., the Illinois State Rifle Association noted in a press release.

“Chuck’s has been a favorite target of Chicago Mayor Daley’s anti-gun wrath over the years,” ISRA said. In fact, the city has filed a $433-million lawsuit against the family-owned store.

“It’s galling to know that taxpayer dollars are being used to fund this politically-motivated publicity stunt,” said ISRA Executive Director Richard Pearson.

“We expect our police departments to be neutral third parties interested only in upholding the law. But it appears once again that the Chicago Police Department is being diverted from enforcing the law in favor of enforcing Daley’s political agenda.”

Pearson defends the owners of Chuck’s Gun Shop as “upstanding” business people. He accuses Mayor Daley of using the store as a “whipping boy” to deflect attention from his “woeful inability to control crime in Chicago.”

This is really abysmal.

Posted in uncategorized on January 30th, 2004 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |