Illinois casters

[Slingshot]

Morning all,

I am about 45 minutes west of Chicago (grew up there, fond memories 30 years ago. have no desire to go back) In Kane County.

Slingshot / Jeff

[Bad Water Bill]

I just posted the IGOLD bus schedule at

ILLINOIS POLITICS a place for legislative information

Check it and I will see you at the convention center.

YES my reservations are in.

[XTOL]

Knox County...Galesburg area. Lived in Illinois all my life but have given up and
moving soon to Iowa. Not going to miss it.

[Silver Eagle]

Downers Grove here. Relocating soon to Algonquin.

[Bad Water Bill]

We will be adding a few more things in the next few days so check in and make sure you are logged in as a member..

[Alvarez Kelly]

Across the big muddy from St Louis.

[Bad Water Bill]

Time for another bump.

I know there are more than 26 members here that live in Illinois so do not be bashful.

Jump in the water is nice and heated.

[mjwcaster]

Thanks for starting the list George, it looks great so far.
Sorry I still haven't called, Guess I haven't been a real sociable person lately. Just called my 2 best friends and let them know I have a new number (after 1 1/2 months).
Which Igold bus are you taking?
The one leaving from Matteson looks like my best bet.
I've never gone before, but would like to this year.
I haven't been on here much lately, most of my time has been spent over at Illinoiscarry.com (thanks to you)
Right now I have been selling some guns off and trying to get different guns and tools so i can finally start teaching NRA Basic Pistol/Rifle classes, instead of just helping out at youth camps and such.

Oh and hello to all our Illinois casting friends from Manteno (Kankakee County).

Matt

[Bad Water Bill]

BTT + We are now listing GUN SHOWS

List the ones in your area.

[Nanook]

I also reside in IL. Will County not far from Joliet. If it wasn't for Chicago, IL wouldn't be a bad place to live.

Some say IL politicians serve two terms, one in office and one in prison.

I'm a member of the NRA, ISRA, and the ISRA range near Bonfield. Great place to shoot by the way.

[Bad Water Bill]

A Way for Your Voice to be Heard at Speaker Madigan's Public Hearings on Proposed Right to Carry

and Other Gun Issues.



Public Invited to Speak

and/or File Witness Slips



Speaker Mike Madigan has called for two public hearings for Illinois residents to voice their support or opposition to proposed Right to Carry legislation.



This is an opportunity to speak out against a Chicago-style carry law and in support of a fair and reasonable law. It is also an opportunity to speak against firearm and magazine bans and other firearm related issues. Please plan to attend one of these meetings and make your voice heard. Seating will be limited so plan to arrive early.



If you cannot attend, please go online and file a witness slip showing your support or opposition to key firearm related issues.



For instructions on how to fill out the witness slips, can be found at this link to IllinoisCarry.com



Don't miss this important opportunity

to be heard!!



Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013

Noon

Room 114 State Capitol

Springfield, IL



Attendees will be required to show official state identification and pass through strict security.



Friday, Feb. 22, 2013

10:00 a.m.

6th Floor Committee Room, Michael A. Bilandic Bldg. 160 N. LaSalle St

Chicago, IL





IllinoisCarry Fundraiser!

Fun, Food, Music, Raffles!!!



Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013

Noon - Midnight

Benton Elks, Industrial Park Road

Benton, IL



$5.00 Admission - $5.00 Elks Dinner Plate

Entertainment

Chas Ligon, Mockingbird Hill, Blue Confusion,

and more!



Come support a good cause!!







St. Clair County Right to Carry

Town Hall Meeting

Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013

7:00-9:00 pm

VFW Post 805
221 West First Street, O'Fallon, IL 62269



Meeting is free and open to the public





Union County Right to Carry

Town Hall Meeting

Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013

7:00-9:00 pm

The Blue Boar

920 Kratzinger Hollow Rd, Cobden, IL


Meeting is free and open to the public





Right to Carry

Rally and March!!



As Gun Owners We Are

Heading Into The Fight of Our Lives!



PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS!!



Chicago legislators want to ban common, everyday, self-defense, and hunting firearms under the guise of calling them "assault weapons". Chicago legislators want to pass a carry law that is "so restrictive that it's essentially non-existent". Chicago legislators want to defy the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals which gave them 180 days to pass a reasonable carry law!



To make sure this does not happen, firearm owners and Second Amendment supporters must make their voices heard in Springfield at the State Capitol.



Mark Your Calendars!

Schedule the day off from work!



Join the largest Right to Carry march in history!



Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day

"IGOLD"



Wed. March 6, 2013

Prairie Capital Convention Center, Springfield, IL



10:30 a.m. - Doors Open

11:00 a.m. Concessions Open

Noon - Legislative Briefing

1:15 p.m. March to the State Capitol!!

4:00 pm After Party at Vinegar Hill Mall

107 W. Cook St. (2 blocks south of Capitol Bldg.)


Reserve a seat on one of the many charter buses at IGOLD.isra.org.


IGOLD t-shirts, hoodies, and caps available online and at the PCCC the day of the event!


IGOLD Marshals Needed!

[Bad Water Bill]

We are down to less than 2 weeks.

Looks like ALL of the buses will be leaving from VINEGAR HILL MALL so we can meet somewhere in one of the businesses OR IF the weather is nice by the lot with the buses.

Lets hear from all that will be attending and YOUR ideas.

[Bad Water Bill]

HMMMMMMMMMM

Looks like only 4 of us will be at IGOLD

I have one members # so I can meet up with Hamish after the march.

Guess me and Girty have to bathe more than once a year to be sociable folks.

[missionary5155]

Greetings
If I could russle up $1200 real fast I would very much enjoy being there.
Mike in Peru

[Bad Water Bill]

Greetings
If I could russle up $1200 real fast I would very much enjoy being there.
Mike in Peru

Mike open a NORTH FACING WINDOW AROUND 1-2pm YOUR TIME and the shouting you hear will be us marching.

[w0fms]

Keep up the fight people of Illinois. I grew up in Cook County, my mother unfortunately still lives there-- my wife is from down state in Clark County. Unfortunately, I can never go back.. but I'm still pulling for you all. Even now I live in Iowa.. I don't think I moved far enough away...

[Bad Water Bill]

IGOLD REPORT

A report shamelessly stolen about the day.


Wow, just got home from IGOLD. My wife was getting worn out (to anyone who was there, she was the little blonde running over everyone's toes with her electric wheelchair) so we didn't make the after party. (Oh, and sorry about the sore toes) :P

What an experience!! The speeches by Todd, Mary Shepard, Otis McDonald, and the IRSA leadership were inspiring.

As I listened to the speeches and put faces with the names of the leaders in our struggle here in Illinois I realized something. Those people on the stage...they are our Jefferson's, Madison's, and Washington's. They are our heroes, the people who are leading the fight against the oppressive nature of our government.

Due to my wife's disability we didn't participate in the march, the cold is just to hard on her. We left the convention center before the March and headed to the capital where she went inside while I watched the march approach from the east side of the Capital.

It was an AWESOME site. The chanting could be heard from blocks away and as people began to pour into the lawn and gather around for more speeches I realized WE CAN and WILL win this fight. I don't know how many people attended, thousands for sure, but my wife, who's lobbied many times for disability rights, said she's never seen anything like it. You couldn't hardly move in the capital there were so many people, the majority in gold.

I snapped a few pics with my phone, not the greatest of cameras, but if anyone knows how to post them (do I use snapfish etc) let me know and I'll put them up.

What an amazing day.

Oh, and my wife (who honestly shocked me by wanting to come along today) has gotten more and more interested in the fight to restore our 2A rights. She has, for 20 years of marriage, resisted getting a FOID. I've always had one so there was no need for her too also she said. Well when we got home I had to print out the application for her and she informed me the next gun we purchase is HERS. :laugh:

It wasn't hard to agree, since I've been planning to buy her a pistol anyway.

What an awesome experience.

[bbs70]

I'll be darned, I saw that lady & her husband, I even held the door for her one time.


Mary Shepard was there.
I remembered the Mary Shepard incident from '09.
http://churchsecuritymember.com/two-...-sept-28-2009/

Mary and another lady were robbed in a church, beaten, and left for dead.

As Mary was giving a small speech a gentleman on the stage inturrupted her momentarily to tell us in the audience that Mary had been told if she had thicker doors the attack wouldn't have happened.
Therefore a gun wouldn't have been needed.

Of course Otis was there, was supprised to see him since most if not all northern busses were cancelled.

On an off note, I saw a t-shirt in the lobby and just had to get one for my wife.

It said
Attachment 63398

[Bad Water Bill]

Otis road the Evergreen Park bus a few years. Lately he has been arriving a day or 2 earlier to meet with others.

Not sure it is for health reasons or scheduling of other meetings or things I will not mention but sure miss the great conversations I enjoyed with him.

As for Mary Shepard I am sorry I missed her.

It was not all bad yesterday As it was RHONDA EZELL that called me at 5:30 to say the bus was cancelled. Again another person we owe a lot to.

[Bad Water Bill]

Time for another BUMP as I see some new captives of Illinois tyranny have joined us.