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ISRA to Mayor Daley: 'You're Delusional -- Please Get Help'

3/14/2006 9:28:00 AM

To: State Desk

Contact: Richard Pearson of the Illinois State Rifle Association,
815-635-3198; Web: http://www.isra.org

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., March 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was
released today by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA):

Chicago Mayor Daley's latest rant against law abiding firearm owners
suggests strongly that it's time to pad the walls of the 5th Floor of
City Hall with rubber.

In a statement delivered yesterday, a highly agitated Daley demanded
that the state's 1.5 million law-abiding firearm owners trek to
Chicago to appear before him and explain why their firearms should
not be banned and confiscated.

Daley's outburst comes in the wake of a pair of terrorist attacks in
the city's Englewood neighborhood that left two young girls dead. Law
enforcement officials believe that the Englewood attacks are an
outgrowth of a drug gang turf war being raged in the troubled neighborhood.

"Like all people of good conscience, the state's hunters and
sportsmen are sickened by the murders of innocent children," said
ISRA Executive Director Richard Pearson. "It's disturbing to think
that there are people out there who will pepper a home full of
children with bullets for the sake of securing a corner drug outlet.
But those people are out there and, while Richie Daley and Phil Cline
spent the weekend swilling green beer and bagels, a Baghdad mentality
settled over Englewood. Daley is losing control of his city and all
he can do is lay down a smokescreen of blame against the state's
law-abiding firearm owners."

"I have a message for you Mr. Mayor," continued Pearson. "The
Revolutionary War was not fought so that we could unseat King George
and install King Richard. The Bill of Rights is not a stick of salami
that you can slice and dice at your whim. You may have succeeded in
suspending the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 9th Amendments in Chicago.
But the people of Illinois are not going to let you extend your
tyranny beyond the city limits. And no, we have no obligation to come
to Chicago, kneel before your throne, and beg to freely exercise the
rights that so many before us have died for."

"To be honest, Mr. Mayor, I think Chicago would be a much better
place if you spent less time in front of the cameras, and more time
behind your desk."