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04-03-2011, 03:44 PM
Survivors of Reagan Shooting Campaign Against Concealed Carry
Updated: Wednesday, 30 Mar 2011, 7:04 AM CDT
Published : Tuesday, 29 Mar 2011, 8:50 PM CDT
By Mike Flannery, FOX Chicago News
Orland Park, Ill. - Tim McCarthy, a former Secret Service agent who took a bullet intended for President Ronald Reagan, will observe the 30th anniversary of the attempted assassination on Wednesday by going to Springfield to oppose legislation that would repeal Illinois's ban on concealed carrying of firearms.
McCarthy said he's alarmed that an Illinois House Committee approved a concealed carry proposal. The full House could vote soon.
McCarthy will be joined by Reagan Press Secretary Jim Brady, who was also shot. He is still partially paralyzed and in a wheelchair. Since the shooting, Brady and his wife have crusaded for what they call "reasonable gun control laws."
McCarthy recovered completely from the shooting, became the police chief of suburban Orland Park and recently welcomed his second grandchild.
McCarthy said he and other local chiefs of police will meet in Springfield Wednesday with leaders of the Illinois affiliate of the National Rifle Association. McCarthy said the police chiefs have so far been unsuccessful in working out a compromise with the NRA, but doesn't rule it out.
Updated: Wednesday, 30 Mar 2011, 7:04 AM CDT
Published : Tuesday, 29 Mar 2011, 8:50 PM CDT
By Mike Flannery, FOX Chicago News
Orland Park, Ill. - Tim McCarthy, a former Secret Service agent who took a bullet intended for President Ronald Reagan, will observe the 30th anniversary of the attempted assassination on Wednesday by going to Springfield to oppose legislation that would repeal Illinois's ban on concealed carrying of firearms.
McCarthy said he's alarmed that an Illinois House Committee approved a concealed carry proposal. The full House could vote soon.
McCarthy will be joined by Reagan Press Secretary Jim Brady, who was also shot. He is still partially paralyzed and in a wheelchair. Since the shooting, Brady and his wife have crusaded for what they call "reasonable gun control laws."
McCarthy recovered completely from the shooting, became the police chief of suburban Orland Park and recently welcomed his second grandchild.
McCarthy said he and other local chiefs of police will meet in Springfield Wednesday with leaders of the Illinois affiliate of the National Rifle Association. McCarthy said the police chiefs have so far been unsuccessful in working out a compromise with the NRA, but doesn't rule it out.