Tim McCarthy Still Out There

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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.

McCarthy should stay home and read something interesting, like the Second Amendment to the Constitution.

Was he ever a street cop before being hired by the Secret Service? I doubt it. Street cops who have seen the nitty-gritty of life KNOW that lawful possession of firearms is the only effective method of personal protection.

Police don't prevent crime; they investigate crime.

Interestingly, HE doesn't have to conform to Illinois state law regarding concealed weapons thanks to HR-218.

By the way, Tim, criminals don't obey "reasonable gun control laws" any more than they obey the laws against shooting the President of the United States. Do you find that strange?

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Tim is a friend of mine but he is 100% wrong on this one.

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1. There are no "safe places" any more, if there ever were. Unknown Author
2. When seconds count, the Police are just minutes away. Unknown Author
3. An armed society is a polite society.
Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
Robert A. Heinlein

A police officer doing shift work on patrol would take offense to your quote... "Police don't prevent crime; they investigate crime."

A police officer doing shift work on patrol would take offense to your quote... "Police don't prevent crime; they investigate crime."

I am in favor of pro-active crime prevention as opposed to re-active investigation. It is often a matter of choice.