Chicago Anti-Gun Politician's Arrest Shows True Gun Control Hypocrisy

[Bosco]

http://www.ccrkba.org/?p=3004

BELLEVUE, WA – Today’s arrest of Illinois State Sen. Donne Trotter by authorities at O’Hare International Airport for having a gun in his carry-on bag is a revealing look at the hypocrisy of anti-gunners, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Trotter was arrested at a security checkpoint early this morning. A candidate for the 2nd Congressional District seat vacated recently by Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., Trotter had a .25-caliber Beretta semiautomatic pistol in his bag. The Chicago Tribune said Trotter told police he worked late last night as a security guard and didn’t realize the pistol was in his bag.

*Trotter is a South Side Democrat and he was a leader in the move to ban so-called ‘assault weapons’ during his first term as a state representative,* noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. *A man who favored banning firearms for thousands of his fellow Illinois residents shouldn’t even have a gun, much less be packing one illegally into an airport.*

Trotter has reportedly been charged with one count of attempting to board an airplane with a weapon, which is a Class 4 felony.

*Senator Trotter, by his own action, has demonstrated the monumental hypocrisy of gun control advocates who try to disarm average citizens while reserving the right to bear arms for themselves alone,* Gottlieb observed. *He should not even be serving in the state legislature, much less be running for a seat in Congress, which already has its share of gun prohibition hypocrites.

*Today’s incident underscores just how pathetic the anti-gun philosophy has gotten,* he concluded. *Perhaps now he will realize how other citizens feel when they run afoul of some anti-gun law or regulation. He should apologize to every gun owner in Illinois.*

Why am I not surprised


Edit: Here's the original article from the Chicago Sun-Times - http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/...charged-with-trying-to-take-gun-on-plane.html

 

[saawagne]

Typical. Another one like the media matters guy with the armed bodyguards in DC.

 

[oleheat]

God- this guy has some lemmings in his district. Donna-Marie King: "We still support you!!!"

Yeah, we're sure you do, sweetheart.

People like this woman deserve exactly what they are getting- and, no doubt, will continue getting it.


http://www.facebook.com/pages/Illinois-State-Senator-Donne-E-Trotter/162667943788343

 

[PPBart]

Well, if this guy is "a leader in the move to ban so-called ‘assault weapons’ " I don't see any hypocrisy in him carrying a pistol -- which AFAIK nobody (of any consequence) considers to be an assault weapon. Of course, stupidity is a different issue.

 

[oleheat]

Well, if this guy is "a leader in the move to ban so-called ‘assault weapons’ " I don't see any hypocrisy in him carrying a pistol -- which AFAIK nobody (of any consequence) considers to be an assault weapon. Of course, stupidity is a different issue.

Unless, of course, he also voted against allowing ordinary Illinois citizens to carry a concealed handgun- which he did.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/politics/2012/12/trotter_voted_against_allowing_illinoisans_to_carry_concealed_weapons.html

 

[JNieman]

Not everyone is a "disarm the proles" type of gun banner, but this guy obviously is... that's the worst kind.

 

[paddle007]

Yea.....I read this at breakfast. It created conflicted reactions from me but the end was a smile after realizing how much of a tool this guy is. Ironic justice..........

 

[Leonidas]

Elected officials are the new aristocracy. They should be mindful of the French aristocracy.

Sincerely,
Robespierre

 

[PPBart]

Unless, of course, he also voted against allowing ordinary Illinois citizens to carry a concealed handgun- which he did....

OK, I agree he is a hypocrite.

 

[Coonie]

With his actions, it'll make him more eligible for any political position he seeks, like a Kennedy.

I'd call him a scoff law, libs would call him a good leader.