Suggested host intro: Nearly 640 people have been murdered so far this year in Chicago, triggering a showdown between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara over mandated vaccines, according to Guns in the News. https://gunsinthenews.com/chicago-timebomb-anarchy-looming-as-fop-resists-vax-mandate/ Is the Windy City about to descend into anarchy as police officers resist the jab? Will Mayor Lightfoot dare to fire thousands of cops, allowing street gangs to police themselves? Joining us to discuss this emerging news story is a spokesman from the 2nd Amendment Foundation.
Q&A:
- According to the Chicago Tribune, Mayor Lightfoot announced two months ago that Chicago city employees would have to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by Oct. 15th or lose their jobs. That deadline has passed, so what is the status of policing the streets in Chi-town?
- Similar deadlines have been imposed for other government workers around the country. Police and firefighters in Seattle, for example, are also facing the same mandate. How’s that working out?
Answer: Yes, in Seattle, the police department had lost more than 250 commissioned officers over the past 19 months in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and last summer’s violent protests when members of the city council took positions against the police.
- But in Chicago, Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara has called upon police officers not to comply with Mayor Lightfoot’s vaccination reporting requirement. As a result, Catanzar predicts that half the force could wind up off the job. How realistic is that, and how might that impact the citizens of Chicago?
Answer: The most crucial question facing the city may not be who wins this brawl between the city and the Fraternal Order of Police, but whether Chicago residents will have to defend themselves amid the city’s spike in violence increasingly.
- How should Chicago residents defend themselves if half the police are gone?
Answer: They need to be armed just as police are armed. Twenty-three people have already been shot and killed in Chicago in the first half of October. Another 161 were wounded. It’s high time citizens started shooting back and stopped being sitting ducks in a shooting gallery, sending the perps on the run or to an early grave, rather than allowing the ineptness of Mayor Lightfoot to claim the lives of any of our loved ones.
- Where may we get information on buying guns and training on how to use them?
Answer: Saf.org
EXPERT GUESTS AVAILABLE TO INTERVIEW ON THIS TOPIC:
ABOUT CAM EDWARDS (In Eastern Time)
Cam Edwards is the editor at Bearing Arms-dot-com and hosts the popular podcast Cam & Company that focuses on Second Amendment news and information. Cam is originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and has worked in radio, television, and online media for over two decades. He currently lives on a small farm with his family near Farmville, Virginia, and is a member of the board of Citizens Committee to Keep and Bear Arms.
ABOUT GLEN CAROLINE (In Eastern Time)
Veteran grassroots gun rights organizer Glen Caroline is the Director of External Affairs for the Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. With 29 years of front-line experience in the Second Amendment movement, Caroline spearheads grassroots and training programs for both organizations. Glen comes to the SAF/CCRKBA after serving as managing director of the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action Grassroots Programs and Campaign Field Operations division. Glen has dedicated his entire professional life has to the cause of the Second Amendment and the preservation of Americans’ liberties.
ABOUT LEE WILLIAMS
Lee Williams is also known as The Gun Writer and been writing about the Second Amendment, firearms, the firearms industry, and the gun culture for more than ten years. He is the Chief Editor of the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Reporting Project and is a frequent contributor to Ammoland News and Armed American Radio. In addition, he serves as a board member of Florida Carry, Inc. He was also an editor for a daily newspaper in Florida.
Before becoming a newspaper editor, Lee was an investigative reporter in three states and a U.S. Territory. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a police officer. Before becoming a cop, Lee served in the Army. Lee has earned more than a dozen national journalism awards as a reporter as well as three medals of valor as a police officer.
ABOUT MARK WALTERS (in Eastern Time):
Mark Walters is a national board member of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and a broadcast media spokesman for the Second Amendment Foundation. Recipient of the 2015 Gun Rights Defender of the Year Award, Walters is a national columnist for Ammoland and author of three books, including Unarmed America with Rob Pincus: foreword by Ted Nugent. Mark is a husband and father of two children and resides in Georgia with his family.
ABOUT STEPHEN WILLEFORD (In Central Time):
A native of Sutherland Springs, Texas, Stephen Willeford gained national acclaim after helping stop the deadliest mass shooting in the history of Texas in November 2017. Stephen has become known across the country as the “good guy with a gun.”
An experienced professional plumber, Stephen earned his license from the Plumbers and Pipefitters Apprenticeship School in San Antonio and has nearly 35 years of experience in his field. In 2018, Governor Greg Abbott appointed Stephen to serve on the Texas Private Security Board. He served as an assistant scoutmaster with the Boy Scouts of America. Stephen has been married to Pam Farmer Willeford for 30 years. They have three children and three grandchildren.
ABOUT ALAN GOTTLIEB (In Pacific Time/ TV only):
Alan is a strong advocate of defense. He’s a nuclear engineering graduate of the University of Tennessee, publisher of Gun Week, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and Founder of the Second Amendment Foundation. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the American Conservative Union.
ABOUT DAVE WORKMAN (In Pacific Time):
Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist and senior editor of TheGunMag.com. He also writes for Liberty Park Press, Conservative Firing Line, and several firearms periodicals. He is also the communications director for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. He has authored Op-Ed pieces in several major newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has also co-authored seven books with Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation. Workman’s beat is firearms, from politics to the outdoors. He is widely considered an authority on firearms, concealed carry, and gun politics.
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing, and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to own and possess firearms privately. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 700,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed better to inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
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