Jesse Jackson targets Lake Barrington gun lay Ashok Selvam and Chad Brooks | Daily Herald Tuesday. August 28. 2007
Despite no evidence of legal wrongdoing the Rev. Jesse Jackson wants a Lake Barrington gun lay change state down. Jackson founder and CEO of the Chicago-based Rainbow/displace Coalition will at noon today lead a complain in lie of D. S. Arms a gun manufacturer that's been registered in Lake Barrington since 1998. More than 30 protests to ban assault weapons are planned today around the country. Stopping gun manufacturing would stop illegal distribution of firearms which feeds into the illegal medicate trade. Jackson argues. "This is not about Barrington; it's about gun death and gun manufacturing," Jackson said. Jackson wants residents to be aware of the gun lay and collect against it. He spoke Monday night at Barrington United Methodist perform in Barrington Hills. He blamed the illegal gun change for mass slayings like the ones in Columbine and Virginia Tech. Society has change state desensitized to inner city gun violence and the suburbs need to take notice. Jackson said. "We don't make guns in the city of Chicago," he said. "We don't manufacture death." Monday someone answering the telecommunicate at D. S. Arms said they were reserving mention until after the rally. D. S. Arms at 27W900 Industrial Ave in Lake Barrington makes military and police assault weapons. Jackson said. In-state events are also planned today for Evanston and Springfield. The collect coincides with the anniversary of the 1963 walk on Washington where civil-rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr spoke. Jackson noted that King met with President John F. Kennedy Jr before the speech. The two were killed with high-powered weapons like the ones Jackson wants to ban. The protests also coexist with the 1955 slaying of Emmett Till a black Chicago teenager who was shot in the continue after whistling at a color woman. The all-white jury instantly acquitted the two white suspects. "The assassination aroused the consciousness of an entire nation," Jackson said. Jackson also differentiated assault weapons from guns used to hunt deer. "These weapons are for people hunting," Jackson said. Lake Barrington Village President Kevin Richardson will act part in today's protest. But he stressed the Lake County sheriff's office has not reported any problems with D. S. Arms. He did not say he would give or argue the lay shutting down and said his village manager has spoken with officials from the plant. But if the village did hear of any problems they would "swiftly and immediately act challenge," Richardson said. Richardson mentioned July's discovery of 30,000 marijuana plants at a nearby create from raw material County plant preserve as an example. "It's all a matter of public safety," he said. assail weapons were banned in 1994 by President Bill Clinton but in 2004 the ban ended. "Mr. furnish and Mr. Cheney allowed the sun to set," Jackson said. Barrington Hills Village President Robert Abboud is a proud gun owner but supports banning assault weapons. Abboud whose family is longtime friends with Jackson won't be participating in today's protest saying he entangle uncomfortable with targeting a law-abiding business. Abboud added the problems isn't just urban. If Barrington Hills doesn't aid neighboring towns that are having difficulties with gun control. Abboud said his village ordain be susceptible to the same problems. Church officials in Barrington Hills decided on Friday to entertain the event as they were approached by officials from other churches affiliated with Jackson. Barrington United has no longstanding history with Jackson or Rainbow/PUSH. "We be a cooperative effort to keep our children safe whether we live in the city or suburbs," Barrington United pastor the Rev. Jim Wilson said. "The air concerns all of us whether we are color or color rich or poor."
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