Opinion Stories from December 22, 2012 (Change date)
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Court ruling will help crime dropDec 22, 2012 4:00 am - Well Illinois citizens finally will have the right to protect their gift of life and their loved ones. Illinois is way behind the rest of America in granting concealed c...
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We’ve waited too long for actionDec 22, 2012 4:00 am - Shame on us! Twenty little children are dead. Eight adults are dead. These are the latest victims of our culture that glorifies violence, refuses to discuss gun control ...
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We must end our love affair with gunsDec 22, 2012 4:00 am - Concealed carry in Illinois — seriously? Chicago is already close to, if not at, the point of being the handgun murder capital of the U.S. Why are we wanting to put more...
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Craft Illinois’ gun laws carefullyDec 22, 2012 4:00 am - The state of Illinois has 180 days to craft legislation and make it law that only those who qualify can own and carry a fully loaded, 16-shot automatic firearm. We can o...
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The SoapboxDec 22, 2012 4:00 am - Still moving: The tragic case of Elgin High School teacher Carolyn Gilbert, spotlighted through Daily Herald reports, led to state legislation that should make teachers...
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A Christmas plea for prayerDec 22, 2012 4:00 am - Each year, as we celebrate the birth of Jesus, it once again becomes a reminder that God has given us His Son, so that we can be saved. This Christmas, we find our natio...
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God’s healing love needed at this timeDec 22, 2012 4:00 am - During this most horrific time of indescribable violence and heartbreak in Newtown, Conn., my prayers are with that community and our country as we try to cope with and ...
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We should repeal Second AmendmentDec 22, 2012 4:00 am - Now is the time to repeal the Second Amendment and write reasonable gun laws I hate to be crass, but I am getting fed up with the superficial sorrow that the nation emo...
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No where else are gun laws so laxDec 22, 2012 4:00 am - The National Rifle Association and its supporters like to say: “Guns don’t kill people; people kill people.” The fact is, though, that it is much harder to kill without ...
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Perpetuating a culture of deathDec 22, 2012 4:00 am - Even before the lifeless bodies of the Sandy Hook massacre could be removed from the classrooms, the predictable, illogical and emotional calls for gun control/eliminati...
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