Guns have hit center stage locally, on all the news stations, billboards around town, print (newspaper), etc.
http://www.dontshootpeoria.com/
Backed by these guys at Riverside church:
http://www.riversidepeoria.com/default.asp
I'm not sure if these are the same folks who orchestrated the infamous "bring us your illegal crime gun" anonymous buy-back programs, but it's probably a safe bet. (They complained last year because so many people brought in junk guns, BB guns, airsoft guns, etc, for $100 debit cards)
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Tate Chambers:
"We have to love these gangsters," Chambers said. "We all have to love these gangsters, and make them feel like part of this community."
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x186674162/Peorias-Dont-Shoot-hits-the-streets
Now, this is a revision of "Operation Ceasefire" - an old campaign that I'm not altogether familiar with.
Has anyone out there any experience with Operation Ceasefire?
The Peoria Mayor is sending me a mixed signal - maybe I don't understand the message, but on one hand he advocates making Peoria a test-bed for concealed carry in Illinois, then agrees to plaster "Don't Shoot" billboards all over town and in the media.
Not sure I'm understanding what the message is here; on the surface it seems strongly anti-gun. Maybe I'm just reading in to it wrong?!
http://www.dontshootpeoria.com/
Backed by these guys at Riverside church:
http://www.riversidepeoria.com/default.asp
I'm not sure if these are the same folks who orchestrated the infamous "bring us your illegal crime gun" anonymous buy-back programs, but it's probably a safe bet. (They complained last year because so many people brought in junk guns, BB guns, airsoft guns, etc, for $100 debit cards)
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Tate Chambers:
"We have to love these gangsters," Chambers said. "We all have to love these gangsters, and make them feel like part of this community."
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x186674162/Peorias-Dont-Shoot-hits-the-streets
Now, this is a revision of "Operation Ceasefire" - an old campaign that I'm not altogether familiar with.
Has anyone out there any experience with Operation Ceasefire?
The Peoria Mayor is sending me a mixed signal - maybe I don't understand the message, but on one hand he advocates making Peoria a test-bed for concealed carry in Illinois, then agrees to plaster "Don't Shoot" billboards all over town and in the media.
Not sure I'm understanding what the message is here; on the surface it seems strongly anti-gun. Maybe I'm just reading in to it wrong?!