I was born and raised in Springfield, IL. I hunted, fished & trapped all over Illinois. I held an FOID card for many years and served in the US Army for over 20 years.
I retired from the Army out of Iraq in 2004. Whether I was living in Colorado or Arizona I enjoyed either concealed carry or constitutional carry. Until I returned to Illinois to visit. I had to surrender my rights before crossing the border and live as a largely defenseless victim for the duration of my visit. I recall numerous times unloading my guns, putting them in gun cases and placing it all out of reach from the driver’s seat.
Especially when I had Colorado tags, the worried I’d be profiled as running marijuana.
Bottom line sir, our country is in a sorry state of affairs. I identify as AMERICAN and my pronouns are gun owner/oath keeper/voter.
Thank you for your fine organization and keeping up the good fight.
SFC William Mangalavite
US Army retired
No longer in Illinois…
SFC Mangalavite,
Thank you, sir, for your service to our country, fighting for the very freedoms denied us living in the soviet socialist state of ILL-Annoy, under the fascist state of Jelly Belly Prickster. Here is hoping you don’t have to spend very much time here where the criminals have more Rights than law-abiding citizens.
May God Bless you and keep you safe when you visit here.