Illinois Gun Rights Groups to Hold Chicago Rally

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Jul 08, 2010, 08:01 ET

CHICAGO, July 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the Illinois State Rifle Association:

WHAT: Rally to Celebrate the Second Amendment, especially the recent US Supreme Court decision in McDonald v Chicago ruling that the 2nd Amendment applies to state and local governments.

WHEN: Friday, July 9, 2009, 11:00 AM.

WHERE: Thompson Center Plaza, 100 West Randolph Street, Chicago, IL

WHO: Richard Pearson, Executive Director, Illinois State Rifle Association; Mike Weisman, First Vice President, Illinois State Rifle Association; Valinda Rowe, spokeswoman, IllinoisCarry.com; and the plaintiffs in the McDonald v Chicago case, Adam Orlov, David and Colleen Lawson and of course, its namesake Otis McDonald.

An 11:00 AM rally at the Thompson Center will feature these gun rights advocates, the McDonald plaintiffs, local radio personalities Cisco Cotto and Charles Butler, and several local grassroots activists.

The ISRA is the state's leading advocate of safe, lawful and responsible firearms ownership. Since 1903, the ISRA has represented the interests of over 1.5 million law-abiding Illinois firearm owners.

http://www.isra.org

SOURCE Illinois State Rifle Association