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"Often times you don't choose the issue; the issue chooses you."
"So says Thom Mannard, executive director for the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence. He points to Palatine Mayor Rita Mullins, who was forced to confront the issue of gun control in the face of the Brown's Chicken massacre, which occurred in her village in 1993."
"But it's been her continued advocacy since then that made the council take notice."
Tuesday, Mullins accepted its Legislative Advocacy Award at a downtown reception. ..." ...
"Mullins, who grew up hunting with her father, supports the Second Amendment and owning handguns for protection but deems the ease of obtaining one 'lunacy.' She's lobbied against their proliferation ..." ... |
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