Saturday evening, a combination of uneasy Wilmette residents and gun owner rights activists met together to strategize on what, if anything, could be done to change the village's policy about allowing homeowners the right to defend themselves against home invaders.
"We're encouraging the people of Wilmette to 'Dump Wilmette trustees,'" Richard Pearson of Illinois State Rifle Association told the group of fifty gathered at Wilmette's Lakeview Community Center in an exclusive area of one of the nation's wealthiest and most educated villages, just north of Chicago.
Wilmette became the center of national controversy when in late December, local resident Hale DeMar defended himself and his family from a second-time burglar. DeMar warded off the intruder with a handgun that is banned within city limits. Now he is fighting fines the city imposed on him after DeMar shot the burglar twice. The alleged thief is recovered and facing charges.
But the controversy is over whether the village of Wilmette is denying the town's citizenry from Constitutional rights -- explicitly the right to bear arms.
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