Rev. Jesse Jackson arrested during anti-gun protest

The Chicago Tribune reports:

Two of the city's best-known activists wound up in police custody Saturday after a protest against gun violence outside a suburban gun store.

Revs. Jesse Jackson and Michael Pfleger, a South Side priest, were arrested about 1:30 p.m. for trespassing outside Chuck's Gun Shop in south suburban Riverdale, authorities said.



Though the arrests resulted in a minor charge for each man, it provided yet another platform from which to denounce the gun violence they say is plaguing the streets of Chicago.

As the two men were released from custody about 3 p.m., they walked triumphantly to the front of the Riverdale police station, where they were met by more than 50 cheering supporters, clapping and singing, "Victory Is Mine."

"We really didn't come to get arrested, but to continue our process," Jackson said of his campaign against gun violence.

It was the third consecutive Saturday that Jackson and his supporters rallied in front of the gun shop at 14310 Indiana Ave. Gun sales are banned in Chicago, but Jackson said suburban stores offer city dwellers easy access to firearms.

"The suburbs have surrounded the city with these gun shops," he said. "Jobs are going out, guns are coming in." "Chuck's becomes the poster boy for this issue," Pfleger added. "We need tougher gun laws so the kids are not dying in the streets."

I suppose the two religious leaders could have protested Chicago's unique employment tax:all businesses with over 50 employees are charged 4 dollars a month per employee.Speaking of unique,this deceased Chicago politician,lead the fight for Chicago's gun control ordinance.I guess Jesse Jackson is on the side of the Chicago Mob on gun control.