{"id":3733,"date":"2011-11-28T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2011\/11\/28\/nras-illinois-rep-on-snuffy-pfleger\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:16:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:16:57","slug":"nras-illinois-rep-on-snuffy-pfleger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=3733","title":{"rendered":"NRA&#8217;s Illinois Rep On &#8220;Snuffy&#8221; Pfleger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:16620,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.wbez.org\\\/story\\\/father-pfleger-lobbies-against-concealed-weapons-law-94299&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.wbez.org\\\/story\\\/father-pfleger-lobbies-against-concealed-weapons-law-94299&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16621,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.archchicago.org\\\/cardinal\\\/letter\\\/FEGLetter04272011.pdf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20150923173019\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.archchicago.org\\\/cardinal\\\/letter\\\/FEGLetter04272011.pdf&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 23:56:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 23:56:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16622,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/abclocal.go.com\\\/wls\\\/story?section=news\\\/local&amp;id=8142916&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Todd Vandermyde, the NRA-ILA representative for the state of Illinois, was interviewed by Cam Edwards of NRA News on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbez.org\/story\/father-pfleger-lobbies-against-concealed-weapons-law-94299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fr. Michael &#8220;Snuffy&#8221; Pfleger&#8217;s recent press conference<\/a> objecting to concealed carry in Illinois. As Vandermyde said, things are getting tough even in Illinois for the gun prohibitionists if they have to trot out Fr. Pfleger for a press conference during Thanksgiving Week.<\/p>\n<p>As to the why he is called Snuffy, Fr. Pfleger called for snuffing out gun dealers in the Chicago area a few years ago. He, of course, denies he meant for any harm to come to them.<\/p>\n<p>Pfleger&#8217;s sacramental faculties &#8211; the right to celebrate Mass, consecrate the Eucharist, etc. &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archchicago.org\/cardinal\/letter\/FEGLetter04272011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were suspended earlier this year by Francis Cardinal George of the Chicago Archdiocese<\/a>. It is my understanding that <a href=\"http:\/\/abclocal.go.com\/wls\/story?section=news\/local&amp;id=8142916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pfleger is now back in the good graces<\/a> of the Church after making his amends with Cardinal George.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OG31bWMr6Mc\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Todd Vandermyde, the NRA-ILA representative for the state of Illinois, was interviewed by Cam Edwards of NRA News on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[922,1221],"class_list":["post-3733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-fr-pfleger","tag-todd-vandermyde"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7449,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733\/revisions\/7449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}