If Pfleger wants to be a political activist,” Gottlieb concluded, “he should turn in his collar and vestments, and get out of the pulpit and stand on a soapbox. If it’s true that he has armed security, then he needs to practice what he preaches
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today is calling on the Chicago Archdiocese to conduct a full, impartial and public investigation into whether anti-gun Father Michael Pfleger employs armed security, following the arrest of a man outside of the cleric’s church more than a week ago.
“The man arrested outside Pfleger’s St. Sabina church was carrying a firearm with an expired Firearm Owner’s Identification card, which gun owners must have in Illinois,” noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “A church spokesperson has said the man is not a ‘bodyguard’ for the outspoken Catholic priest. Well, we want to know exactly what he was doing outside that church, with a firearm, since he’s been described as Pfleger’s security and has apparently been with Pfleger at several community events.