The second of two dirtbags who murdered my childhood friend and six other people in an Illinois restaurant nearly 17 years ago will be sentenced next week. Had my friend been armed he, his wife and their five employees might be alive today. I've written about it in my blog, Gun Thoughts. Here's a link to the posting: http://esmeraldasden.blogspot.com/2009/10/stump-time-3-memory-of-massacre.html
Thanks, guys. They do indeed have the death penalty in Illlinois. The first guy got life, but this one pulled the trigger. It was a .38 revolver. He emptied the gun, reloaded and finished the job. I can't imagine any jury would let him live.