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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to honor William "Bill" Oglesby, | ||||||
| 4 | Jr. on the occasion of being named "Pistolsmith of the Year" | ||||||
| 5 | for 2015 by the American Pistolsmiths Guild; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Bill Oglesby is a fourth generation gunmaker from | ||||||
| 7 | Sangamon County; he is a graduate of several prestigious | ||||||
| 8 | gunsmithing schools and is a member of the American | ||||||
| 9 | Pistolsmiths Guild and the American Custom Gunmakers Guild; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Bill Oglesby is a respected author, inventor, and | ||||||
| 11 | holder of several important gunmaking patents; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Bill Oglesby has created custom pistols for such | ||||||
| 13 | notables as Clint Eastwood, Hank Williams, Jr., Steven Seagal, | ||||||
| 14 | Dennis Weaver, and many others; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Bill Oglesby is a former world and national | ||||||
| 16 | shooting champion and a world-renowned exhibition shooter and | ||||||
| 17 | television personality who has been the subject of several | ||||||
| 18 | shooting exhibition documentaries on the History Channel and | ||||||
| 19 | elsewhere; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Bill Oglesby is a Lifetime Member, Regulator, and | ||||||
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| 1 | former Territorial Governor of the Single Action Shooting | ||||||
| 2 | Society; and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, Bill Oglesby is an "Ask The Experts" staff member | ||||||
| 4 | of Shooting Times Magazine and a member of the staff of | ||||||
| 5 | American Handgunner Magazine; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Bill Oglesby is a lifetime member of the Amateur | ||||||
| 7 | Trapshooting Association, a Diamond Level member of the Front | ||||||
| 8 | Sight Shooting Academy, and a participant in Charlton Heston's | ||||||
| 9 | Celebrity Shoot; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Bill Oglesby has been a gunmaker for the Hollywood | ||||||
| 11 | Golden Boot Awards and a gunmaker for the Silver Spur Awards; | ||||||
| 12 | therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 15 | congratulate William "Bill" Oglesby, Jr. on the occasion of | ||||||
| 16 | being named "Pistolsmith of the Year" for 2015 by the American | ||||||
| 17 | Pistolsmiths Guild and wish him success in all of his future | ||||||
| 18 | endeavors; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to Bill Oglesby as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 21 | respect.
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