Full Text of HR0466 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 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
| 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
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Bill Oglesby is a respected author, inventor, and | 11 | | holder of several important gunmaking patents; and
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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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