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  In this week's ISRA Executive Director's message, Richard Pearson announced that ISRA will not sponsor charter buses for the event this year. ISRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE by Richard Pearson Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day (IGOLD) is coming up on April 5th this year and for the first time in…

The MC Sports chain has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and liquidation of assets has begun. We're sorry to see this as MC Sports, at least at their Champaign, IL store, brought firearms sales into the local mall.  Their knowledgeable gun counter staff was way above average and prices were very…

Gander Mountain, per Reuters, is on the verge of bankruptcy.  If this doesn't go well for them, all of the company's stores will be closing, including ones in Illinois. This does not come as a terrible surprise.  At their Champaign, IL store, Gander seemed very proud of their merchandise, charging…

Barack Hussein Obama's Social Security Gun Ban has been rejected by the US House of Representatives last week.  This week, the US Senate voted 57-43 to scrap them as well. The bill now goes to President Trump for his signature. Now, we need to work on doing more of this…

Meet the "Most Armed Man" in America.  He's the "Dragon Man" from Dragon Man's Range outside of Colorado Springs, Colorado. He's got a collection.  He's got guns.  Not just small arms, but "guns".  He's got dynamite, cyanide, uniforms, a tank, jeeps and a whole lot more. Here's a 20-minute tour…

The bureaucrats at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives and Really Big Fires see the writing on the wall.  With a lot of nail biting, they watched the new sheriff roll into town on Inauguration Day.  In response to the writing on the wall, they drafted a "white paper"…

  Earlier this week, "peaceful protesters" at the UC Berkeley caused quite a little riot.  But not mentioned much in the media was the incident a week before.  More "peaceful protesters” at a Milo Yiannopoulos event picked the wrong person to attack. It happened at the University of Washington campus,…

“Chiraq” remains Chicago’s unwanted and unwelcome nickname.  Given the levels of violence, it should come as no surprise in a city 812 homicides and almost 4400 people shot during 2016.  Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority just released a batch of videos and audio recordings from an officer-involved shooting back in…

California has certainly earned its reputation for being one of the most gun rights-hostile states in the union. Yet outside of urban centers, more and more Golden State school districts are allowing concealed carry on school property.  Two Shasta County districts now allow carry by licensed individuals on school grounds. Parents in…

We all know deadly force is justified when faced with an imminent, credible threat of death or grievous bodily harm. And yet armed self-defenders often make dumb mistakes in the heat of the moment that get them in trouble. While the laws in each of the fifty states vary (be sure to…