Michael Keleher

A week ago I made a special point to drive over to the Camp Perry facility while I was in Ohio to visit the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) North Sales Store. I have heard of both sales stores in Ohio and Alabama but have never visited either.The CMP concept goes…

Photocredit: WGN NewsOver the Fourth of July weekend, Chicago has continued to keep its title of “World’s Largest Shooting Gallery” well-padded with murders and shootings. As of this morning (Monday) ABC News and the Chicago Police stats for the July 4th weekend currently shows 55 humans were shot and 8…

So a couple weeks ago I stumbled on to something called Guncon to be held in June out in Cleveland, OH. It was a convention of sorts with a range day for media the day before the convention started. It was a bit short on details, and I had no…

The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) has once again pushed some history boundaries by creating and marketing a “new” M1 Garand rifle made from surplus GI parts, some new parts, a new walnut stock and forged receivers and calling it the M1 Garand by CMP. Yes, it looks just like all…

This one has been on my mind for a week or so after seeing Chicago Dems introducing bills in both the state House and Senate.The bills propose preventing manufacture, import, sales, offer to sell receive or transfer “easily convertible pistols” into fully automatic weapons- AKA Glocks with a full auto…

Keeping tone deaf alive and well, two Chicago liberals have added a new bill in both the Illinois House and Senate (HB405) with the stated goals to prevent manufacture, import, sales, offer to sell receive or transfer "easily convertible pistols" AKA Glocks and Glock-like Clones like Rugers, PSA Daggers,, Shadow…

Over the last two weeks I have watched competing posts claiming the SCCY company was closed, and some people say it was still open and the victim of an internet hoax. This week, photographs have surfaced online showing stickers from the Volusia County FL Tax Office on the SCCY HQ…

Last week I went to a “limited” shooting range event showing off the new Canik Mete MC9 Prime 9mm medium sized pistol. No pictures were allowed- all very hush hush. This range said they were one of only 20 such ranges in the U.S. doing a preview of the pistol.…

Photo Credit: Glenside Local.comThe "Senior Assassin Game," or the “Paranoia Game” a long-standing tradition among high school seniors, has popped up again in Illinois this spring and Concealed Carriers should be aware teens “playing” at this assassin game in public and on private property can create potential deadly conflicts. Several…

Who is that U.S. Attorney General, and where has she been all my life? This week U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi put out an announcement on the U.S. Department of Justice website announcing the creation of a "Second Amendment Enforcement Task Force." “The prior administration placed an undue burden on…