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A strict ban on military calibers and military style guns. Only one gun store in the entire nation. Onerous licensing requirements for legal gun owners. Long prison terms for illegal possession of even a single round of illicit ammo. That sounds like utopia to America’s gun control advocates, right? Yet this describes the state...
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So, with the feds snooping around Senator Marty Sandoval’s offices and home, can we add him to the other investigations among people who are very close to Speaker Michael Madigan?  How long before the US Department of Justice releases indictments of a whole bunch of key Illinois Democrats? From The Center Square: Federal agents...
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Hang onto your hats, ladies and gentleman.  Michael Madigan doesn’t just want $200 FOID cards.  He wants an “Omnibus Gun Control Bill.”  And you can surely bet that doesn’t include lessening the number of prohibited locations for CCW holders and providing better services over at the Illinois State Police’s Firearms Services Bureau. The Center...
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By Mike Keleher If you did not see it last month, Senator C. Schumer, Nancy Pelosi’s best pal and star of many public fiasco like the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh, announced he will introduce a bill to restrict the sale of body armor when Congress goes back in session. To make...
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Chicago’s broken, revolving door criminal justice system has led to trouble in paradise between Chicago’s new mayor Lori Lightfoot and her mayoral campaign opponent, County Board Chairwoman Toni Preckwinkle. Meanwhile, as the two powerful women bicker among one another, the bodies continue to pile higher in the Windy City. John Kass, the well-known Chicago...
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In a single-sentence statement Thursday, pharmacy giant Walgreens joined Walmart, Kroger, CVS and others in asking customers not to open carry in their stores. Walgreens Statement Regarding Open Carry in Our Stores 05 September 2019 We are joining other retailers in asking our customers to no longer openly carry firearms into our stores other...
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot won election as Chicago’s Mayor earlier this year. Early into her term, she came right out and blamed the Chicago Police Department for the Windy City’s persistent, pervasive violence problem. Today, after a summer of violence that left 167 murdered and almost 900 maimed, Lightfoot now has a new target...
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 86, now has malignant pancreatic cancer.  She just finished three weeks of radiation therapy, according to multiple  media sources.   There’s even a photo of a frail RBG leaning against a US Marshal as she entered her apartment. Here is the statement from the press office at the US Supreme Court: Justice Ruth...
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In recent weeks the Illinois State Rifle Association announced a lawsuit challenging the new Illinois Gun Dealer Licensing Act.  The new law, passed last legislative session but signed by incoming Governor J.B. Pritzker through highly dubious parliamentary maneuvering was ripe for a challenge. ISRA filed the suit as an organizational plaintiff and a number...
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Iowahawk blogger David Burge once famously tweeted that “Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.” At least where the stories don’t support the mainstream media’s narrative or Democrats and their policies. Such is the case with Antifa’s first mass murderer, Dayton shooter Connor Betts. We all can’t grow...
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