We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself
by Nick Klementzos In the great state of Illinois, our benevolent overlords in Springfield don’t trust you — the unwashed, gun-clinging bitter clingers — with the most effective tools for protecting your family. Thanks to PICA (the Protect Illinois Criminals Act), they’ve banned the good stuff while criminals laugh and…
Mark Twain famously observed that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. In modern Illinois, add one more: violent crime that our genius politicians treat like an unfortunate weather pattern they can’t control. Most of us will dodge the bad guys. None of us dodge the dirt nap.…
Our September GSL meeting in Springfield is relocating to the Air Combat Museum. Scheels closes early for Labor Day, so instead of settling for the usual cancellation for the holiday, we’re moving the meeting to the 8th and stepping into living history. You’ll stand beside two of the greatest…
Quote of the Day Here is a Reddit user openly calling for the systematic punishment of tens of millions of his fellow Americans simply for voting the wrong way. He demands loyalty oaths, permanent disenfranchisement, mass asset seizures, imprisonment, political purges, economic strangulation of red states, and the “rehabilitation” of…
By Eric North (GSL) - Folks, if you’ve ever stared down a finished basement full of water, spoiled food, and melting ice cream while the power company shrugs and says “maybe Tuesday,” you know the sweet relief of a generator that actually runs when the lights go out. I just…
As a resident, I saw first hand how Bloomington-Normal got the full “welcome to the Midwest, here’s your free natural disaster” package on Thursday, August 13. Straight-line winds of 80–100+ mph tore through like a drunk bull in a china shop accompanied by Biblical rains. The place looked like a...…
On August 17, 2026 yet another U.S. District Court in Texas has made a major 2A holding, this time finding federal ATF written and implemented “Ghost Gun” regs too vague and improper. This makes three big cases out of Texas since June, and all are very pro-Second Amendment rulings.Defense Distributed…
John Murphy showed exactly why he’s a nationally known and highly respected firearms instructor when he brought his “Just Get Home” class to the DeWitt Co. Sportsman’s Club in Clinton this May. Early Saturday morning, he nailed the entire mission in one punchy line: “This class isn’t about cutting your…
Photo credit: Winchester Collector.org Two weeks ago, the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) announced they would be releasing a quantity of prior U.S. military owned NATO 7.62mm M14 battle rifles for civilian sale hopefully later in 2026 or in the Spring of 2027. The rifles would be permanently altered to semi-auto…
A pack of internet grifters is running ads targeting Illinois gun owners right now, suggesting an Illinois CCL will let you carry in all 50 states, that the entire process can be finished online in 15 minutes, and that you’ll have a “permit” in days. Sites like preparedamerican.org wave free…
