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House Bill 676 passed the Illinois House today and goes to the Senate. Among its provisions is a section mandating that police seize firearms from anyone subject to an order of protection or a Red Flag order. This includes ex parte orders where the respondent is not notified of a…
Illinois has a whole bushel basket full of legal actions challenging the new gun ban. These include Robert Bevis' case from Naperville. Bevis filed for an emergency injunction from the US Supreme Court after both the district court and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals rejected his petition for a…
Thank goodness it's Friday. There's a lot to be worried about, but there's plenty to be thankful for. Along those lines, I've got a dash of good cheer to help start you off on the right foot for the weekend. It's always a good day when good triumphs over bad…
LEGISLATIVE: Illinois. There were a lot of anti-gun bills floating around this spring. Nothing passed the deadline for moving out of the originating house. And then this week happened as we're back to the "gut and replace" games. HB218 sets up gun manufacturers for nuisance lawsuits over advertising. HB676 is…
House Bill 218 attempts to regulate how firearms may be advertised by gun sellers and manufacturers. In reality, it's a gift to the trial lawyers to allow them to file nuisance lawsuits against the gun industry. It passed the Illinois House yesterday and goes to the Senate where its passage…
There's a lot of talk from JB Pritzker and his merry band of gun control jihadists in the Illinois General Assembly in opposition to the little people buying and owning America's favorite rifle, the AR-15. Our own Attorney General Kwame Raoul argues the same ad nauseum in court. You want…
Joe Biden loves to say "who needs a 30-round magazine." How about two examples. Any questions?
Police at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana arrested two gang members for attacking a pair of U of I students on campus Saturday night. The thugs, part of a larger group of gang members, threatened a coed, and then seriously beat a male student coming to her aid. Before…
Are you tired of the ATF "redefining" things as prohibited items after they were initially approved? Over at The Truth About guns, attorney Cody Wisniewski weighed in on the potential of a US Supreme Court case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. The 'Raimondo' case may reshape the ability of the…
We've written about how to promote and defend freedom and gun rights for all in an effort to make everyone better, more informed citizens. In short, we need soundbite arguments, not scholarly papers to bring the undecided to the position of freedom and liberty. We're fighting the constant drumbeat for…
