We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself
John Kass, recovering from heart surgery and a stroke, took time out to write a wonderful piece on the death of Chicago Police Officer Areanah Preston. Her death isn't the first of an innocent, productive person killed by brazen feral bad guys who commit violent crime without fear of apprehension,…
Some people are voted most likely to succeed in high school. Others can't read the instructions on a tin of breath mints. That would be James Pierce who thought he was going to assassinate a pair of deputies from Charleston County, South Carolina. The 28-year-old Pierce must have thought a…
Well now. Looks like our analysis was spot on when it comes to Amy Coney Barrett and Monday morning. We said we thought ACB was probably going to do something Monday and it looks like the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals thought the same thing. The Seventh issued an order…
Bad policing costs taxpayers real money. We recently profiled a case in Normal, IL where the police there failed miserably in an interaction with an 18-year-old ISU student. Instead of practicing de-escalation, a cop with a wounded ego escalated a verbal dispute over the unlawful seizure of the student's cellphone…
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…
On Tuesday of this week, the ISP stopped to help a motorist at 3am on I-64 near Mt. Vernon, IL. Turns out Mr. Motorist and his wife each had no bail warrants from back in New Mexico for aggravated assault with a firearm. Once one of the troopers discovered the…
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…
