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Folks, the Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day is a tradition. This year, however, is one year you really should go and I'll tell you why: The ISRA has brought on Lt. Col. David Grossman to speak at the Prairie Capital Convention Center (or whatever they call it today) ahead of…
Illinois passed legislation a couple of years ago to allow illegals non-citizens to become cops in our state. New Mexico passed a similar law in recent days and they're planning to implement it. Who cares about federal law related to illegals possessing firearms. From The Daily Caller: A recent Democratic-backed…
We receive hate mail on a regular basis, usually in the form of anonymous screeds. One letter addressed to our president Richard Goodall wasn't a hate missive, but it was highly critical of some reporting in GunNews. Instead of picking up the phone or writing an email, the author sent…
Folks, the Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day is a tradition. In its heyday, over 10,000 gun owners showed up to march on the Illinois General Assembly. More recently, hundreds have turned out. This year, however, is one year you really should go and I'll tell you why: The ISRA has…
The Illinois State Rifle Association has weighed in on Robin Kelly's candidacy for the open US Senate seat in the Land of Lincoln. By the way, if your sarcasm meter was broken and/or didn't know who Robin Kelly is, the headline to this post was sarcasm. Yes, the same Robin…
Rockin’ Robin Kelly, who represents parts of Cook, Will, and Kankakee counties, has announced that she is running for the US Senate to replace retiring Sen. Durbin. Robin is the second nutjob to announce, following Fat Bastard’s endorsement of his sidekick Julia Stratton for Durbin’s seat. For god's sake, please,…
John Weber from the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action will join us at the GSL Decatur meeting tonight, Wednesday, May 7th. He will discuss what's happening at NRA HQ, give a legislative update and give us something to be hopeful for in the coming weeks and months. Dinner…
The NRA-ILA has a great piece on how the radical left continues to act as though the Second Amendment doesn't exist and how the Bruen decision wasn't handed down. Why, they are almost like the racists in the 1950s who tried to ignore the US Supreme Court's Brown v. Board…
I sent this out to a bunch of friends and acquaintances a few weeks ago. I've tweaked it and am now sharing with everyone, sans some of the more sensitive specifics of what we're doing. Here you go... I'd like to share some information about what I see as a…
A self-described liberal gun owner posted on Reddit in recent days. While I would have ignored it, he identifies himself as from the Chicago suburbs. Okay, I'll bite. If you can't read the screen capture, here's the text from the post: father with 3 and twins toddler total 5 I…
