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It is with a heavy heart that I must report that the NRA's state affiliate in the Land of Lincoln negotiated a new bill to modernize the state's much-hated Firearm Owner Identification Card Act. The Illinois State Rifle Association then went neutral on the newly-inserted gun control language, tacitly supporting…
[caption id="attachment_30331" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Nothing to see here, officers...[/caption] "Restorative justice," "affordable bail," a bullet-riddled car and a dysfunctional justice system in Chicago all collided this weekend in Lori Lightfoot's Murder City USA. It's so complicated and messed up that I'm just going to let CWB Chicago (which should be…
The Illinois General Assembly adjourned this morning. In the past couple of days, Illinois gun owners dodged one bullet but we were savaged by two other bills. Kathleen Willis' bill to mandate fingerprints for FOID cards passed the Illinois House. It failed to get a vote in the senate because…
Today, Memorial Day, marks the final day of the Illinois General Assembly spring session. All business will have to be completed by midnight tonight (MAY 31) or it'll likely have to wait until the fall veto session for consideration and then passage will require 60% of chamber(s) voting. GOOD NEWS…
The 761st Gun Club in Chicago has organized a Cook County Gun Owners Lobby Day on Friday, April 30th at 10a.m. It will be held at the Richard J. Daley Center (50 W. Washington Street) in downtown Chicago. The weather forecast is about 50 degrees and mostly sunny, at least…
Ignoring the questions of why a 13-year-old kid is hanging out on the streets with bad people and an illegal gun at 2am, Chicago Police released video from their investigation of the death of Adam Toledo. A police officer shot the teen as he turned towards the officer initially with…
The good folks at the Police Activity channel at YouTube are hitting some homeruns with their officer-involved shooting videos. Just a day or two ago, they posted a video from Winnebago County. The lessons we as regular people can learn from this video are many for those willing to discern…
Yes, the former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin has been convicted of all charges on Tuesday afternoon. However, on Monday, our fearless Governor J.B. Pritzker announced he was calling up the National Guard to, in his words, to protect "those who wish to peacefully protest against the systemic racism and injustice…
A bunch of Texas firearm instructors signed a letter to legislators urging them to oppose Constitutional Carry. Why? Well, to most of us, it looks like they oppose Constitutional Carry because the great state of Texas would no longer require people to take a 4-hour concealed carry class as…
Delories Lynn Biddle Boch, 81, formerly of Champaign, died on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 in Bloomington, IL. Delories was born on April 23, 1939 in Newman, IL. The first child of William Warren Biddle and Wilma Bolton Biddle, she was later joined by 2 brothers; William Warren Jr (Bill) and…
