We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself
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...…
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…
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…
Meet Francisco Nanez. Immigration status unknown. What is known is that Chicago’s woke City Council handed $8 million in pure taxpayer cash to a would-be child molester while the bastard was already sitting in jail for trying to meet a 13-year-old for sex. Francisco Nanez, the recipient of this grotesque…
Here's the legalese version from our attorneys... Cert Petition v. Notice of Appeal: With the adverse Seventh Circuit decision now final, the next step is to ask the Supreme Court to review the case by filing a petition for a writ of certiorari. There is no notice of appeal that…
Good news first: We’ve raised a substantial portion of the funding required for our two Amicus Curiae briefs supporting Viramontes v. Cook County at the U.S. Supreme Court. The remaining challenge: We still need a few thousand dollars more. We’re close—very close. And the timeline has given us another couple…
