We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself
by Adam Harris You belong to the gun owner fraternity (or sorority). Congratulations. You stand in the good company of tens of millions of other gun owners who realize the value and utility of firearms ownership. You know, for personal protection, hunting, sport, competition, etc. Guns are also a pretty…
Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day is coming up Wednesday, March 27th in Springfield. As a courtesy, we are posting a list of buses that the ISRA sent to us, along with details. Update: Buses to IGOLD The ISRA is sponsoring 4 buses at this time, and other organizations…
Illinois' "Gun Free Zone" law fails. Again. Yes, welcome to the Henry Pratt Company, proud home of a "gun-free" zone sign on the front door. It has the force of Illinois law behind it, by golly. And we all know how much comtempt felons like Gary Martin have for the…
Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day will happen on Wednesday, March 27th in Springfield. Make plans to attend today so you can impress upon our General Assembly members that gun owners mean business. Ahead of the march to the Illinois State capitol building, David Keene will headline speakers at the Prairie…
A dramatic 911 call tells the tale of a Brevard County, Florida man who faced down a pair of intruders. The two goblins pointed a gun at the resident's mother in her own bedroom. In a nutshell, they thought holding momma hostage would motivate the resident to surrendering. It didn't…
[caption id="attachment_26919" align="aligncenter" width="770"]Courtesy NY Post[/caption] The American Civil Liberties Union, aka ACLU, has a long history of thinking the Bill of Rights only has nine amendments. So imagine the surprise of many when the ACLU rolled out in opposition to a new gun control proposal in Illinois. Support Americans'…
Thankfully, jury trials in legitimate self-defense cases don't happen very often. Unfortunately, we just had one of those cases here in America's heartland with the Illinois murder trial of James Love. The entire affair offers a number of opportunities to learn some very valuable lessons. Usually, in self-defense cases, common…
Daniel Didech, the freshman Democrat state rep, introduced the social media snooping bill a couple of weeks ago. We covered it within a day or three of its filing. Since then two other political hack Democrats have signed on as sponsors. The national media has started picking up on the…
A 20-year-old Houston homeowner fought back as a home invasion crew stormed his home around 1am Saturday, January 19th. After an extensive gun battle, the homeowner shot all five intruders, killing three. Photos show a very robust crime scene, to say the least. Defensive gun use of the day? Nah,…
We've warned everyone that the gun control push would come. Big gun control has teamed up with Illinois Chicagoland Democrats to offer all of their old ideas and some new ones to implement Chicago-style gun control on all of Illinois. Of course, with Chicago-style gun control comes Chicago-style peace…
