We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself
by John Boch With four days to go in this year's spring session in the Illinois General Assembly, lawmakers are under intense pressure to pass a carry bill ahead of the June 9th date when Illinois' prohibition on carrying guns outside the home becomes unconstitutional. Speaker Madigan's carry bill, introduced…
Well, well. It seems Her Royal Highness' subjects are very keen on repealing their nation's ban on handgun ownership, which came about as a knee-jerk reaction to a mass attack by an evil man. Since the ban and confiscation of handguns in 1997, Britain has seen a steadily…
The horrendous body count in Illinois strictest gun control city continues to mount this holiday weekend. Six dead. Seventeen shot. [LOL. Sorry for the "sex dead" typo.] Probably more dead and wounded since this story was published. CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least 17 people have been shot over the…
[caption id="attachment_7691" align="alignnone" width="684"] A young woman lays down on the grave of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Noah Pier on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery May 31, 2010 in Arlington, Virginia. Pier was killed Feburary 12, 2010 in Marja, Afghanistan. His obituary read, “Noah was such a happy…
The Illinois House of Representatives just made history by passing a shall-issue right to carry measure by a whopping 85 votes, far more than the 71 needed for passage. Of course, Gov. Patrick Quinn and Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel are *very* upset by this and pledged (impotently) to stop the…
The leftist victim disarmament proponents are positively hysterical in their reaction to the SB2193 in the Illinois House. You might say they are dead set on opposition to SB2193. We have no doubt that they wet their pants when they saw that it passed with 85 votes! Their opposition…
It's been a rough week. Time for some lighter fare to restore your faith in humanity. (Today) - Tatum Raetz graduated from kindergarten this week, just three days after her police officer father was killed while investigating a drunk driving case. But the 5-year-old girl definitely felt her…
And we thought our DIALED 9-1-1 AND I'M ON HOLD SURE WISH I HAD THAT GUN I SOLD sign set was spot on. We had no idea that we needed to tweak it! And yes, 911 does often put you on hold. I was in Bloomington, IL a couple…
SB2193, the House Speaker Michael Madigan-crafted and endorsed carry bill introduced by Brian Phelps, clears its House committee with a vote of 13-3. We're expecting a vote on it tomorrow in the House. It's expected to get about 80 votes, way more than 71 needed to over-ride Gov. Quinn's…
Update at the bottom of the page... Sources at the Capitol in the Democrat caucus have been burning up my phone line tonight and here's what I've got. There is no June 9th cliff. We don't have enough votes willing to go over the cliff. Not even…
